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Scenes from Andrew Wilson's 5.5mm scale Festiniog-based layout.
Scratch built ex-Welsh Highland Rly 0-6-4T Moel Tryfan heads a train
of bug-boxes and a curly roof van up Gwyndy Bank. Apart from the four-wheeler
immediately behind Moel Tryfan which is a GEM kit, all the stock is scratch built.
On the same section of the layout, the ex-Harrogate Gas Works 0-6-0ST
Peckett heads up a passenger train. The Peckett is scratch built using a mixture
of brass sheet and Plastikard for the body with the saddle tank coming from an
Airfix J94 kit. The chassis uses Alan Gibson wheels, a Mashima motor and Branchline
flywheel.
Mountaineer, the Festiniog Rly's Alco 2-6-2T is in charge of a down train.
Again scratch built, the model's specification follows that of the Harrogate Peckett,
with the exception of the pannier tanks which are made from brass sheet. The Morris
Marina in the foreground is from the Corgi range and, although 1:43 scale, does
not look out of scale against Mountaineer which is quite a large locomotive in
1:55 scale.
A modified GEM Dolgoch is at the head of a typically mixed rake of Talyllyn
Railway coaches. The Corris Coach no.17 is from a MSM kit, the TR 'Stanton' bogie
coach is scratch built, whilst the Glyn Valley four-wheeler comes from Worsley
Works and finally the TR brake van is another MSM kit.
A freelance 0-6-0DM locomotive kit-bashed from an Airfix Drewry shunter
on a Tillig TT chassis hauls a scratch built TR 'Stanton' coach. The road
vehicles, a BR A35 van and Corgi Allegro, are 1:43 scale models but are an acceptable
compromise in 1:55 scale.
The Welsh Highland Railway Funkey diesel Castell Caernarfon. The 5.5mm scale model was built by Andrew Wilson using
Worsley Works etchings. The loco is not quite complete, requiring transfers and glass in the cab.
The Festiniog Railway rebuilt Funkey diesel Vale of Ffestiniog, alias The Blue Brick. The 5.5mm scale model was built by Andrew Wilson using Worsley Works etchings. Cab glazing still had to be added at the time of the photograph.
"Here's one I made earlier."
Andrew Wilson built Prince in 1964. The chassis is scratch built but the paintwork original
All aboard for the Towy Valley Railway