Welcome to my 7 1/4" scale page , This basically outlines a few items that I've made in this "Ride On" scale ; I began to build my Pedal Powered" loco in Sept 1997 & completed it around May 2000 ; I intend to make a body for it one day but it doesn't matter if it doesn't happen - at least I made it & it works!
Bumble Bee mk1
Although these pics might have taken a while to download - I hope that you can get some idea of what it is ; It's a 4 wheeled pedal loco that has 10 speed gears plus a Forward/Reverse gearbox & 4 wheeled brakes & it can tow a carriage if required.
Jeff Clifton style Bogies
A completed pair of 7 1/4" scale bogies ready for going under my carriage.
Here's a "Close up" pic showing the details.
Finally - An "End" view ; As you might notice - I'm in the process of organising where the tracks will be going around the back yard.
EX Cohunu Koala Park carriage
This pic shows the rebuilt carriage that used to be a part of the Cohunu Park Railway , I purchased the carriage & built the bogies for it as it didn't come with any ( you'll see them under it in these pics ) ; These pics were taken up at the Northern Districts minature railway tracksite in Balcatta W.A. in February 2005 by me , My items visit there from time-to-time.
The track that they're sitting on was also made by me with some help by a friend.
My 7 1/4" scale signal
This signal was on my "Current Projects" page for quite a while while I was making it , It is now complete & is made to a scale of 3" to the Foot scale which this signal represents an "Upper Quadrant" version , This signal is about 27Ft tall in full scale.
In these 2 pics you can see how much my son Chris has grown since the 1st pic ( above ) & the 2nd pic ( below ) during the time I've been building it , I've been working on it over the past 3 1/2 years ( part time ).
Lastly - Here's another pic without us in the way - completed.
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I hope to add more pics here later when there are more to add.
Kevin.