5.5mm Association

The ideal narrow gauge scale

Galleries

Dennis Harrison's 6mm scale Towy Valley Tramway.

  • dh01

    The first of the two 0-4-2 Sharp Stewarts, similar to those that ran on the Howrah-Amta Railway in India. Twelve years old now and still running.

  • dh02

    The Baldwin 4-6-0 'Teresa', a model of the type supplied to the Cantereira Tramway in Brazil in about 1900.

  • dh03

    The Baldwin 4-6-0 'Teresa', a model of the type supplied to the Cantereira Tramway in Brazil in about 1900.

  • dh04

    Teresa again on Dalarwen Viaduct with freelance bogie stock. All the scenery is a 50/50 plaster and sawdust mix, with dyed sawdust representing closely cropped grass.

  • dh05

    No 1, an 0-4-0 Bagnall banking a heavy ore train over Pwll Du embankment at the start of the 1/30 gradient to the summit. The embankment itself is scribed finish plaster over MDF formers.

  • dh06

    A shot taken from the end of Dalarwen Viaduct showing the sinuous nature of the line in the rugged uplands of the Towy Valley.

  • dh07

    The (unfinished) lead mine adit and pumphouse at Dalarwen, with No 2, the 0-4-2 Sharp Stewart entering Dalar Halt. All buildings are scribed plaster finished with designer water colours.

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