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Showcase: Arne Wharf

Chris Nevard

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120502_arnewharf_DSC_4315, a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr.

 

You may have sen this photo in the photo-feed at the top of the index page, here's a little more about it......

 

To those not familiar with some of my layouts, over the next few postings I'm going to have a look at some of the layouts I've built, starting off with Arne Wharf.

 

Back in 2003 I'd only been back in the hobby for a year or so, and wanted to build something small and compact which could be taken to shows. Since the mid 1980's when previously in the hobby, scenic products and techniques had moved on in leaps an bounds, so Arne Wharf would also be a chance to try out some new products and techniques as well as having a bit of fun chopping up a Walthers Glacier Gravel Co kit.

 

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When at a show it's 4ft off the ground unlike here!

 

Arne Wharf is modelled in 009 (representing 2'3" gauge) and totally contained within 3' x 2'. My interpretation is based on a fictitious line running from Arne to Wareham via Ridge & Stoborough on the Purbeck Peninsular. The line was built to transport ball clay, lime stone, salt and oysters in addition to general merchandise. One of the delights of this scale/gauge combination is that almost anything goes - making for enjoyable escapism free from the hobby's more serious element.

 

The whole layout fits in a scenic footprint of 3ft x 2ft with and extra foot for a fiddle yard.

 

I'm hoping to take this little layout along with Polbrock to Model Rail Live at Barrow Hill on the weekend of 22 & 23 September 2012.

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BlackRat

So who says they haven't got room for a model railway?

 

Flimsiest excuse for not doing anything ever eh!

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devondynosoar118

SBL is even smaller. Any chance of having all your smaller layouts on display in one place? I know many people would like to see them, I very much enjoyed Combwich at Taunton last year, maybe a members day exclusive next year?

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N15class

I know the area well that you have modeled, with all the quarry railways there, there could quite easily of been this like. People are always surprised how much quarrying and mineral lines there were in the location. Most think it is a pretty place to walk and to sit by the sea.

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Chris Nevard

I'd love to have them all in one place, it would be a van jobby and for a no expenses show over £100 weekend van hire is alot of money to fork out before we even talk about fuel. But, this layout and Polbrock will be at the MODEL RAIL barrow Hill event as above.

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