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It’s worth looking at some UK diecast models in 1/43rd scale as British vehicles were often smaller than their American equivalents they don‘t look out of place though they may need new paint/markings if they are commercial vehicles.
British scenic accessories can work well, a crate is a crate is a crate, an oil drum is an oil drum, a sack is a sack, a pipe is a pipe, a plank is a plank, a barrel a barrel. But, for example, a British milk churn or rubbish bin won’t be right for use as an American milk churn or trash can. Don’t be too focused on scale either, a large OO cable drum is a medium or small On30 drum, just fill in or re-scribe the planked drum sides. The military modellers have lots of 1/48th scale stuff that does for freight car loads, truck loads or warehouse/freight yard contents.
Photo 20: Bringing it all together; a laser etched grounded box car by Mount Blue, 4mmscale cable drums and etched crates and a seated figure out of a cheap bag of figures from China. The figure was primed, hand painted and improved with a wash and dry brushing.
Bringing It All Together
The following is a selection of photographs taken of the New Sumach Grove layout as on display at a Bearwood Meet for a shakedown for the revised and shortened layout. As a consequence some of the buildings are not fully seated in the module tops.
Photo 23: Sumach Grove depot with a Forney idling in the foreground. The photo was taken during the shakedown of the new shortened four module layout with new buildings and industries which is why the Depot stands a little proud of the module
Photo 24: The MoW yard and stock yard. the stock handling area and the MoW yard. The stock yard was scratch built to complement the GC Lazer loading ramp. The workshop is a kit by Banta
Photo 21: Banta kit of etched wood shed on left, Berkshire Valley elevator in centre. In the rear the Coyote Flats boxcab and part of a now sold out Mount Albert servicing area multi-media kit – a sand tower, coaling stage and water tower.
Photo 22 (opposite top): Banta gas station on the left, Stoney Creek depot multi-media kit of the depo and toilets. The now out of production kit also includes a grounded passenger car for use as a workshop.t
Photo 25: In the foreground a Berkshire Valley resin caboose store, scratch-built dock to the left
16 ROUNDHOUSE - August 2019