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This site describes the construction of my 4mm scale narrow gauge layout, Isle Ornsay. It is the Southernmost terminus of a proposed line on the Isle of Skye, part of 4 railways proposed under the Hebridean Light Railway Proposal of 1898.
The other aspect of this site is to describe both proposed and constructed narrow gauge railways located in Scotland.
I occasionally describe places I've been, or things that I've enjoyed, but it all has a railway theme.
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Tag Archives: scenery
Making Waves
What with the entire front of the layout being the coastline of the Isle of Skye, representing the sea in model form is going to be quite important. A while back I made a small diorama of a piece of … Continue reading
Painting the sea
So, the layout’s exhibition debut at Narrow Gauge South at Sparsholt went well, but I’ll come to that in my next post. In the mean time let me recap what I did to get the layout ready to show. The … Continue reading
Speeding up geology
As we all know, it takes thousands of years for rocks to be created. Fortunately for modellers, even those of a serious armchair disposition, we can make our rocks a little more quickly! A while backI had an email to-and-fro … Continue reading
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Tagged Bragdon Enterprise, castings, coastline, moulds, rocks, scenery
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