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CIRENCESTER MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

 2 & 3 OCTOBER 2010

  
 

    
  INTRODUCTION  
 

    
  Cirencester's 2010 model railway show was held at Deer Park School, Stroud Road, GL7 1XB, as a joint venture between local modellers and members of Cirencester Railway Society.
  
 

    
  Cirencester's 2010 model railway show was held at Deer Park School, Stroud Road, GL7 1XB, as a joint venture between local modellers and members of Cirencester Railway Society.  Click on picture above for review of the 2009 show.
  
 

    
  LAYOUT AND ATTRACTION REVIEW
  

plus the answers to the children's quiz from the back of the programme!
 

    
  BLACKROCK by Christopher Lepper

1/32 Scale trams		  
 

    
  Dublin, Belfast and Cork all have suburbs called Blackrock and this layout featured steam and electric trams from all three cities plus other, less well-known lines. The scenery could be anywhere in Ireland, set around 1900 (give or take 20 years). Some scenic items were ʻauthenticʼ, the remainder were to give an ʻIrish atmosphereʼ. Electric pick-up was through the wheels - the overhead line being a dummy. The trams - made of brass with Slaterʼs wheels and coreless motors - were scratch-built, modelled from scale plans and many, many photos: each taking some 3 to 15 months to construct. They are brass with Slater's wheels and coreless motors.
  
 

    
  Dublin, Belfast and Cork all have suburbs called Blackrock and this layout featured steam and electric trams from all three cities plus other, less well-known lines. The scenery could be anywhere in Ireland, set around 1900 (give or take 20 years). Some scenic items were ʻauthenticʼ, the remainder were to give an ʻIrish atmosphereʼ. Electric pick-up was through the wheels - the overhead line being a dummy. The trams - made of brass with Slaterʼs wheels and coreless motors - were scratch-built, modelled from scale plans and many, many photos: each taking some 3 to 15 months to construct. They are brass with Slater's wheels and coreless motors.  
 

    
Dublin, Belfast and Cork all have suburbs called Blackrock and this layout featured steam and electric trams from all three cities plus other, less well-known lines. The scenery could be anywhere in Ireland, set around 1900 (give or take 20 years). Some scenic items were ʻauthenticʼ, the remainder were to give an ʻIrish atmosphereʼ. Electric pick-up was through the wheels - the overhead line being a dummy. The trams - made of brass with Slaterʼs wheels and coreless motors - were scratch-built, modelled from scale plans and many, many photos: each taking some 3 to 15 months to construct. They are brass with Slater's wheels and coreless motors.


Blackrock was also home to a shop called David McVeigh & Co.


Blackrock was also home to a shop called David McVeigh & Co.


  SEVERN MILL by Thornbury & South Gloucestershire MRC

0 Gauge 7mm Scale
  
 

    
Had the Midland Railwayʼs Thornbury branch been extended to the river, it would probably have been a light railway in the Colonel H. Stephens style, serving a timber yard with a small station nearby. Assuming that it was not a rich business, the company would have acquired a few second-hand locomotives and coaches. With the main income from freight, the passenger service would have been infrequent. This was the basis of Severn Mill, which measures 16' x 3'


  Had the Midland Railwayʼs Thornbury branch been extended to the river, it would probably have been a light railway in the Colonel H. Stephens style, serving a timber yard with a small station nearby. Assuming that it was not a rich business, the company would have acquired a few second-hand locomotives and coaches. With the main income from freight, the passenger service would have been infrequent. This was the basis of Severn Mill, which measures 16' x 3'

The headshunt behind the station was rather cramped but challenging and the coal merchant tended to get peeved every time his wagons were shunted out of the way to allow a delivery to the wood merchant or the factory.

The track was hand-made from light section Code 100 flat bottomed rail in the manner of the Nidd Valley Light Railway upon cork. Cab control was used and points have H&M motors. The three locomotives and most of the rolling stock were kit-built using realistic three-link couplings. Most of the buildings were scratch-built, mainly scribed Polyfilla or DAS on plywood structures.		  
 

    
The track was hand-made from light section Code 100 flat bottomed rail in the manner of the Nidd Valley Light Railway upon cork. Cab control was used and points have H&M motors. The three locomotives and most of the rolling stock were kit-built using realistic three-link couplings. Most of the buildings were scratch-built, mainly scribed Polyfilla or DAS on plywood structures.


