Tinplate, diecast and card

[Peter Roberts]

I threatened to sort out some photos of my vintage Hornby O gauge layout that's up in the loft. As I hadn't taken any for a while I've spent several happy hours setting up a few scenes to post. The layout has no pretensions to being accurate to scale, for the most part this old stuff is very crude by today's standards. Therein is its period charm, afterall some of it is almost ninety years old.
So don your anorak, shove the thermos and fishpaste sandwiches in your duffel bag and grab your notebook: we're off to do some old-fashioned trainspotting.

Fill her up

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Waiting for the signal

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Queuing at the crossing

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Happy campers

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French connection



All of life in miniature, even the end

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A fuller description of the layout and an account of my trials and tribulations shooting it on film can be found on this 35mmc post of a few years ago.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Fascinating @Peter Roberts!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

These are great Peter! When I was in Munich (years ago) I spent some time enjoying the train layout at the Deutsches Museum. I seem to recall that they have cameras mounted on some of the engines and you can view this online.

 

[Pete Askew]

These are wonderful, Peter. I only managed one bite of my fish paste sandwich before I was absorbed by the pictures. I'd forgotten the flat, die-cast trees. We might need more!

 

[Ralph Turner]

Excellent series, Peter. (Funny, though, the people all seem to need to zip about on skateboards... )

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love, love, love the Kodak van!

 

[Beth Carter]

love it. not sure how happy the campers are after the train goes through 9 times an hour overnight, but they look happy enough for now.

 

[Pete Askew]

I've just notices the pill box!

 

[Peter Roberts]

Fascinating @Peter Roberts!

Thanks Gianluca, I'm pleased you found it so.

 

[Peter Roberts]

These are great Peter! When I was in Munich (years ago) I spent some time enjoying the train layout at the Deutsches Museum. I seem to recall that they have cameras mounted on some of the engines and you can view this online.

Thanks Gary.
Yes, they seem to do that sort of very well in Germany. There's also a huge model railway in Hamburg, I think it's billed as the world's largest in terms of the space it occupies. It's on my bucket list

 

[Peter Roberts]

These are wonderful, Peter. I only managed one bite of my fish paste sandwich before I was absorbed by the pictures. I'd forgotten the flat, die-cast trees. We might need more!

Thanks Pete. There's always one who starts on their sarnies before we've barely started

 

[Peter Roberts]

Excellent series, Peter. (Funny, though, the people all seem to need to zip about on skateboards... )

Thanks Ralph. Agile little folk, aren't they? Some of them are older than me (and that's saying something) but there's no way you'd get me on a skateboard.

 

[Peter Roberts]

Love, love, love the Kodak van!

Haha, well I just had to get that in didn't I?

 

[Peter Roberts]

love it. not sure how happy the campers are after the train goes through 9 times an hour overnight, but they look happy enough for now.

Thanks Beth. I think we Brits have a masochistic trait when it comes to holidays. It's so we came laugh about it...........when it's over

 

[Peter Roberts]

I've just notices the pill box!

Hahaha. I can see I'm going to have to do some more sometime.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Gary.
Yes, they seem to do that sort of very well in Germany. There's also a huge model railway in Hamburg, I think it's billed as the world's largest in terms of the space it occupies. It's on my bucket list

It is impressive. Mind, you have elbow all the kids out of the way to get to the best bits!