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The Southsea Miniature Railway first opened in 1932 as a 9.5" gauge line operated by a pair of Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 steam locos. After the war it was taken over by new owners and reguaged to 10 1/4" and operated by a pair of steam locos built by Guest and acquired secondhand from Dudley Zoo. The railway was a huge success .....for example, over 7,000 passengers rode the train over the August bank holiday weekend in 1946.
During the late 1940s/early 50s a company called Southern Miniature Railways built three similar steam locos - 'Valiant' and 'Victory' went to Southsea while the third, 'Vanguard' went to their own railway in Poole Park...in 1951 they also took over operation of the Southsea line.
In the early 1960s the railway built a couple of petrol locos and the steamers were sold off in 1964.
The railway closed at the end of 1976 and the two petrol locos were sold to the railway at Sandham Castle on the Isle of Wight. The line at Southsea reopened the following year as a 17" gauge third-rail electric operation. In 1985 it was rebuilt back to 10 1/4" but finally closed in 1989.
The two old petrol locos were later scrapped when the Sandham Castle railway closed down. The steam locos, Valiant and Victory, spent some years in a scrapyard before being rescued, the best bits of the two were incorporated into one locomotive and this now runs on a private railway in Lincs.
Where was the railway situated? The station was located close to where the aquarium now stands. It then ran down beside the sea wall towards Southsea Castle where it turned around a loop and came back again. Back then this area was known as Children's Corner and in addition to the train there was an outdoor swimming pool, boating lake, amusements and even a zoo. Everything is now gone and apart from the aquarium the remainder of the site is now just an empty field.
Nikon F100 - Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D - Fuji Reala Superia 100 - Epson V600
Tilt-shift effect created in Photoshop.
each page size : 5 * 6 (cm)
pages : 10
accordion cutting pop up book
There are five beautiful villages of Europe in this pop up book.
I have always wanted a miniature book and I finally have one. This is Bijou Illustrations of the Life of Christ. I think the tiny engravings are amazing.
No cover but all the pages are there. They also published things like an almanac and punch cartoons, I would rather have had those but I am not grumbling.
(Sorry about Kizzie's, or is it Ruby's, butt in the background lol)
The Re-ment Addicts Group did a Color Theme Challenge quite some time ago, but I didn't have time to do it. I was inspired by all of the great photos they did, so now that I have a lot of time on my hands, I decided it would be fun to do. I am going to do the whole rainbow, and probably post way more photos than I should!
I held a miniature food workshop last Saturday, and we all made little burgers! :)
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1/12th scale model of a bodega located at Albany and Pacific, in the Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, NY.
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The Southsea Miniature Railway first opened in 1932 as a 9.5" gauge line operated by a pair of Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 steam locos. After the war it was taken over by new owners and reguaged to 10 1/4" and operated by a pair of steam locos built by Guest and acquired secondhand from Dudley Zoo. The railway was a huge success .....for example, over 7,000 passengers rode the train over the August bank holiday weekend in 1946.
During the late 1940s/early 50s a company called Southern Miniature Railways built three similar steam locos - 'Valiant' and 'Victory' went to Southsea while the third, 'Vanguard' went to their own railway in Poole Park...in 1951 they also took over operation of the Southsea line.
In the early 1960s the railway built a couple of petrol locos and the steamers were sold off in 1964.
The railway closed at the end of 1976 and the two petrol locos were sold to the railway at Sandham Castle on the Isle of Wight. The line at Southsea reopened the following year as a 17" gauge third-rail electric operation. In 1985 it was rebuilt back to 10 1/4" but finally closed in 1989.
The two old petrol locos were later scrapped when the Sandham Castle railway closed down. The steam locos, Valiant and Victory, spent some years in a scrapyard before being rescued, the best bits of the two were incorporated into one locomotive and this now runs on a private railway in Lincs.
Where was the railway situated? The station was located close to where the aquarium now stands. It then ran down beside the sea wall towards Southsea Castle where it turned around a loop and came back again. Back then this area was known as Children's Corner and in addition to the train there was an outdoor swimming pool, boating lake, amusements and even a zoo. Everything is now gone and apart from the aquarium the remainder of the site is now just an empty field.