Severn Mill was also home to an artist painting by the trackside.


Severn Mill was also home to an artist painting by the trackside.


MELSTOCK INTRINSICA 1910 by Maurice Hopper

S Scale 1/64 scale


S gauge uses a scale of 1/ 64 with a track gauge of 22.45 mm to represent the 4' 81/2" of British standard gauge although in 1 / 64 scale 00 gauge track can be used to represent metre gauge, as found for example in New Zealand. With no ready-to-run items and few kits in this scale, the scratch-building takes much time.


S gauge uses a scale of 1/ 64 with a track gauge of 22.45 mm to represent the 4' 81/2" of British standard gauge although in 1 / 64 scale 00 gauge track can be used to represent metre gauge, as found for example in New Zealand. With no ready-to-run items and few kits in this scale, the scratch-building takes much time.

This layout was a work in progress. When completed it will be about 22 feet long in the exhibition version and 13 feet long in the home arrangement. The project depicted an imaginary country terminus set in the Blackmore Vale of north Dorset around 100 years ago. The London and South Western Railway main line to the West ran across the northern edge of The Vale and the layout depicted a never-proposed, but possible, branch line running southwest from Templecombe. The line would have served the agriculture communities of what Thomas Hardy called “The Vale of the Little Dairies”. There was also a brickfield on the Oxford clay, linked to the railway with bricks and tiles going out and coal coming in. Passenger traffic, always rather light, included local trains to Templecombe, a through service to Salisbury, some through-coaches to Waterloo and the occasional S&DJR train.

Making a contrast to the industrial 0-4-0ST in the background is London & South Western Railway 02 Class 0-4-4T 227, made from a brass and white metal and combining an Adams chimney with Drummond livery.


This layout was a work in progress. When completed it will be about 22 feet long in the exhibition version and 13 feet long in the home arrangement. The project depicted an imaginary country terminus set in the Blackmore Vale of north Dorset around 100 years ago. The London and South Western Railway main line to the West ran across the northern edge of The Vale and the layout depicted a never-proposed, but possible, branch line running southwest from Templecombe. The line would have served the agriculture communities of what Thomas Hardy called “The Vale of the Little Dairies”. There was also a brickfield on the Oxford clay, linked to the railway with bricks and tiles going out and coal coming in. Passenger traffic, always rather light, included local trains to Templecombe, a through service to Salisbury, some through-coaches to Waterloo and the occasional S&DJR train.


Melstock Intrinsica was also home to a station under construction , based on a number of examples - some demolished and some surviving - of the works of Sir William Tite,the London & South Western Railway's architect for the line between Yeovil and Exeter.


Melstock Intrinsica was also home to a station under construction , based on a number of examples - some demolished and some surviving - of the works of Sir William Tite,the London & South Western Railway's architect for the line between Yeovil and Exeter.


  BRINKLEY by The S4 Glevum Group

Scalefour 18.83 Gauge 4mm scale
  
 

    
  Scalefour is 4 mm/ ft to a gauge of 18.83 mm and makes a super model named after a Supermodel even more super. The layout started modestly on a 5 ft baseboard but has been extended many times and currently measures 33 ft by 2 ft. Set in Oxfordshire, it is a fictitious line that connects Southern and Western traffic with the Midlands and North via Wellingborough. It also connects with the GCR near Finmere so that trains of all the Big Four are represented. The station is based on Bitton and signalling is of Midland/ LMS design. Using different stock, the era varies from 1947 to the early 1960s. Using AJ couplings, locomotives and rolling stock vary from scratchbuilt to re-wheeled proprietary. Track is hand-made, the pointwork being soldered to ply/ rivet sleepers. Buildings are hand-made of card or Plasticard. Control is by Pentroller, point motors are Lemaco and the signals use memory wire.
  
