Seagone

(O/16.5)

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This is a sketch of the scenery design for the Seagone layout. Drawn by the talented John Wardle, the design is being used by various members of the SRC to construct individual buildings for the layout. A feature of this scheme is that members who do not normally work on the narrow gauge layout are undertaking to develop a "plot" on the baseboard.

The SRC's narrow gauge layout is slowly taking shape. Built in 0/16.5 (a scale of 7mm to the foot, with a track gauge of 16.5mm), its track and electrical work are approaching completion, following initial testing. Track painting and ballasting have commenced and will be followed by other scenic work.Work, therefore, is very much in progress, and the photographs below show the state of play at the beginning of June 2009.

By mid-September 2009, structures had begun to appear on the layout. These have still to be "bedded in" when the modelling of the ground has been completed. Track ballasting has begun and various SRC members are in the process of constructing buildings for the layout in accordance with the scenery design at the top of this page. Below are some of the structures produced by Trevor Forrest.

The quayside is a major scenic feature of the layout. Seen below at the end of September 2009, Phil Timmis's work shows that a considerable amount of effort has gone into building the model.