If there was ever proof needed that model railways can be very imaginative, this depiction of Middle Earth is definitely it! Hobbiton End is a fantastic narrow gauge branch line built by Simon Addelsee. It is set some 50 years after the Lord of the Rings novels of JRR Tolkien (and subsequent film adaptions), with the premise…
The marvellous models on this page were scratch built, which is an incredible feat. However, most surprising of all was the medium used – cardboard. These are just a small selection of EG Best of Winchester’s collection of hand made cardboard models.
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2016 with Simon. There were many layouts on display at this large and generally well attended fixture in the model railway exhibition calendar. Held at Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh it is one of the best on Hampshire’s coast in my opinion and the visit proved to be…
Good evening, Tonight we are finishing our look at the layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November 2015. So without further ado let’s have a look! Pwllheli (P4) Pwllheli is a P4 gauage layout owned by South Hants Model Railway Club member Jonathan Buckie. Pwllheli is situated in north- west corner…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another one of my favourite layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November.
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another one of my favourite layouts from the South Hants Model Railway Club show in November. The layout in question is a P4 layout called London Road owned by Jolyon Wilkinson. London Road was originally built in the 1980s as a four road suburban terminus, representing the LNWR…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at my favourite layout that I saw at the annual Portsmouth Model Railway Exhibition hosted by the South Hants Model Railway club last weekend. The layout in question is an EM gauge layout called Westcliff which is a “what might have been” based on the Dorset seaside town of…
Next Weekend on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2015 Four Marks & Ropley Scout Group are holding their 11th Annual Model Railway Exhibition. In 2012 I visited this small but very friendly model railway exhibition (click here to read more.) As usual, on Sunday it coincides with the Watercress Festival in Alresford and so…
Good evening, Todays post will be continuing my look at the South Hants Model Railway Club’s 2014 exhibition so without further ado we begin with: Orestone Quay The layout was built by the late John Lewis, who was at one time a prominent member of the Burgess Hill MRC. After his death, in memory of…
This weekend I was able to visit (abeit briefly) the South Hants Model Railway’s club 2014 show. It was so late in the day that they ran out of show guides which does make writing blog posts about the layouts a bit trickier! But up first we have my favourite layout from the show: Brixcombe
Loco Yard 