Colin's Blog

Colin's Blog describes my return to railway modelling after a long absence. The plan is to create a Blog where my grandchildren and others can explore the various activities in three main areas:

Since first starting this Blog my interest has evolved, my Westown-Heathfield layout is no more, and I've moved on and I'm creating Upper Hembury, Which is reported elsewhere on here.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/173620-upper-hembury-east-devon-a-gwr-sr-branch-line

To share key steps with my grandchildren, feature photos from the Upper Hembury project are also presented here in my Blog.

My 1930s West Country setting with both town and rural components, was signed to capture the essence of the time, the trains and places rather than strictly adhere to prototypical metrics. I call this place "Westown - Heathfield" very loosely based on Weston-super-Mare (my home town) and a Quantocks village.  Presently the time and date is Winter 1936.

Since starting this blog, my work has run as far as I feel is worth pursuing and I'm now moving on to build a new layout. Space constraints mean the end has come for Westown-Heathfield so my new posts here are a retrospective covering some of the more interesting parts

My other project is the rolling stock of the Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway. This will have no dedicated layout, it is an exercise in kit building which has proved most timely as it's seen me thru the recent shutdowns and recovery from a broken foot.