Military manoeuvres (take 2)…
Nearly six years ago I had a scheme to build an updated ‘Creech Bottom’ in 009 set in the 80s where the tramway and clay pits had been taken over by the MOD as a firing range and training ground - and extension to Povington, which backed onto the area… A spur from the Swanage branch stub extended from the clay siding at Furzebrook, west to a RNAD style interchange with a narrow gauge railway. It got as far as the sketch book and some stock being assembled - both in standard and narrow gauge. The standard gauge was just a Parkside VEA (Bachmann’s model didn’t exist) and a modified Parkside 12t pipe wagon on a Red-Panda chassis parts to model the ODA. The plan faltered, the stock sold on… Now, they’re back in N! A Sonic models VEA is paired with my modified Peco (ex Parkside) 12t pipe converted into an ODA with scratchbuilt chassis details! Before anyone asks, I’m not doing the Povington stock on 6.5mm gauge! These cruel close ups show the modifications to the chassis - modified brake ...
