Category Archives: layout

Jelly and ice-cream redux

Posted on 23 August, 2011 by Steve

Another August, another invite to a pleasant afternoon of model railways, chatter and desserts in rural Sussex. I dug Cranbrook out of the shed and took it along, to my surprise it a) hadn’t been eaten by mice and b) … Continue reading →

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New Park (Harrogate)

Posted on 25 August, 2010 by Steve

I’m doing a pretty bad impression of someone who doesn’t need to be building another layout. At the weekend’s get together I had enough of Harrogate working to be able to demonstrate it and talk about the concept and how … Continue reading →

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Village hall, model railways, ice cream

Posted on 23 August, 2010 by Steve

A small gathering of (mostly) narrow gauge modellers on Saturday afternoon. Very well provided for with snacks, up to and including jelly and ice cream. Many thanks to those in charge for the invite. Hook Basin – 1:25 – Richard … Continue reading →

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Hoppering Mad

Posted on 19 July, 2010 by Steve

So I’d like to build a layout based on the Harrogate gas works railway. Correction: I am building a layout based on the Harrogate gas works railway. The first loco is taken care of by the recent RT Models kit … Continue reading →

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Plan view

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by Steve

With the novelty of a quiet house for a brief morning, I was able to lay out the full extent of Harrogate to get a hopefully final fix on how big it will be. Using N gauge 1st radius for … Continue reading →

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