Kitsch-Summer continues (shall I hashtag that? Get it trending?) for me in British Railway Modelling magazine. Wanting a colourful project, what better than an upper-middle class back garden with a miniature railway in it?
Miniature Railways come in various shapes, sizes, and locations; originally, when doing a piece on such lines, I was tempted by something like Fairbourne, but I'm doing rather a lot of beach-set projects this year, so wanted something a little more distinct.
Here's the basis; some of the excellent Z scale bits from Rokuhan of Japan.
Everything else was made from scrap and upcycled bits.
Converting the American loco before repainting it into a bit more of a British livery.
For the house, I used a venerable Airfix house kit picked up at the Keighley show, left hollow to hide the controller and batteries.
All looking a bit grim here, with the base colours washed on.
That's better :)
Mini station, patio, and spot-the-ball. Mainly because there were some figures and accessories left over from the Summer Fete build.
Guess this means it's somewhere in the West Midlands then; I envisage this as being an affluent suburb along the line featured in the 'modernised station' and 'retaining wall' pieces. Ooh, it's a shared universe, like The Avengers.
Trying to do the 'family' home thing with a repainted Metcalfe playground.
The pond was a bit of an experiment with poured casting resin in a plant tray.
A functional micro layout; about as close as I guess I'll come to making a model of a miniature railway, at least for the time being.
BRM as usual making it look awesome on the page.
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