Drinnick Stores - not another china clay layout
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Following the pleasure I had building Woodbrick Road, I'm embarking on a new photo diorama / micro layout based more in the far south west, so I can have somewhere suitable to take piccys of my Beattie Well Tank and various clay wagons,
The real Drinnick Stores was never served by rail, in my imagined scenario the rails were laid many years after the buildings were constructed, so are just simple sidings into the yard. The ground has had to be cut away to provide level rail acces, so a simple earth bank/ loading dock was dug out to facilitate unloading.
Construction of the board is an experiment with foam board, to see how good it is at A2 size. There is only board at present, but I'm planning on at least one more, to convert the diorama into a working layout.
There are a few old factory buildings in the Redruth-Camborne area which are now disused but stlll standing - I'll be using these as inspiration to provide a partial backscene. Imagine an old stone building, the roof has collapsed, the window frames have all been removed, and trees are now growing inside, with branches coming out of the windows.
This layout will also be a first for me as it will involve quite a bit of vegitation, something I've tended to avoid so far...
Again, some photos to follow.
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