Scratch building for me so far has been hacking bits of plasticard and hoping for the best that the bits I've cut will fit together - its not been too successful, but its enough to convince me to go a stage further.
I've now bought a big sheet of 3mm foamboard from a local art shop ready to model a barn on a back road near me that I've been looking at for years. All of this has come about thanks to my road laying activity of the past few days.
How, you may ask have I got from road laying
Well I've got to begin somewhere, so what better way to start than a brief introduction to what I do.
I model in three scales, four gauges and about a million and one eras - Basically, if I like something and have some money, I'll have a go!
My main interest however is the preservation era. I'm certainly a steam man more than modern traction, so for me modelling the heritage era seemed logical. I know I could have chosen the past, but since I've grown up with heritage railways it seemed a c
