BAYNARDS

Below is the track plan. It's reasonably close to the actual plan at Baynards, but heavily compressed to fit the space. The platform can handle a loco with 3 Mk 1 coaches (a tight fit). The siding on the lower left should run parallel to the main line for around 1/4 mile before veering off but again, we've compressed it. The embankment above the siding hides the small 2-track fiddle.

Below is a shot of the main station building. As you may recognise, we've used the Hornby Lyddle End station, which is actually very similar to the station house at Baynards. The waiting room on the far platform is scratch built - i'm very pleased with how well it came out =]



Once again, a Hornby Lyddle End building, this time the goods shed. Also quite similar to that actually at Baynards, albeit not as close as the station house. Note the Dapol M7 in the background and the child on his father's shoulders...



Below left is an over-view of the station area from the south-east end of the layout. Sea foam trees are in evidence all over the layout along with some tree models originally intended for architectural modelling. They're darned good, but I only have a fairly limited supply and didn't want to use them all on this layout. The background is a manipulated photo printed out on our HP inkjet printer. It turned out fairly well, but doesn't look the best from this angle. Lyddle End farmhouse standing in for the real Baynards Park house (which is converted from the original Tudor stables, but I couldn't get a good enough look at it to scratch build a convincing model - those walls are mostly 8 feet high!) Vehicles are from P.D. Marsh. Figures mostly from Preiser and Model Power (although there's also some Japanese ones in there that I picked up from ebay - no idea of the make as I can't read the label!)



Above right is a view of the station and goods yard from the tileworks siding. You can't really see in this photo, but the grass on the bank to the left is particularly effective (I've never liked 'scatter' grass, so had a go using a fibre-like product bought from our local model shop. Very messy, but it looks darned good)

Overall, we're very pleased with the way the layout came out, but there are a number of things we'd do differently next time. This particular line fascinates both Rose and I, so we're already talking about having another go at it on a slightly larger scale. We're already collecting stock and various other odds and ends for our next attempt. First, however, we have King's Compton to finish!