 

    
  Scalefour is 4 mm/ ft to a gauge of 18.83 mm and makes a super model named after a Supermodel even more super. The layout started modestly on a 5 ft baseboard but has been extended many times and currently measures 33 ft by 2 ft. Set in Oxfordshire, it is a fictitious line that connects Southern and Western traffic with the Midlands and North via Wellingborough. It also connects with the GCR near Finmere so that trains of all the Big Four are represented. The station is based on Bitton and signalling is of Midland/ LMS design. Using different stock, the era varies from 1947 to the early 1960s. Using AJ couplings, locomotives - such as LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 5703 "Thunderer" pictured above - and rolling stock vary from scratchbuilt to re-wheeled proprietary. Track is hand-made, the pointwork being soldered to ply/ rivet sleepers. Buildings are hand-made of card or Plasticard. Control is by Pentroller, point motors are Lemaco and the signals use memory wire.  
 

    
Scalefour is 4 mm/ ft to a gauge of 18.83 mm and makes a super model named after a Supermodel even more super. The layout started modestly on a 5 ft baseboard but has been extended many times and currently measures 33 ft by 2 ft. Set in Oxfordshire, it is a fictitious line that connects Southern and Western traffic with the Midlands and North via Wellingborough. It also connects with the GCR near Finmere so that trains of all the Big Four are represented. The station is based on Bitton and signalling is of Midland/ LMS design. Using different stock, the era varies from 1947 to the early 1960s. Using AJ couplings, locomotives and rolling stock vary from scratchbuilt to re-wheeled proprietary. Track is hand-made, the pointwork being soldered to ply/ rivet sleepers. Buildings are hand-made of card or Plasticard. Control is by Pentroller, point motors are Lemaco and the signals use memory wire.


Brinkley was also where footballer supporters queued for buses


Brinkley was also where footballer supporters queued for buses


  EAST STREET WHARF by Margaret Evans

EM Gauge 4mm Scale
  
 

    
  East Street Wharf was set during the late GWR / early BR Western Region somewhere in the Midlands. There was an interchange shed for general goods with coal and steel unloaded on the other side of the canal basin. Road transport was on the increase as the wharf was being taken over by other industrial users.
  
 

    
  East Street Wharf was set during the late GWR / early BR Western Region somewhere in the Midlands. There was an interchange shed for general goods with coal and steel unloaded on the other side of the canal basin. Road transport was on the increase as the wharf was being taken over by other industrial users.

Train cassettes are used in the hidden fiddle yard beyond the road bridge. Trackwork was by SMP and points were hand built and controlled by rod and slider switches. Magnets under the track operated Sprat and Winkle couplings. Rolling stock was kit built or modified ready-to-run. Buildings and scenery were scratch or part kit built. East Street Wharf was DCC controlled and featured in British Railway Modelling magazine in December 2006.

  


Train cassettes are used in the hidden fiddle yard beyond the road bridge. Trackwork was by SMP and points were hand built and controlled by rod and slider switches. Magnets under the track operated Sprat and Winkle couplings. Rolling stock was kit built or modified ready-to-run. Buildings and scenery were scratch or part kit built. East Street Wharf was DCC controlled and featured in British Railway Modelling magazine in December 2006.
 

    
East Street Wharf was also home to a cat on the roof of a barge


East Street Wharf was also home to a cat on the roof of a barge


  KETTLEWELL  by John Cox

EM Gauge 4mm Scale
  
 

    
  This branch terminus depicted what might have been had the line from Grassington
  
 

    
This branch terminus depicted what might have been had the line from Grassington
been extended from Skipton all the way up the Wharfedale valley to Kettlewell. The period modelled was 1923-30, just after the Grouping, and the locomotives, stock and most of the fittings were ex-Midland Railway. Operation was based on a working timetable of the real branch and a quarry trip and a through working from the North Eastern Railway were included. Locomotives were kit-built and the stock came from a variety of makers. Buildings were scratch-built and are authentic to the area. The scenic side represented a small village which was crowded into the valley on the 6' x 2' layout.		  


This branch terminus depicted what might have been had the line from Grassington
 
 
Kettlewell was also home to the Craven Farmers warehouse but my viewfinder was taken by the station yard coal office.  One of my former teachers was called Godfrey Coleman and I have often mused that if, instead of taking business studies, he had teamed up with militant atheist Professor Richard Dawkins and gone into the solid fuel business he could have been a God-free coalman by nature as well!  Now, who is going to be first to produce a die cast lorry with the slogan "There probabaly isn't a God, so be happy and buy some anthracite cobbles instead?"


