Chatham Historic Dockyard.
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The N gauge contingent.
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Alan's credit card goes home a good deal lighter ...
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Castle Rock, 009 scale 9mm gauge by H.B. Wust of the Dutch Model Art Society, representing a small
English town with military activity in 1939.
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The Ditton Railway Company, 4mm scale 009 narrow gauge by John Thorne.
A ficticious 2'3" british narrow gauge modelled in the 1930's, comprising three individual sections
separated by fiddle yards: Long Ditton, Ditton Marsh and Ditton Heath.
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Sutton Wharf, 1:25 scale 16.5mm gauge by Christopher Payne.
Described by the owner as a "quest to achieve the ultimate in terms of maximum scale in a
minimum space".
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The Garden of England Railway, G scale 1 gauge by the G Scale Society, Kent.
Built as a group track to show off a variety of stock.
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Hornby, 4mm scale OO gauge, a layout originally displayed at the Hempstead Valley Shopping
Centre, taken over by the Chatham & District Model Railway Club.
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Rock Ridge, 1:48 scale O gauge by Chris White, a small ficticious town in Northeast Iowa,
served by the Rock Island Railroad.
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Houghton Colliery, 1:32 scale 1 gauge by Jack Burnard, an imaginary North Eastern Railway
branch line off the old east coast mainline, set in the 1950's.
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Megalo Horio, 3.5mm scale HO gauge by Baz Ward.
Set in Northern Mainland Greece sometime in the last 25 years.
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Wildschonau, HOe scale 1:32 9mm gauge by David Coates, a narrow gauge railway in
Wildschonau, a valley nestling between the Kitzbuheler Alps and the Wilder Kaiser in Austria.
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Purcell, 3.5mm scale HO gauge by John Rumble. Represents a small town in 1950's South
Western USA served by a branch of the Santa Fe Railway.
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Melbury, 2mm scale N gauge by the Chelmsford & District MRC. Circular layout on 3 levels,
constructed with the object of testing locos' handling of gradients and tight curves.
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Hopfields, 1:19 scale 32mm gauge by Kent Area 16mm Group.
Layout with two separate circuits for
running live steam and battery powered locos at the group's monthly meetings.
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Tolcarn Engine Shed, 7mm scale O gauge by Terry Yeend.
Inspired by Great Western Engine Sheds
1947 by E. Lyons, and specifically Chippenham
Engine Shed.
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Words & photographs by Steve Waredraper (layout information taken from the show programme).