16mm scale
Melin Llechi
The slate industry of North Wales is the theme of this evocative 16mm:1ft scale narrow gauge layout. THOMAS ASHCROFT-DOMONEY outlines its origins and operation.Photography, Jonathan Newton
Melin Llechi in 16mm narrow gauge
This 16mm gauge railway is based in North Wales on a typical slate quarry dressing mill in the hills of Snowdonia. See it at Model World LIVE on April 27/28 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham.
The Isle of Westland Railway
Andy Coward’s garden may not be the biggest in the world but it hasn’t stopped him building a stunning outdoor railway which enthrals both him and his railway modelling friends, as he explains in this feature from the Hornby Magazine Archive. Photography, Trevor Jones.