johnarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I am returning to the hobby after a a good few years away. I used to model Irish 00n3 (as in the picture left), but now I no longer live in Cornwall I am homesick and am tempted to change to that, probably GW in 4mm (EM or P4) or 3mm FS. Ideally I would like to model a real place, but don't want to do just a station, so am looking for somewhere where a small station and village or town are close enough (or mingled enough) to make a single scene, with the railway element only part of the whole. Looe seems obvious, but the station plus quay lines would be too big (even in 3mm). A small through station on a secondary line would be good (termini tend to be bigger, and space is very limited), but I can't think of one with streetscene near enough off-hand. Operational interest is unimportant, the re-creation of an attractive scene is what matters. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 St Ives as far as the overbridge? As it was with engine shed and freight yard. No real street scene but there is the sea, beach and the houses above.. Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontal Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 How about Shepards or St Agnes on the old Chacewater to Newquay Branch? :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted November 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2014 How about Falmouth Town? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thank you chaps. St. Ives could be attractive, maybe a bit big - I'll have to work it out in 3mm. I can't remember the arrangement at St Agnes, must try and find somewhere to look it up, a tempting idea though as I used to live in Mount Hawke just down the road, and St Agnes town is attractive. As for Lostwithiel, I lived there for a long time, travelled to work in Truro from that station, and I am very fond of the place - maybe I'll look for something smaller to start with, but that would probably be a long-term ideal if I have the space (and if I have a long term at my age). Ideas like that and St Ives nudge me towards 3mm, as making such things a bit more possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Not a lot there though pre 1975..... The Docks would be good but its big. Yes, but I don't really want a lot there as I said, but as I recall attractive bits of the town are a bit far from the station. If I had more time and space I could go mad and think of mixed gauge Penzance, c 1880. Probably not practical, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Bodmin, know its been done before but compact and in a town setting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thanks again for all the ideas. I think I'd ideally like to think of something smaller to start, with a bigger project as a later aim - Lostwithiel, Redruth etc, or St Ives or Looe? maybe one day. More immediately, and remembering that I probably won't live to be 150, something like St Agnes might be more practical, but I think the station was not very near the town? A 3mm Bodmin - possible, wouldn't do it in P4 after admiring the NLG version. I wish the Looe or Fowey branches had run to a through station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 How about Falmouth Town? Must be one of the most minimal stations in the country. Piece of track, platform and canopy! Could get boring!! Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Bugle might be interesting, I'll try and find out a bit more. Thanks again to everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2014 Bugle would fit most of your criteria. And it had some quite attractive signals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJ Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I think Fowey in the days before the St Blazey line shut and the passengers were withdrawn from the Lostwithiel line would make a great layout. Effectively a traditional BLT with the usual traffic plus heavy clay trains passing through from the other. A large variety of locos could be seen. The station was on a curve so visually more interesting and might fit better? Train lengths are manageable - a prairie could only take 12 clay wagons and even a 42xx could only manage 20 over the hill from St Blazey. It could be made with a fiddle yard at either end or as a roundy if you want to watch the trains go by. Good thing about clay trains compared to other minerals is you can't tell if the wagons are full or empty! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2014 Perranporth is different - island platform reached via an underpass. St Agnes is also a good choice, overbridge one end and embankment at the other, though not much non-railway infrastructure. Shepherds is also quite neat, although very long and quite rural but does have a branch. Thinking further east, Gunnislake ? Or, of course, there was another railway company in the northern part of Cornwall... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Take your pick.....Launceston, Camelford, Tresmeer, Bude, Otterham, Port Isaac Road....there's plenty to chose from! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontal Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I can't remember the arrangement at St Agnes, must try and find somewhere to look it up, a tempting idea though as I used to live in Mount Hawke just down the road, and St Agnes town is attractive. As for Lostwithiel, I lived there for a long time, Likewise, I used to live on that 'Cumber' estate at Mount Hawke between 1997 and 2001 - I also used to work Lostwithiel SB throughout the 1980s! After 1910, St Agnes was an island platform with a humped-back bridge at one end, which carried the road to Goonbell over the line. The station building could still be seen from the main road into St Agnes when I left the area - It was also the location for one of the GWR's famous camping coaches! One other suggestion: PERRANPORTH BEACH! - A simple single line with a concrete structure for a platform. A hillside with houses on it behind, shops and a beach in front. Now there's a challenge, and, it shouldn't take up too much space. :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontal Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Although just outside of Cornwall, the Turnchapel and Yealmpton branches have always attracted my attention, and Plystock Station just shouts at being modelled - With its simple layout, SR upper quadrant signals, and an excuse to run GW autocoaches, panniers, DMUs, Diesel Hydraulics, shunt locos, Bulleid Coaches, Gate Stock, and various freight wagons etc........ This area was the inspiration for the '0'scale layout 'Laira Bridge'! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2014 I've long thought "old"Bugle was very modellogenic....not so sure as it is now,,,more like one of them 1:150 Architect's Model's of an estate with a bit of N gauge track thrown in My St Enodoc station is based on Bugle in the 1950s. It is a station with an uncommon track layout and plenty of operating potential - double track one end, single the other, a level crossing, the Carbis china clay branch, and indeed some unusual signals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Likewise, I used to live on that 'Cumber' estate at Mount Hawke between 1997 and 2001 - I also used to work Lostwithiel SB throughout the 1980s! After 1910, St Agnes was an island platform with a humped-back bridge at one end, which carried the road to Goonbell over the line. The station building could still be seen from the main road into St Agnes when I left the area - It was also the location for one of the GWR's famous camping coaches! One other suggestion: PERRANPORTH BEACH! - A simple single line with a concrete structure for a platform. A hillside with houses on it behind, shops and a beach in front. Now there's a challenge, and, it shouldn't take up too much space. :-) I commuted from Lostwithiel to Truro 1985-95, so thanks for getting me there safely. Thanks again to everyone for all the suggestions, I'm looking at lots of them. If I had room for a station on the mainline it would probably be Lostwithiel, though St Austell, Redruth etc are all good ideas. I'll look closer at Gunnislake, Calstock, Perranporth and others, it's the surroundings that are most important, attractive buildings close enough, some photos to give some idea of how the area looked c1930 or maybe c1912. The station just needs to be small enough. Thanks again to everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterbournecm Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I know I'm biased, but scenery wise... you need some trees mind! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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