1950s

I retired at the end of July last year. One of my retirement projects is to refurbish my layout Diddington and the purpose of this thread is to record progress. Diddington depicts a branch line terminus in East Anglia. A tramway runs from Diddington to Upwell Drove, rather like the Wisbech and...

Morning all, Regulars to the Sheep Chronicles may well have seen reference made to a change in approach to my modelling courtesy of a day spent at Expo EM in Bracknell a few weeks ago now. Now despite what it suggests, this doesn't necessarily mean abandoning 00 gauge and adopting EM and...

Evening all. Some here may frequent the Sheep Chronicles, a thread teetering on the very brink of chaos where I waffle on in order to record the occasional progress of my modest 4mm meanderings. I've decided to dip a hoof into the murky waters of 7mm modelling. This has been prompted by the...

Hi Guys thought l would open a workbench thread to show my scratch building efforts at the moment l am scratching an LSWR T9 with eight wheeled water cart 30338 in BR lined black..

Penmaenpool has been on the go for a year now and before that is was planned to be on portable baseboards as I didn't have a home for it. Well, now I have a "railway room with house attached" in a lovely, friendly village in Occitanie. The house is a three story village house and had a home...

Morning all, I thought I would provide an introduction to Bleat Wharf, the second of my entries into the Cameo Competition. Bleat Wharf is a rather sleepy, slightly run down backwater on the dear old former S&DJR, just off the Highbridge branch. Set in 1950s Somerset, Bleat is occasionally...

Evening all. Just thought I would introduce myself. I model in 00 Gauge using RTR stock and locos. Main interests revolve around the former lines of the dear old S&DJR, Somerset end, and those odd corners of the L&SWR. I hope to post some images and a summary of my current layouts in due...