If I had been smart I should have created a library of miniature books, rather than the excessively large books that I tend to acquire. I don't have a large (oxymoronic) miniature book collection, but have a sampling of about a dozen presses that I admire, and a few that my students made of which I am especially proud.
After a little unplanned hiatus, i'm back to say hello. Sometimes an unexpected and unplanned break is such a good thing for me. So very thankful for my wonderful family, some serious lounging and i even soaked up all the nice feelings that came from this little break.
This week is going to be a busy one. There is SO MUCH to get done. You know, like cutting the fabrics and sewing the project on my agenda for the girls. *cough March 30 cough*.
I struck gold when it comes to friends. Here is a shot of sweet Flora showing off her new mixed pastel flowers bouquet charm made especially for her by my sweet friend, Pei Li's Dollhouse Miniatures. If you don't already know, Pei Li is one of my very best creative friends. We met here on the world wide web (hee hee!) several years ago and became fast friends.
More soon, friends
Happy May, ya'll
Love to you and yours
I met with this miniature horse last summer. When I opened the camera the film was rolled quite loose and I opened it outside hence the light leaks and numbers burned into the image.
I'm back carving wood!
I blogged about it here: elsita.typepad.com/dolls-have-feelings-too/2010/05/my-ent...
Recently I put together a small shooting stage so I can do some product photography. That now makes it easier to photograph some of the few surviving models and miniatures I built way back in the day.
This is the old 1980 MPC model kit of the Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars. Initially I bought the model to incorporate into a shadow-box diorama of an Imperial Repair Base. Unfortunately the kit itself really sucked and I ended up spending a whole lot more time than planned detailing it to better represent the 8' ILM filming miniature. Halfway into the project I got hired on at an animation and visual effects studio and never did get back to finishing the diorama.
Since then, the model's been lugged around from move-to-move, getting more and more banged up, collecting dust, disintegrating from abuse....so I decided to use it while it's still in one piece to inaugurate the new stage, and give the ol' ship a little respect.
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The miniature railway at Felixstowe first opened in 1960 and closed around 2003. It formed a 400ft circuit on the seafront and a ride consisted of three laps around the track.
For many years it was operated by two steam locos - 2-6-0 'Rupert' and 0-6-0T 'Wendy'.
Check out my other miniature railway pics on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/collections/72157625...
In both fore and aft gratings I carefully cut away plastic openings to receive the wood ladders. This is one of the features that highlight these miniatures -bringing realism to the subject.
Built from scratch from trash I found on my desk and painted with 10-year-old Humbrol paint that was lying around.
FJ70 FPG.
"Idris",a 2017 miniature Foden steam lorry.
In the background is HX59 HPU,a 2010 steam car.
Fairford Retro Show - 17.8.24.
The Southsea Miniature Railway first opened in 1932 as a 9.5" gauge line operated by a pair of Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 steam locos. After the war it was taken over by new owners and reguaged to 10 1/4" and operated by a pair of steam locos built by Guest and acquired secondhand from Dudley Zoo. The railway was a huge success .....for example, over 7,000 passengers rode the train over the August bank holiday weekend in 1946.
During the late 1940s/early 50s a company called Southern Miniature Railways built three similar steam locos - 'Valiant' and 'Victory' went to Southsea while the third, 'Vanguard' went to their own railway in Poole Park...in 1951 they also took over operation of the Southsea line.
In the early 1960s the railway built a couple of petrol locos and the steamers were sold off in 1964.
The railway closed at the end of 1976 and the two petrol locos were sold to the railway at Sandham Castle on the Isle of Wight. The line at Southsea reopened the following year as a 17" gauge third-rail electric operation. In 1985 it was rebuilt back to 10 1/4" but finally closed in 1989.
The two old petrol locos were later scrapped when the Sandham Castle railway closed down. The steam locos, Valiant and Victory, spent some years in a scrapyard before being rescued, the best bits of the two were incorporated into one locomotive and this now runs on a private railway in Lincs.
Where was the railway situated? The station was located close to where the aquarium now stands. It then ran down beside the sea wall towards Southsea Castle where it turned around a loop and came back again. Back then this area was known as Children's Corner and in addition to the train there was an outdoor swimming pool, boating lake, amusements and even a zoo. Everything is now gone and apart from the aquarium the remainder of the site is now just an empty field.
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Back on the 15th July Flickr friends. Take care and best wishes.