Although it could be said that I cheated with Canute Road Quay when I modelled the quayside wall as part of the front facia of the layout; this was not to avoid having to create the water but in fact to maximise the space available with a 12 inch deep baseboard. There are however a … Continue reading From the archive #4 The quay to making puddles and something about gulls…
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From the Archive #3 Making an exhibition of myself or Fisherton Sarum’s first outing, 10 years on…
November this year sees the 10th anniversary since the first exhibition outing for Fisherton Sarum. Wycrail 2006, the annual exhibition of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society, was the first public appearance, and was the first time the layout was actually fully operated. I was however able to set the layout up for the … Continue reading From the Archive #3 Making an exhibition of myself or Fisherton Sarum’s first outing, 10 years on…
From the archive #2 Fisherton Sarum at its spiritual home
Most railway modellers are used to operating layouts either in parts of their homes; lofts, sheds, spare rooms etc, and in various exhibition halls, often the likes of school halls, gyms or village halls, but on the Saturday of the first May bank holiday in 2009 Fisherton Sarum was exhibited at a slightly more unusual … Continue reading From the archive #2 Fisherton Sarum at its spiritual home
From the archive #1 Fisherton Sarum’s humble beginning
Fisherton Sarum was started back in 2005 originally as an interim layout, as time and space does not permit the building of the other layouts I have planned, as a means to display some of my locomotives and rolling stock. This is the first post in a series looking back through the archives of Fisherton … Continue reading From the archive #1 Fisherton Sarum’s humble beginning