Richard78

Michael

I suggested to Eric Gates that he contact you and ask you for an article for the Modellers' Digest but he told me that is already in hand!

Hayling Island is modelled in Finescale 0 Gauge. The loco "Bognor" is scratch built- the late Peter Korrison constructed the components and I completed the loco after Peter died. It was painted beautifully by Alan Brackenborough. The first and third vehicles were completed using etches from Ian MacCormac. The remaining two were scratch built by me in Plastikard.

I live now in Ledbury but was Sussex born and bred! Sadly Hayling Island is just the wrong side of the county boundary but it was the only prototype LB&SCR station that I had space for in 7mm. The station is modelled as it was between 1898 and early 1900. The water tank was still in position then but the engine shed had been removed some time after its closure in 1894. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a clear photo of it. My rolling stock is of three periods: Craven, Stroudley oil lit and Stroudley gas lit.

Regards

Richard.

Batrapyr

Many thanks for your posting. Concerning the name 'Denyer', It certainly is a local name here in Midhurst and well recognised as such

Concerning the saffron yellow window and door frames, this was this was originally a political statement by the rather Liberal 2nd Viscount Cowdray, so if you can date him, then that will answer your query about the date that this came into being.

 

Richard78

Thanks for your posting. Yes, I live in Midhurst about 100 yards from the site of the 1881 station.

Eric Gates has compiled an article for the next Brighton Circle Modellers Digest, and hopefully there will be more to follow.

Your model of Hayling Island sound to be very interesting and the photo of the train is very evocative of the period.

The rolling stock seems to be from 5and9 (is that correct?) but is the loco from a kit or scratchbuilt?

What gauge are you modelling to? Mine is EM gauge as you know. Also where are you located?

 

Regularity and Edwardian, 

Thanks for the postings

 

Killian Keane

That drawing of the 0-4-2 is very useful and has set me on course to find some way of scratchbuilding it. This also applies to 'Egmont', a drawing of which I received yesterday. And then there is number 400!!!

Where does it end?

 

On Midhurst 1866 the passenger footbridge over  Bepton Road has been built and installed. Next to do is the fencing from the station to the footbridge.. Also installed are gradient posts and a 'Stop' sign from the LSWR connection.

I am assuming that there would have ben only one signal at the end of the platform (Starter) and the presumption is that all other internal junctions would have been controlled by points indicators. Still trying to work out a wiring diagram for these when they are built so that the lights on each side will change fro red to green dependant on the direction of the point setting. Then I have to build them!!!

 

More photos to follow later

Hayling Island strikes me as an excellent subject.  Do you have pictures of the layout?

 

The 1890s seems a period fraught with change at South Hayling at least; transition to A1s (1892), station canopy, shed closure and demolition (1894), station building extension (1896), change to bullhead rail (1898) etc.  

About 1890 Hayling Island (or South Hayling as it was then) had only a run round loop, one siding and an engine shed, so rather limiting from an operational point of view. A friend gave me a transcript of the LB&SCR Engineering Committee Minutes for the period and I was able to establish the changes pre 1900 in chronological order. Ralph Cousins of Havant (ralph.cousins@btinternet.com) included this info in a booklet he has produced on the branch. This continually updated and now runs to just over 100 pages. The price is a very reasonable £6.

I have modelled the branch as it was between 1898 and the extensions of early 1900 but with rolling stock covering the 1880 to 1900 period. Following a move of house the layout is being completely rebuilt and I can't supply any photographs for the time being but I do have a photo taken prior to the rebuild.

Killian Keane

You are correct as always. 'Brigand' is an interloper

 

Edwardian

Stick with what satisfies you. I wish I could  still do the things that were easy years ago. Castle Aching makes me very envious.

It has taken me forty years to realise the dream of 'doing' Midhurst LBSCR 1866, as I have never seen anyone else do it

 

Thanks both for the encouragement.

 

Michael

Hello Michael

A friend sent me yesterday a copy of the  official track plan of Midhurst c1866. The Midhurst branch has always interested me and looking for more information on the Internet I came across a link to your model. Congratulations on a superb layout. How nice to see someone else modelling the Victorian scene- and so well. (I model Hayling Island in the 1890s). I suggested to Eric Gates that your layout would make an excellent topic for the next "Modellers' Digest" but he tells me that this is already in hand- so I look forward very much to seeing Midhurst in the Digest.

Do you live in Sussex?

Best regards

Richard