Kettlewell was also home to the Craven Farmers warehouse but my viewfinder was taken by the station yard coal office. One of my former teachers was called Godfrey Coleman and I have often mused that if, instead of taking business studies, he had teamed up with militant atheist Professor Richard Dawkins and gone into the solid fuel business he could have been a God-free coalman by nature as well! Now, who is going to be first to produce a die cast lorry with the slogan "There probabaly isn't a God, so be happy and buy some anthracite cobbles instead?"


  BURCOMBE by Peter Moore junior.

00 Gauge 4mm Scale		  



Peter is a student at Thomas Keble School and Burcombe was his project for the Duke of Edinburgh's Scheme Silver Award. Burcombe was Peter's first proper model railway, which had taken a year to build. It depicted the present day on a main line somewhere in the Midlands featuring a local station and goods yard. From hidden sidings at the rear a selection of diesel, electric and sometimes steam trains passed through or called at the station. Points at the rear of the layout were manually operated and those at the front by the stud and probe system. Among the more unusual rolling stock was a limited edition bogie clay slurry wagon otained from Kernow Models.



Peter is a student at Thomas Keble School and Burcombe was his project for the Duke of Edinburgh's Scheme Silver Award.  Burcombe was Peter's first proper model railway, which had taken a year to build.  It depicted the present day on a main line somewhere in the Midlands featuring a local station and goods yard.  From hidden sidings at the rear a selection of diesel, electric and sometimes steam trains passed through or called at the station.  Points at the rear of the layout were manually operated and those at the front by the stud and probe system.  Among the more unusual rolling stock was a limited edition bogie clay slurry wagon otained from Kernow Models.
 
 
Peter is a student at Thomas Keble School and Burcombe was his project for the Duke of Edinburgh's Scheme Silver Award. Burcombe was Peter's first proper model railway, which had taken a year to build. It depicted the present day on a main line somewhere in the Midlands featuring a local station and goods yard. From hidden sidings at the rear a selection of diesel, electric and sometimes steam trains passed through or called at the station. Points at the rear of the layout were manually operated and those at the front by the stud and probe system. Among the more unusual rolling stock was a limited edition bogie clay slurry wagon otained from Kernow Models.



Burcombe was also home to this Skaledale windmill.

Burcombe was also home to this Skaledale windmill.

  LLANTHONY ROAD by Richard Grosvenor

00 Gauge 4mm Scale		  
 
 
   Llanthony Road was loosely based on Gloucester Docks and its environs with a fine collection of scratch built buildings - five years in the making and instantly recognisable to those familiar with the area.
  
 

  
  Llanthony Road was loosely based on Gloucester Docks and its environs with a fine collection of scratch built buildings and ships - five years in the making and instantly recognisable to those familiar with the area.

Until the mid 1980s the western side of Gloucester Docks had been served by the Docks Branch of the former Great Western Railway while the Midland built High Orchard Branch had served the eastern side until closure in 1972.  

The former GWR Docks Branch left the Gloucester-Cardiff main line at Over and crossed the Eastern Parting of the River Severn on a bridge before crossing Llanthony Road itself and arriving at Llanthony Yard opposite Bakers Quay.  Today Llanthony Yard - once well known as a cement terminal - is the site of the new Gloscat campus and the earlier 125 Business Park. 2009 meanwhile saw Bakers Quay re-opened as the Gloucester Quays designer outlet.    
Richard Grosvenor imagined that the former GWR Docks Branch had survived at least into the 1990s  

As trains arrived on the layout from the right hand end they passed under the former seed and flour mill conveyor and across Baker Street between the Tall Ships public house and the 1849 vintage Mariner's Chapel next to the Lock Warehouse of 1834 which until recently housed Gloucester Antique Centre.  Further to the left are representations of Foster Brothers Oilseed and Cake Mill ( built 1862 ), Llanthony Road bridge and the shops nearby.

Richard would be pleased to hear from anyone who worked in Gloucester Docks.                  
                                                                                  		  

 		    
Until the mid 1980s the western side of Gloucester Docks had been served by the Docks Branch of the former Great Western Railway while the Midland built High Orchard Branch had served the eastern side until closure in 1972.


