Layout Archive

Since our Group formed in March 2014, some layouts are no longer with our group members or are out of circulation. Here is a selection of Galleries illustrating past projects:

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Thurtey

A Motorail diesel waits with the guards van on the centre pier.

A train is ready to depart from the passenger pier while the Motorail waits in the siding.
The stone pier with barge.

Railbus at the passenger terminus.
Minitrains Bohler with Barclay modifications at the water tower.
Modified Bachmann Ruston on the turning triangle.
Early photo of the layout.
Looking towards the ferry dock.
An N2sf diesel waiting with empty wagons.

“Thurtey” was originally built in 2005 as a special layout to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Wessex Narrow Gauge Modellers and is quite a unique layout. The track plan is shaped to proclaim the numerals “3” and “0” with the number “3” forming the scenic section of three jetties and a turning triangle, and the “0” as the fiddle yard area. It is 30″ square and designed to be running in 30 seconds of placing it in position. Using second hand items the cost was £30, and there were 30 figures and animals. It was obtained about 2017 and Richard has refreshed much of the scenery, and modified it slightly, making it an operable layout again. Inspired by King Harry Ferry in Cornwall the layout has passengers and vehicles waiting for the ferry to arrive from the other side of the estuary while dredging debris is taken from the estuary bed and loaded into wagons.