St Donats 1963

After a lull in modelling during the summer, I returned to the diorama and later in the autumn started a new loco. My model in the Vale of G...

 The final job on the body, before turning to the chassis, was the cab roof. The first job on the chassis was the bogie. I was off to a flyi...

At long last I sourced a sheet of 8 thou nickel silver (thanks for the recommendation, Frank) allowing me to continue with Toynbee Hall’s t...

St Donats 1963 has very few structures, and only a single track to carry trains from one side of the diorama to the other. Consequently, the...

I’ve worked on a number of modelling projects this past six months on average for maybe an hour a day, more or less. My main project continu...

  The Dornoch Branch train last ran 60 years ago, on the 11 th June 1960. The branch loco 1649, inherited from Kyle of Sutherlan...

The diorama, now with track, scenic jigsaw foamboard bases, a trial horizon and the trial bridge shaped to accentuate the perspective, is at...