Narrow Gauge South April 2018 Part 1

Narrow Gauge South Exhibition organised by Wessex Narrow Gauge Modellers. This was my first visit to this show and I was pleasantly surprised at the range and standard of layouts on show. A very enjoyable few hours. Parts 2 & 3 will follow soon. Layouts shown in Part 1 are: 00:51 Ilfracombe East - 009 (4mm scale on 9mm gauge) - Brian Key. Based on the Lynton & Barnstable railway. 02:49 Green Pond Mine - H0e/H0f (3mm scale on 9mm/6.5mm gauge) - Lyn & Jim Owers. A Fluorite mine in the Peak District. 03:44 Sarre - 0 Gauge (7mm/ft; 32mm Gauge) - East Kent 0 Gauge Group. Based on East Kent Railway built to serve the Kent coalfields. 05:34 Lower Exbury - 4mm/ft; 18.83mm gauge, P4 standard - Alison Barker. Terminus of the fictitious South Hampshire Light Railway. 06:56 Plaxtol Road - 0 Gauge (7mm scale on 32mm gauge) - Tim Tincknell. Typical Colonel Stephens light railway. 07:41 Bryn-y-Felyn - 009 (4mm scale on 9mm gauge) - Matthew Kean. Based on the look of the old Welsh Highland Railway. 09:43 Wickambreaux Road - 009 (4mm scale on 9mm gauge) - David Marshall. Depicts the station on the Canterbury Light Railway. 10:58 Ryedown Lane - 009 (4mm scale on 9mm gauge) - Patrick Collins. Rural narrow gauge railway in the 1930s. 13:06 Snowdon Nwngr - at 8mm/ft; 1/38 scale - Peter Booth. Portrays the 2 ft narrow gauge railway at Rhyd Ddu. 14:42 Sud Harz Eisenbahn - H0m (3.5mm scale on 10mm gauge) - Paul Steedman. Based on a metre gauge line in Germany. 19:04 Roestok - 009 (4mm scale on 9mm gauge) - Ian Turner. Depicts a 2 ft gauge branch line in the British Empire of Southern Africa.