Working forwards
Monday, August 31st, 2009 Posted in Planning | 1 Comment »With the backscene now in place it was finally time to start adding some of the main structures. As keen as I was to launch straight into the arches and associated cameos situated at the very front of the layout, ...
Background
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 Posted in Planning | 2 Comments »My passion for railways was partly inherited from my father who worked as a blacksmith for many years at both Ashford and Eastleigh railway works and my grandfather who worked as a guard on the Southern Railway and on into ...
“Where’s all the scenery?”
Sunday, July 15th, 2007 Posted in Planning | No Comments »I’m not sure how many layouts I’ve started over the years but I suspect this may well be my seventh serious attempt at getting a layout beyond the ‘Plywood Central’ stage. For my increasingly skeptical wife and friends I’m sure ...
A starting point
Sunday, July 15th, 2007 Posted in Planning | No Comments »After the dust had settled from the birth of our son, it wasn’t long before I started daydreaming about a new modelling project. The new railway room was and is literally "the smallest room in the house". Having removed the ...