'Moreau et Fils' (Gn15) at ExpoNG 2008. Photo by Fairlight Works
I really like making modern image narrow gauge models, and I’ve been talking a bit to John P. about container wagons for forty-foot containers, which I’d like to try in 5.5mm scale. I’m intending to make a layout for the railcar as soon as I can, although that’s not likely to be very soon: assuming that I go for a bare minimum of about 5 wagons and a coach, and maybe a shunting loco (which is about as much as I could manage on a micro anyway) then I’ll still need to use real estate in the living room that is currently under threat from the climbing tendencies of three small boys. It’s also going to take time before I finish making even that small collection of stock. (in fact at the current pace, the boys will have stopped climbing the walls and be going to college by then)
In the meantime, I’ve still only built one railway, in the form of ‘Westerooge’.
Thing is, the loco and stock on ‘Westerooge’ was more popular with the family: I think the smaller size makes the models easier to relate to. At the same time, making a minimum gauge model proved more feasible in a very small space. And I learned a lot, and I reckon I could do better next time. And the ‘make do and mend’ approach lends itself to shorter projects between the ‘modern image’ building: I can even use up all the bits from botched ‘modern image’ projects…
Or to put it another way, you may see me thinking of another minimum gauge project to relax a bit, and because my family like them and they come and play trains with me on them.
But then I keep thinking about narrow gauge intermodal trains, so I’ll probably keep building 5,5mm scale stuff in the background.
End of rambling, inconclusive post…
