My Leafy Suburbs Route

[partyspiritz]

Should have some photos of the mill later on today and a map from the 50s

I off to do a bit on the Bacup Branch


Regards



John

[hertsbob]

Wow, excellent work. Thanks very much indeed.

Looking forward to seeing what you've got!

Cheers

Bob

[stephenholmes]

Hello Bob
Your Leavy Suberbs route is shaping up nicely
Kind regards Stephen

[mundo]

Hello

Need to slap on some wood textures. If you send me an email in a pm I'll send you the gates as is to check for size (168Kb file)


Cheers

Mundo

[partyspiritz]

Oh Yes just what I need for the rochdale canal. Bob not got the e-mails yet with the photos as soon as I get them will post.



Regards


John

[partyspiritz]

bob just pop onto RS Route Building there are few shots of the rochdale canal that have put up today


Regards



John

[hertsbob]

Thanks Stephen.

Mundo - what can I say about those??? They look absolutely superb and really would be the icing on the cake at the moment.

Tonight I've been trying to recreate this area with some success - you'd be surprised what can be done with an inverted footbridge support!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 460073.jpg

I'll link to this picture as well (same view), just because I think it's a really nice shot:
http://images.francisfrith.com/c10/450/ ... _39696.jpg

John - no worries at all. Whatever you dig up is bound to cause me loads of extra work anyway!

Cheers chaps

Bob

[stephenholmes]

Hello Bob and all reading this thread
You are certainly setting yourself a challenge with the flight of locks...Well done
Mundo the lock gates are perfect
I've always thought the only thing missing from the canals are lock gates
Kind regards Stephen

[hertsbob]

Hi

I think challenge is the right word! To be fair I was never going to get it 100% accurate, but I've done my best.

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And to try and give some context, you can see Rickmansworth Church Street station in the background of this shot:

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Cheers

Bob

[partyspiritz]

Bob very well done what you have done show's what can be done & opens the door for other people a little thing like lock gates.



Regards



John

[hertsbob]

Hi

Indeed. Even though Mundo's lock gates are still a work in progress I think they look excellent and add a certain something to the scenes.

I've been beavering away putting together Croxley Green station amongst other things. This is a view from the Metroplitan line looking across the canal with Croxley Green station in the background:

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I've posted this shot now primarily for posterity, and not without a little sadness! After having spent a long time scouring the web for pictures of this part of the Met line I've finally found some that are of use, but unfortunately one of them renders my lovingly crafted marina redundant. This picture was taken looking from the canal looking towards the spot my screenshot was taken from and as you can see I've got it massively wrong! http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p28930775.html A rebuild is in order.

Another shot which I've just found is this one: http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/p64019965.html I think I'm just going to pretend that I haven't seen it! Ho hum!

Cheers

Bob

[partyspiritz]

leave it in all you need are some working canal boats


Regards



John

[KeithBridges]

hi
wow! that looks brilliant!
thanks chris

[partyspiritz]

Hi Bob

I just have to check how you doing



Regards



John

[hertsbob]

Thanks Chris. It's all taking far longer than I was anticipating!

John - not much else to report at the minute I'm afraid. I've started dabbling with building some better signs for the route, but I'm at the very, very bottom of the learning curve in this respect! Ahem...



I've also been doing a fair bit of research over the last few days (as per my earlier post). I think I'll go for a halfway house compromise on the marina in due course rather than binning it and starting again.

This is where the branch to Watford leaves the main Metropolitan line, although this area is also in need of more work I realise! I'm not entirely sure whether this is Watford South Junction or Croxleyhall Junction, to be honest:

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Here's another fantastic set of Geoff Plumb pictures which have not only helped immensely in resolving some of the questions I've had about this part of the Met, but also provide an obvious scenario opportunity for once the route is finally built. http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/c1094493.html

Finally for tonight, I shall commend this site to you. http://croxleywiggenhallroaddepot.website.orange.co.uk/

Cheers

Bob