Ian Holmes

Marc: It is I that should be thanking you for letting me share Brachty Bridge. It’s layouts like yours that can inspire others to try building a micro. The pressure is on to keep the standard up for the Christmas/Winter issue. Ian

Thanks, but it’s all down to the modellers. All I do is put the thing together. It wouldn’t be anything without them. I’m grateful that they let me publish their work for the world to see. Personally, I have always considered four square feet as a rule. There has to be a hard and fast upper limit, otherwise you receive submissions from 8 square feet to as much as 16 square feet. Carl often referred to large scale layouts that exceeded 4 square feet as “in the spirit of a micro”, which is something I’ll gladly carry on as the magazine develops. Right now, its early days and I’m still trying to find a direction for it. I have features I want to run and things I want to try, but still carry the spirit of Carls original “Micro layouts for model railroads” website I appreciate you taking the time to read it and share your opinions. Ian

Issue two of The Micro Model Railway Dispatch is available to download from the link below. Layouts from all over the world again in all scales. I hope you enjoy it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdzbcq2boc75fdz/The Dispatch Issue 2_Final.pdf?dl=0 Ian

Wow! The Dispatch. Bringing modellers together since 2021 Ian

I want to see pictures of this Lego layout when it’s finished! I see no problems with your scheme. The inglenook concept is pretty rock solid, after all, it’s been around since 1926. So you needn’t worry about breaking it. Just get building and post pictures. I want to see Lego locos and wagons. ian

Issue 2 of The Dispatch was sent to the subscribers yesterday. That means that this time next week the rest of the world will be able to read some more micro layout goodness. Of course it’s not too late to sign up and receive your copy early like the other 100 subscribers on the mailing list. Just email MMRDeditor@gmail.com and I’ll arrange it for you. Ian

Wonderful. I've really enjoyed following the progress of the build. I hope when you're ready, you'll consider sharing some pictures of it with the readers of The Micro Model Railway Dispatch. Ian

Some good initial concepts there. You do state that your chosen prototype is Highland Railway 1920's. It might be worth googling some images of the period to see what it really looks like. It might give you some more, even better ideas. Ian

I’m working on putting issue 2 of The Dispatch together, so if anyone has any less than 4 square feet micro layouts they’d like to share with the world, drop me a line at MMRDeditor@gmail.com Ian

Outstanding images. I love them. Great work. ’ Ian

Thanks Max. I'm glad you like it. If you've anything you'd like to submit, that would be great. Ian

Send the pictures and a bit of background information about it to MMRDeditor@gmail.com Ian

Progress shots are good. Progress shots would be great in The Dispatch Ian

Gentlemen. We're soon going to be in danger of severely overthinking this. Ian

I hope you'll consider subscribing then. The perk of being a subscriber is that you get access to the issues a week before everyone else. Ian

Mikkel: four square feet is the scenic area. Fiddle yards and whatever train storage system you use to make the layout operation do not count towards that limit. I hope that helps Ian

Nice work. With a 48” x 16” baseboard it would be outside the 4 square feet limit of a micro layout. But once you subtract the area taken up by the traverser, I bet it comes in at under. I hope so, because I’d love to see the layout’s progress in the Micro Model Railway Dispatch e-magazine. Ian

Issue 1 of The Dispatch is ready for you to download. link here, I hope you enjoy it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9h9p11mauzsduf/Dispatch 1 final.pdf?dl=0

Very clever indeed.

Thank you everyone for the kind words about The Dispatch. Issue 1 will soon be ready for you. Like any editor I’m waiting for a couple of contributors to finish their articles… Ian

I'm just loving the way the buildings dominate the layout. It contributes to the realism and atmosphere

It's not a problem at all. Everything micro is fair game for The Dispatch Ian

Do you like it? Then it's good enough. Send me a picture and a few words description, and I'll put it in the layout gallery section. Ian

As a result of all the interest I have started work on the next issue of The Dispatch If anyone has something they’d like featured. Drop me a line at MMRDeditor [at] gmail.com. Ian

To all those micro layout modellers who would be interested in a “subscription “. Please send your email address to MMRDeditor [at] gmail.com I’ll put you on a mailing list and we’ll go from there. As a perk of subscription, you’ll get to access the download of the issues early. Ian