The North Cornwall line in 2mm Finescale

[queensquare]

After a fabulous walk out along the cliffs this afternoon John and I indulged in a bit of 2mm archeology. I’m sure many older members will remember this layout which dates back well over forty years.

A recent house move by John’s daughter resulted in Bodmine being rescued from seventeen years stored in a damp shed. The corner board and fiddle yard were scrapped some while ago having succumbed to woodworm although the clay dries survive on the Wenford branch. The two main boards looked pretty grim under their layer of assorted grot and spiders webs but, on closer inspection are in surprisingly good condition. Some of the buildings are beyond repair, others just need some tlc and the scenery needs a facelift but mechanically things look promising. Needless to say, a daft plan was hatched to resurrect the layout with a new fiddleyard but otherwise as close to the original as possible.

 

Jerry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by queensquare

[Ian Morgan]

It was seeing Bodmine in the 1980's with N sized trains running on what seemed to be fuse wire rather than rails that started my interest in 2mm finescale.

 

[PeteT]

14 hours ago, queensquare said:

After a fabulous walk out along the cliffs this afternoon John and I indulged in a bit of 2mm archeology. I’m sure many older members will remember this layout which dates back well over forty years.

A recent house move by John’s daughter resulted in Bodmine being rescued from seventeen years stored in a damp shed. The corner board and fiddle yard were scrapped some while ago having succumbed to woodworm although the clay dries survive on the Wenford branch. The two main boards looked pretty grim under their layer of assorted grot and spiders webs but, on closer inspection are in surprisingly good condition. Some of the buildings are beyond repair, others just need some tlc and the scenery needs a facelift but mechanically things look promising. Needless to say, a daft plan was hatched to resurrect the layout with a new fiddleyard but otherwise as close to the original as possible.

 

Jerry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[queensquare]

We are off to Cornwall for the weekend to help John with Wadebridge at the Helston and Falmouth clubs show. Really looking forward to it, playing trains with John is always great fun. I will post pictures next week.

 

Jerry