Llanthony Road was also home to The Tall Ships public house


Llanthony Road was also home to The Tall Ships public house


RIMENOUGH  by Simon Evans

00 Gauge 4mm Scale


English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS) Rimenough Depot featured light engine movements - mainly Classes 37, 60, 66 and 67- for refuelling and storage as well as the arrival and departure of Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney style coaching stock top and tailed by Class 37s. All locomotives were sound chipped with South West Digital equipment and controlled by Bachmann Dynamis DCC while the rolling stock was modified, detailed and weathered. Scenery also included working shed and yard lamps.


English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS) Rimenough Depot featured light engine movements - mainly Classes 37, 60, 66 and 67-  for refuelling and storage as well as the arrival and departure of Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney style coaching stock top and tailed by Class 37s.  All locomotives were sound chipped with South West Digital equipment and controlled by Bachmann Dynamis DCC while the rolling stock was modified, detailed and weathered.  Scenery also included working shed and yard lamps.


English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS) Rimenough Depot featured light engine movements - mainly Classes 37, 60, 66 and 67- for refuelling and storage as well as the arrival and departure of Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney style coaching stock top and tailed by Class 37s. All locomotives were sound chipped with South West Digital equipment and controlled by Bachmann Dynamis DCC while the rolling stock was modified, detailed and weathered. Scenery also included working shed and yard lamps.


Rimenough was also home to Dr Who's Tardis.


Rimenough was also home to Dr Who's Tardis.


ST ANDREWS ROAD  by Jason Hannant

00 Gauge 4mm Scale


This new layout took sxmonths to build and is based on a present day coal import and distribution depot at Avonmouth. Hopper wagons were loaded from an off-scene ship and hauled by diesel locomotives of Classes 47, 56 and 66. The terminal also had a Traction & Maintenance depot - hence the Classes 08 and 67- and a passenger platform served by a Class 105 DMU. There was also an industrial estate nearby with containers and the base of a locomotive preservation group which often echoes to the sight, sound and smell of 4472 "Flying Scotsman" between its main line duties. Control was DCC with sound using a Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance 2 controller.


This new layout took six months to build and is based on a present day coal import and distribution depot at Avonmouth.  Hopper wagons were loaded from an off-scene ship and hauled by diesel locomotives of Classes 47, 56 and 66.  The terminal also had a Traction & Maintenance depot - hence the Classes 08 and 67- and a passenger platform served by a Class 105 DMU.  There was also an industrial estate nearby with containers and the base of a locomotive preservation group which often echoes to the sight, sound and smell of 4472 "Flying Scotsman" between its main line duties.  Control was DCC with sound using a Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance 2 controller.


This new layout took sxmonths to build and is based on a present day coal import and distribution depot at Avonmouth. Hopper wagons were loaded from an off-scene ship and hauled by diesel locomotives of Classes 47, 56 and 66. The terminal also had a Traction & Maintenance depot - hence the Classes 08 and 67- and a passenger platform served by a Class 105 DMU. There was also an industrial estate nearby with containers and the base of a locomotive preservation group which often echoes to the sight, sound and smell of 4472 "Flying Scotsman" between its main line duties. Control was DCC with sound using a Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance 2 controller.


HOLLOW FOSSE by John Thomas

TT Gauge 3mm Scale





Hollow Fosse was a fictitious location on the Midland & South Western Junction Railway which used to run through Cirencester from Andover to Andoversford. With connections to the LMS, Southern and GWR, all three companies were represented on the model with both steam and diesel engines of the late 1950s/ early 1960s. 3 mm scale is mid-way between OO and N gauges and was once mass-produced by Triang. These days, it is supported by a dedicated band of modellers, the Three Millimetre Society, which hold an annual convention each September. The L shaped layout measured 5' x 3'.



English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS) Rimenough Depot featured light engine movements - mainly Classes 37, 60, 66 and 67- for refuelling and storage as well as the arrival and departure of Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney style coaching stock top and tailed by Class 37s. All locomotives were sound chipped with South West Digital equipment and controlled by Bachmann Dynamis DCC while the rolling stock was modified, detailed and weathered. Scenery also included working shed and yard lamps.


