Earlier this year RICHARD WATSON embarked on an extension to Hornby Magazine’s ‘OO9’ narrow gauge layout. Three months later the project is complete, for now...
Above: The ‘OO9’ extension is complete for the time being. Its Ffestiniog Railway theme has been enhanced by visiting locomotives and rolling stock.
DURING NATIONAL lockdown at the start of this year I, like many others, turned to my hobby for a bit of escapism. A large project was never going to happen with shops closed, but through chance I had the ‘OO9‘ layout Wardle Bay tucked in a corner and I took on the challenge to extend the layout using bits and pieces from previous projects and the minimum of spending.
A plan was formed and the Ffestiniog Railway became the inspiration. I’d been to film the railway and the surrounding countryside the previous year so had all the reference material for a small extension at hand.
The baseboard I assembled measured 4ft x 1ft, the same size as the original station board, and would give the trains leaving Wardle Bay a run before reaching the off-scene storage yard.
The planning phase for any new model railway is always a fun part and I wanted to try and incorporate new scenic techniques I’d learnt from vi…
