Another brilliant tutorial Brian. I just made some coal bins and I found out exactly what you did, that the railway modelling community referred to coal bins as staithes. I saw photos of staithes on the east coast of the UK and there are some remnants along the shoreline at Dunston and Blyth. I also found in my quest for knowledge that many coal mines just made piles of different grades of coal, from which, as you said, because labour was cheap, that the coal would be barrowed from the piles and placed in sacks to go out of the yard on carts or on lorries, or, in my case into narrow boats on the canal. You called it a labour of love Brian and your work is greatly appreciated by many. Thanks

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You're a wee genius Gormo, and I love watching you scratch building items and these coaling bays look wonderful with the colouring marker, pastels, and the chair mounting holes. A coat of matt varnish would help too, though they do look perfect once placed into the scene, marvellous stuff at GCJ.

Another interesting and educating video, Gormo. Keep 'em coming.
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Hi Gormo, nice video mate and thanks for sharing, love the detail with the chairs and bolt holes. All the best Colin from Mossend railway oo 😊.

Nice job!

Best wishes from the UK! 🇬🇧

Excellent video, nice job. Many thanks for sharing

Hi Gormo. Great job! Nice research and update on the term "staithes". I was shouting at the screen "staithes" and then you "corrected" yourself - and then the update!

A great video of using wood and I love what you made. Maybe the person on the railway was a bit OCD, but to line up all the sleepers with the chair damage all on one side? Maybe the sleepers were turned over during there use, so the damage would have been on both sides.
I would have the coal bins away from the railway, many lorries or horse and cart were loaded by hand straight from the wagon.
Well done, it looks great.

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Merci du partage! Intéressant! Vous auriez aussi pu gagner du temps en gravant juste des rainures sur des plaques de bois, de chaque côté. Mais le super détaillage, pourquoi pas. Ceux qui ont des imprimantes 3D peuvent aussi faire la même chose et s'inspirer de votre vidéo. Stéph.

Hi Gormo. An interesting build, using a much forgotten material. There is just one thing that puzzles me though? And that is why you separated the sleepers. It's a long time since I last used balsa wood, but I'm sure that you would have been able to scribe the lines of the sleepers spaces straight onto the wood, it seems that you cut it up only to glue it back together again. This is not a derogatory comment, just an observation. If there was a reason, I would like to hear why. Another point, again not derogatory, why did you make all the coal inserts nearly all the same height?, after all you put a lot of effort into detailing the insides, it would have been nice to see more of that in some of the bins, perhaps even an empty one with just remnants.

Looks fantastic well worth going the extra mile. Another brilliant  video 👍

Look good, especially like the rust stains where the chairs were fixed,  very effective,
Thanks Gormo, great to see a new video,
Cheers, Rich