TROUBLESOME TRUCKS


Troublesome Trucks allowed children to operate Thomas trains on a simple circuit of a double loop with passing sidings and a station. With three short tunnels, the conundrum was to work out which tunel mouth the trains will emerge from next. The scenery on three levels incorporated farmland, a castle and a dinosaur theme park. The layout was built over six summer weeks using 4mm MDF braced with timber. Card was used to support the elevated tracks and the hill had ply splines filled with crumpled newspaper and covered with Modroc - a thin gauze impregnated with plaster. The locomotives and track were mainly Hornby controlled by an analogue Gaugemaster Combi unit. The rolling stock was mixture of makes - some repainted for added surrealism, including the grey Gloucester RCW designed "Cemflo" which purported to be carrying lemonade powder!


Troublesome Trucks allowed children to operate Thomas trains on a simple circuit of a double loop with passing sidings and a station. With three short tunnels, the conundrum was to work out which tunel mouth the trains will emerge from next. The scenery on three levels incorporated farmland, a castle and a dinosaur theme park with a dragon breathing fire. The layout was built over six summer weeks using 4mm MDF braced with timber. Card was used to support the elevated tracks and the hill had ply splines filled with crumpled newspaper and covered with Modroc - a thin gauze impregnated with plaster. The locomotives and track were mainly Hornby controlled by an analogue Gaugemaster Combi unit. The rolling stock was mixture of makes - some repainted for added surrealism, including the grey Gloucester RCW designed "Cemflo"  which purported to be carrying lemonade powder!


Troublesome Trucks allowed children to operate Thomas trains on a simple circuit of a double loop with passing sidings and a station. With three short tunnels, the conundrum was to work out which tunel mouth the trains will emerge from next. The scenery on three levels incorporated farmland, a castle and a dinosaur theme park. The layout was built over six summer weeks using 4mm MDF braced with timber. Card was used to support the elevated tracks and the hill had ply splines filled with crumpled newspaper and covered with Modroc - a thin gauze impregnated with plaster. The locomotives and track were mainly Hornby controlled by an analogue Gaugemaster Combi unit. The rolling stock was mixture of makes - some repainted for added surrealism, including the grey Gloucester RCW designed "Cemflo" which purported to be carrying lemonade powder!


ULVIK by Martin Axford

HO Gauge 3.5 mm Scale
 

    
  Nestling beside the Osnafjord in western Norway is the quiet resort town of Ulvik. The real Ulvik never had a railway so this was an imaginary branch terminus on a singletrack branch from Voss on the Bergen-Oslo main line. Construction used an MDF top and lots of stained plywood to give a Scandinavian feel. The track was Peco with Seep point motors. Buildings were wooden kits from Euromod and Fides and the ship was a Lindbergh model. Rolling stock was a mix of Lima, Roco, Kleinbahn etc. Locomotives included the classic older NSB El 13 &14 types and Di3 diesels by Heljan. The dummy overhead wiring on the 12' x 1'6" layout used cut-down barbecue sticks and Sommerfeldt parts.
  
 

    
  Nestling beside the Osnafjord in western Norway is the quiet resort town of Ulvik. The real Ulvik never had a railway so this was an imaginary branch terminus on a singletrack branch from Voss on the Bergen-Oslo main line. Construction used an MDF top and lots of stained plywood to give a Scandinavian feel. The track was Peco with Seep point motors. Buildings were wooden kits from Euromod and Fides and the ship was a Lindbergh model. Rolling stock was a mix of Lima, Roco, Kleinbahn etc. Locomotives included the classic older NSB El 13 &14 types and Di3 diesels by Heljan. The dummy overhead wiring on the 12' x 1'6" layout used cut-down barbecue sticks and Sommerfeldt parts.   
 

    
Nestling beside the Osnafjord in western Norway is the quiet resort town of Ulvik. The real Ulvik never had a railway so this was an imaginary branch terminus on a singletrack branch from Voss on the Bergen-Oslo main line. Construction used an MDF top and lots of stained plywood to give a Scandinavian feel. The track was Peco with Seep point motors. Buildings were wooden kits from Euromod and Fides and the ship was a Lindbergh model. Rolling stock was a mix of Lima, Roco, Kleinbahn etc. Locomotives included the classic older NSB El 13 &14 types and Di3 diesels by Heljan. The dummy overhead wiring on the 12' x 1'6" layout used cut-down barbecue sticks and Sommerfeldt parts.


Ulvik was also home to a fishing boat - named Agnetha - and 21 seagulls.


Ulvik was also home to a fishing boat - named Agnetha - and 21 seagulls.


