16mm scale

As Tim W. surmised, the little layout necessary to accommodate the Hunslet really needs to be stone quarry based - so here we are. The old antique of a loco bumbling though to a tipping point with only two remaining wagons, we think it was probably dropping into a stone crusher, but couldn't...

A bit of background for this thread, I have for a number of years been building a garden railway in 16mm to the foot scale, narrow gauge. It comprises six stages of construction, stages 1-3 have all the support structure in place, stages 1-2 have all the trackwork down, stage 3 should have had...

I have started working again on a layout build that has been asleep for a few years, not helped by the Covid interlude! It is taking up space in the workshop which I need for another project! With an offer of a permanent housing for the layout when complete to be on display, it is this that has...

Hi, OK, what do I mean by a 'shits and giggles' workbench. It is a term Steph Dale used to describe my modelling in this respect, and I embrace it wholeheartedly. I take it to mean a fun diversion, not to be taken too seriously, and with only a faint nod to finescale aspirations. It's come...