ray_whiley
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Recently, in another thread, kotangagirl suggested PD Hancock's Craig and Mertonford as worthy of modelling as a Trainz model railway.
Browsing through my collection of Railway Modellers yesterday, I came across the issue dated April 1954 with PD Hancock's first description of his layout.
His baseboard consisted of two old blackout frames supported on a miscellanous collection of tea chests and packing cases. At the end of a year's efforts he had a few lengths of 00 gauge track over which nothing woukd run without derailing, several wagons which looked like matchboxes on wheels, and one locomotive which needed prodding firmly with a finger every time one wanted it to start or change direction. (His descriptions.)
Such was the start of one of the all-time classic layouts.
Annie (kotangagirl) I hope this is of interest.
Ray
Incidentally, this was the first RM with a colour cover - a shot of Craig. Some years later I had to remind Cyril Freezer of this when he claimed that the then current issue was the first with a coloured cover.
Browsing through my collection of Railway Modellers yesterday, I came across the issue dated April 1954 with PD Hancock's first description of his layout.
His baseboard consisted of two old blackout frames supported on a miscellanous collection of tea chests and packing cases. At the end of a year's efforts he had a few lengths of 00 gauge track over which nothing woukd run without derailing, several wagons which looked like matchboxes on wheels, and one locomotive which needed prodding firmly with a finger every time one wanted it to start or change direction. (His descriptions.)
Such was the start of one of the all-time classic layouts.
Annie (kotangagirl) I hope this is of interest.
Ray
Incidentally, this was the first RM with a colour cover - a shot of Craig. Some years later I had to remind Cyril Freezer of this when he claimed that the then current issue was the first with a coloured cover.