MODBURY
Layout Description
Modbury is a 2mm Finescale layout representing a Great Western “might have been” through station as it might have appeared c.1906. The layout has a small traintable type fiddle yard at each end of a scenic section.
The stock is all either kit or scratchbuilt, portraying the Edwardian period. Presently, because of the limited amount of stock available, trains typical of the period shuttle back and forth across the scene, stopping, crossing and shunting within the station environs. Eventually I hope to have constructed enough stock to operate a variety of trains to a proper schedule.
The track is built to represent Brunel’s Baulk Road (something I have never seen in 2mm Finescale before). It has been scratchbuilt using HO PCB sleeper strip and rail and gauges from the 2mm Association.
The signals are built from MSE etches mounted on home milled posts, and are driven by servos. The turnouts are all memory wire operated. The electrification of the sections of the layout are all controlled by the signals, meaning that trains can only move if the relevant route and signals have been set. Each signal uses 2 relays - one to provide power to the section in rear and one for the section in advance of the relevant signal. The relay wiring allows the signal to be restored to danger but power is still provided to the section in advance of the signal.
Buildings are scratchbuilt from plasticard, and are principally based on South Devon prototypes on the Moretonhampstead branch. The exception being the Signal Box which comes from Bodmin General. The locomotives are all either completely scratchbuilt or converted from N gauge models utilizing 2mm Association etched chassis. Coaching and goods stock are also either kit or scratchbuilt. Modbury made its first appearance (in bare board form) in 2015 at the 2mm Association’s Expo exhibition in Chelford. Progress on the layout can be followed on my RMWeb thread within the 2mm Finescale section or on my own website www.modbury2fs.co.uk.
Modbury Photos
All Photos taken by Ian Smith
Credit as
Modbury Exhibited by Ian Smith
Photograph by Ian Smith