steamystef on June 29th, 2010

“La ferme du Haut Bois” and “La Halte de Sousac”, here are some views of these first sceneries done for now.
The farm is based on an old pictures

The model, in place:

It is far than finished but the idea is there.  The model is made of cardboard, plaster and wood.
And the little station, now used to [...]

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JohnC on April 21st, 2010

Here is a video of Paul Holmes’ Dinas 1869 complete with sound and smoke effects filmed at Warley in November 2009.

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JohnC on March 27th, 2010

White Hill is is based on one of the small cement works that once flourished in the Adur Valley in West Sussex, but have sadly, long since closed. It represents a typical cement works that was part of a much larger system with all of the various works [...]

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JohnC on January 28th, 2010

This is the track plan of the standard and narrow gauge interchange yard of the Pentewan Light Railway – my long in gestation layout. Only some of this track is built.

The purple block on the plan is a tippler on a raised section of track from which loaded wagons of china clay will be tipped [...]

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steamystef on October 5th, 2009

After having show you the layout, here are the different spots of interest.
The station, described earlier

The forestry halt, called “Sousac”

The long bank from “Grignan” to “Bois Marie”

The top “Z” part

The sawmill and its layout.

For now, I’m working on the forestry halt, 2m40 long and 70cm wide in two block.  In this part of the layout, [...]

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steamystef on September 23rd, 2009

Can I introduce you my new project ?  “Tramway de Grand Comble”, a ficticious line somewhere in a country like France or Belgium.  A 60cm gauge line with commercial purpose and an old branch converted for forestry development.  The starting point for this project is to model a narrow gauge line with some place like: [...]

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During a recent visit to the Le P’tit Train de la Haute Somme I spotted this superb little diorama in a glass case in the museum which I assume is O14.

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JohnC on March 12th, 2009

I hope group member Madkitten (Nikki) doesn’t mind me adding a link to her blog which is chronicling the progress of her new O14 layout Tumbledown Wharf at: http://madkitten.wordpress.com/ It promises to be a very fine layout when completed.

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JohnC on December 5th, 2008

Here are some more photos Gilbert Gribi sent me of his layout Les Mages which featured in Loco Review in January & March 2000 (see O14 in the News). Further details can be found on his website here: Les Mages

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matthieu on November 25th, 2008

Francois Gilbert and Matthieu Jacquemart, two French modellers, have built this layout.
The products from KBscale influenced them to make a layout in this scale, with a little help from Bernard Daillan of the escadrille Saint Michel !
Here is some pictures of this layout, you can see our website here

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