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Area 3 Photos
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:01 AM







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Posted by powlee on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:29 AM
[;)] Iandor Vision Presents?
Have you started a subsidary company? A roaring lion or a hopping kangaroo.
Seriously Ian, nice pics. Can we see more of the layout?

All the best Ian P

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 4:55 AM
Nice one Ian, do you and Doreen have any garden left that's not covered in track or do you have to operate from the pool?
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by Rastun on Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:10 AM
Very Nice Ian,[^]

Keep up the great work and keep us posted.

Jack
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Posted by TurboOne on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:11 PM
Looks great Ian, how long did it take to build your layout, the whole thing not just area 3?

Tim
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:16 PM
Great shots Ian.

I especially like that viaduct. Whats it made out of?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:39 PM
Gentlemen

Thank you. this is just area 3, however the photo of the little train at the signals is in area 1 it is just coming out of the clockwise MTS reversing loop.. Glad to show some more photographs i have hundreds.

We make all the stonework out of concrete; we mould them using a Jigstones kit. 17 pylons, 15 columns 16 spans, 2 tunnel portals and 3 abuttments so far.

Three spans and three columns are curing right now to complete the 4 m or 13' or 16 span viaduct.

Very shortly we will be making another 8 or so pylons to complete the outher loop.

That inner loop is in fact an MTS anti clock wise reversing loop. The track comes out of the pumphouse tunne (2.8 M) from area 2. around the reversing loop then straight out into area 2 again via same tunnel

Rgds Ian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:12 PM
Gentelemen I forgot to tell you all the rolling stck in the 2 nd and 3 rd pictures have recently been bought off ebay. Please note the black BP tanker it cost a bonmb its supposed to be pretty rare.

I have about half as many again en route as well. We do this a lot, buy a lot in one hit then nothing for years.


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Posted by powlee on Monday, April 11, 2005 4:30 AM
Ian
This Ebay is infectious. I have just bought a loco from a fellar in California. It is at the moment in Texas with my boss. It will winging it`s way to the British Isles next week. The price was a steal but the lengths I go to save money.

All the best
Ian P

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Posted by vsmith on Monday, April 11, 2005 9:41 AM
Ian

Your new area came out looking great, the viaduct especially. E-bay can be the best thing in the universe or the worse, I got a NIB LGB Chloe of a dealer on Evil-bay for a lot less than I could get it here, but I've also gotten a few lemons in the past...wont mention those... hit & miss[;)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 11, 2005 6:14 PM
[tup][:D][tup] Nothing more to say.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:46 AM
Yes Vic i would like to talk a bit more about ebay. I have had about 20 very good transactions but I have also had three bad ones. two of those reulted in me getting a negative comment from criticsising the supplier and the other I bought something that was misrepresnted.


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Posted by Train 284 on Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:41 AM
Those pics are great, can't wait to see more!

Matt
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