The Gold Mine with no name "until I think of one"

[Barney]

Well Im in to it now with no turning back - base boards ordered - purchased the rail - ordered the turn out motors and sorted the mechanisms/chassis out for the battery box locos - All started when I read a copy of the "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Review no' 89 "and later at a model railway show last year  Steve Bells 16mm to the foot mining display The ADIT - impressive ! and all done on a shelf only 9"wide with 2 - 3ft boards and a fiddle yard 30ins long
I'v made a start with a small machine shop which will house a lathe /milling /boring machines the other side will be benches and storage shelves / cupboards - a few shots of the start

[Barney]

Mt Albert scale timer used

[Barney]

scale size of workshop 10ft x18ft  Base board with floor beams marked out
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool!

[Lawton Maner]

"Gold Mine with no name" works for me.  There was a Clint Eastwood movie "The Man with No Name" you can use as inspiration.

[Barney]

A shot of the Workshop "so-far"- machines and shelving all at undercoat stage - floor has been changed to a rough concrete - track is not used a lot now more for a hand cart type of thing for engine blocks and materials
Barney

[lab-dad]

Looks good!
I'd kill to have that equipment!
But, that rail is a major trip issue!
May be some wood slat areas in front of the work areas?
I would think the tops of the rails would have been flush. 

-Marty

[Design-HSB]

I love those magnificent sceneries, please keep it up.

[Barney]

Trip issue - you should look were you are going !! boards on the shopping list
Barney

[TRAINS1941]

Great start Barney.  Those machines are beautiful.

Jerry

[finescalerr]

Gee, that's starting out nicely, isn't it? -- Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

Those beefed up nicely Barney 

[TRAINS1941]

Barney what scale is this??

Jerry

[Barney]

Jerry - scale is 16mm = 1ft -  track gauge is 32mm 2ft gauge. The mine workshop is small 18ft x 10ft  - the machines started life as 1/24 scale (big machines in this scale) but after a long term in storage decided to up the scale to 16mm by beefing them up a bit. Extra lego blocks on the base of lathe and a few changed handles and bits
Barney

[Barney]

Long way to go