Concept

The desire to produce a layout that gets away from the matt black front profile edge that is seen so many times at exhibitions. To find an alternative to the hanging curtain fixed to the lower edge of baseboards. Perhaps the inclusion of mood lighting to add variety to the presentation of the layout.

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Site survey

On a chilly January day three of us set about doing a site survey of Stony Shaw station on the Bredgar & Wormshil Light Railway.

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Baseboards

From the outset our aim was to create baseboards that are light in weight, quick to assemble at exhibitions and do not require bolts to join.

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Track

The track work needs to follow the prototype as closely as possible, no visible wire connections, high detail level and provide reliable running.

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Scenery

Scenery is yet to be started.

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Darent

This is a scratch build, other than the motors, gearboxes and bearings we will make all the parts ourselves.

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Couplings

One of the common items of the stock is the couplers used on the locos at Bredgar, these we want to replicate as closely as possible.

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RotaYard

Conventional fiddle yards are not going to work with this layout, thinking outside the box we came up with the RotaYard.

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