KINGS CROSS by Paul and Pepita Walker

N Gauge 2mm Scale


The aim of Kings Cross was to re-create a BR Eastern Rgion terminus set around 1956. Kings Cross offered Gasworks Tunnel as a scenic cut-off, straightforward architecture and almost everything still there (in the mid-1980s) to be measured and photographed. Paulʼs original idea was to model just the station (out and back) but Pepita wanted scenic appeal so Alndale village was added somewhere in Yorkshire or Northumberland. Walkergate yard was added later for storage. The central panel had three analogue Gaugemaster controllers plus one at Walkergate. Overall dimensions were 10' x 8' and the layout took 20 years to research and build. Two prime requirements were reliable running, particularly at low speed, and the ʻfeelʼ of the real thing. Buildings were modelled from photos, a map and on-site measurements. Thank are due to Hans Starman of Delft (Holland) for locomotive engineering, Richard Dockerill for producing specific East Coast Main Line coaching stock and John Heaton (ex BR management) for his assistance in preparing running schedules.


The aim of Kings Cross was to re-create a BR Eastern Rgion terminus set around 1956. Kings Cross offered Gasworks Tunnel as a scenic cut-off, straightforward architecture and almost everything still there (in the mid-1980s) to be measured and photographed. Paulʼs original idea was to model just the station (out and back) but Pepita wanted scenic appeal so Alndale village was added somewhere in Yorkshire or Northumberland. Walkergate yard was added later for storage. The central panel had three analogue Gaugemaster controllers plus one at Walkergate. Overall dimensions were 10' x 8' and the layout took 20 years to research and build. Two prime requirements were reliable running, particularly at low speed, and the ʻfeelʼ of the real thing. Buildings were modelled from photos, a map and on-site measurements. Thank are due to Hans Starman of Delft (Holland) for locomotive engineering, Richard Dockerill for producing specific East Coast Main Line coaching stock and John Heaton (ex BR management) for his assistance in preparing running schedules.


The aim of Kings Cross was to re-create a BR Eastern Rgion terminus set around 1956. Kings Cross offered Gasworks Tunnel as a scenic cut-off, straightforward architecture and almost everything still there (in the mid-1980s) to be measured and photographed. Paulʼs original idea was to model just the station (out and back) but Pepita wanted scenic appeal so Alndale village was added somewhere in Yorkshire or Northumberland. Walkergate yard was added later for storage. The central panel had three analogue Gaugemaster controllers plus one at Walkergate. Overall dimensions were 10' x 8' and the layout took 20 years to research and build. Two prime requirements were reliable running, particularly at low speed, and the ʻfeelʼ of the real thing. Buildings were modelled from photos, a map and on-site measurements. Thank are due to Hans Starman of Delft (Holland) for locomotive engineering, Richard Dockerill for producing specific East Coast Main Line coaching stock and John Heaton (ex BR management) for his assistance in preparing running schedules.


Kings Cross was also home to another station named Alndale.


Kings Cross was also home to another station named Alndale.


TERMINAL 1 by Alan Drewett

N Gauge 2mm Scale
  
 

    
  Welcome to Terminal 1 of Britainʼs newest airport, located at the end of a ʻcut and coverʼ branch line with the long-term car park above. Rail passengers and their luggage arrived at a four-platform terminus, served by diesel multiple units and push-pull trains while road traffic passed over the buffer stops and under the airside apron to reach the coach station and freight terminal. The airport company owned the branch line and had a liberal attitude towards vintage steam, diesel-hauled excursions and vintage aircraft.
  
 

    
  Welcome to Terminal 1 of Britainʼs newest airport, located at the end of a ʻcut and coverʼ branch line with the long-term car park above. Rail passengers and their luggage arrived at a four-platform terminus, served by diesel multiple units and push-pull trains while road traffic passed over the buffer stops and under the airside apron to reach the coach station and freight terminal. The airport company owned the branch line and had a liberal attitude towards vintage steam, diesel-hauled excursions and vintage aircraft.

Also on show were four millimetre dioramas including Away with the Faireys (below) and the Korean War. The Faireys were backed by two trains hauled by a GWR half-cab pannier tank and a Drewery diesel mechanical class O4.		  
 

    
Also on show were four millimetre dioramas including Away with the Faireys (below) and the Korean War. The Faireys were backed by two coal trains hauled by a GWR half-cab pannier tank and a Drewery diesel mechanical class O4.


