[There is quite a lot of back-story to this post - feel free to skip to the bit about wheels if you want just the nitty gritty!]
Like many modellers, I suspect, I spend time pondering what my priorities are, what I want from my hobby, and how to get the most satisfaction within the constraints of time, money, space, skills, and so on. This post then, is not about something I have already made, presented as a piece of 'finished' work. Rather, it's about why I am here and where I am go
Netherport is my long-term project, a GWR terminus and port, in 7mm scale and set circa 1908. I have been developing a backstory, based on a some 'revisions' to the geography of Dorset, so Netherport is notionally located roughly where the real West Bay is situated. I have a list of features I would like the layout to have, but actual construction will have to await a house move, though I may do a smaller layout based on the same theme to develop ideas and techniques.
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