Belfield Quay
SM32 - 16mm scale - 32mm gauge
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Rolling stock
The first items of rolling stock specifically produced for BQ were a pair of flat wagons. These were based on a Binnie skip wagon chassis, with a strip wood timber platform and ends. 'O' scale Kadees were fitted.
The wagons were very free-wheeling, so steel wheels were turned as replacements for the plastic ones supplied, and extra lead fixed to the bottom.
Kadees go right back to my time on a O-16.5 layout called Cottesmore West. The 'hands-off' shunting capability was something I'd missed in garden railways, so Kadees were 'a must' for Belfield Quay.
I'd forgotten all about these - 6 of them and a flat wagon with a pair of garden benches on it!- found in a box in the garage. Made for the garden railway, but never used. Once the plastic wheels and couplings are replaced and they've been re-painting and weathered, they could be ideal for BQ.
Not strictly rolling stock, but this Ford pick-up has it's own place on the layout. It's just called a 'Ford V6' on the base and is a Solido model, which has been stripped and repainted. It is actually 1:19 - not the usual 1:18.
