Start to build!

(6 November 2024)

Time to stop planning and start building my first 009 layout.

Inspired by the village of Tamerton Foliot where I grew up on the outskirts of Plymouth. The LSWR main Plymouth-Waterloo line passed nearby and a station was built 2 miles from the village. In my re-imagining, the distance was too great for the gentry and a light railway was built for their convenience. The railway also carries agricultural produce for London: strawberries and rabbits.

The model has two connected scenes: a village with adjacent harbour (much grander than reality: the village lies at the end of a tidal creek which is mostly mud flats), and a connection to the standard gauge main line.

At the last moment (after buying the timber), I changed the two-board design from a U-shape to an end-to-end, which minimises curves and is easier to exhibit. It also allows me to add a third board between the two should I later wish to.