Also on show were four millimetre dioramas including Away with the Faireys (aircraft) and the Korean War. The Faireys were backed by two coal trains hauled by a GWR half-cab pannier tank and a Drewery diesel mechanical class O4.


RAILWAY ARTIST Barry Walding


Barrry brought a selection of railway, aviation and wildlife art and was also busy working on a superb panting of some traction engines. He is pleased to consider commissions and can be contacted on 01453 844551


Barrry brought a selection of railway, aviation and wildlife art and was also busy working on a superb panting of some traction engines.  He is pleased to consider commissions and can be contacted on 01453 844551


CRAFT DEMONSTRATION by Peter Moore


Peter builds finescale locomotives and rolling stock in both 0 and 00 gauges and is pleased to consider commissions. He is an LNER specialist and ha modelled a section of the LNER main line at his home.


Peter builds finescale locomotives and rolling stock in both 0 and 00 gauges and is pleased to consider commissions.  He is an LNER specialist and ha modelled a section of the LNER main line at his home.


ROLLING STOCK DISPLAY by The 3mm Society

Among the 3mm scale vehicles on show was this splendid recreation of Great Western 4-4-0 locomotive 3440 "City of Truro", a frequent visitor to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway which was also represented by a stand at the Cirencester Model Railway Show.

Among the 3mm scale vehicles on show was this splendid recreation of Great Western 4-4-0 locomotive 3440 "City of Truro", a frequent visitor to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway which was also represented by a stand at the Cirencester Model Railway Show.

The 3mm Society exists to support all disciplines in 3mm scale from 12mm gauge to 3, supplying track, parts and kits of locomotives, carriages , wagons and accessories.  For more details why not write to the Membership Secretary, Tony Seal, 9 Podington Meadows, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4NX.

To put 3mm scale into context, H0 gauge has 16.5mm track gauge to a scale of 3.5mm to the foot, 00 gauge is the same but to a scale of 4mm to the foot.  EM gauge has a track gauge of 18.20mm to a scale of 4mm to the foot and Scelefour (P4) has a track gauge of 18.83mm to a scale of 4mm to the foot.

  CRAFT DISPLAY by Pendon Museum  


   Pendon, north of Didcot, displays 3 finescale layouts of the English countryside. The Dartmoor scene depicts a GWR branch line in the heyday of steam. The Vale of White Horse depicts cottages, farms, fields and chalky lanes in the first half of the 20th Century plus secions of the GWR and M&SWJR. The Madder Valley Railway is a complete branch railway in 7mm narrow gauge, with echoes of the Isle of Man and the Welsh Highland Railways. Visit www.pendonmuseum.com for further details.
  
 
 
Pendon, north of Didcot,  displays 3 finescale layouts of the English countryside.  The Dartmoor scene depicts a GWR branch line in the heyday of steam.  The Vale of White Horse depicts cottages, farms, fields and chalky lanes in the first half of the 20th Century plus secions of the GWR and M&SWJR.  The Madder Valley Railway is a complete branch railway in 7mm narrow gauge, with echoes of the Isle of Man and the Welsh Highland Railways.  Visit www.pendonmuseum.com for further details.


BOOK STALL by local authors


Featured on the Book Stall was this 1/ 20 scale model of a 3' gauge Baldwin 2-8-0 in the livery of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway of Ecuador. The electric-powered Bachmann model was repainted by Nicolas Trudgian for his 45mm gauge Southern Cross Railway in Bibury, Gloucestershire.


Featured on the Book Stall was this 1/ 20 scale model of a 3' gauge Baldwin 2-8-0 in the livery of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway of Ecuador, most famous for its Devil's Nose series of mountain climbing inclines.  The electric-powered Bachmann model was repainted by Nicolas Trudgian for his 45mm gauge Southern Cross Railway in Bibury, Gloucestershire.


  Traders at the show included Aspire Gifts and Models, Modelmania, Stewart Blencoe Books , Modeller's Mate and a second hand stall run by local modellers.  

Other display stands were by the Cirencester Railway Society, Cotswolds Canal Trust, Ffestiniog Railway  and the Swindon Model Railway Club.  Stewarding was by Friends of Deer Park School and refreshments by Selsley Church Social Committee.