Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square is Hornby Magazine's biggest exhibition layout. This 29ft long Western Region terminus features a seven platform station, an extensive motive power depot with a working turntable and a return loop storage yard. It made a return to the exhibition circuit at the 2023 Spalding Model Railway Exhibition. Read its full story from start to finish here.
Grosvenor Square's second coming
Grosvenor Square is the biggest of the Hornby Magazine layout fleet measuring 29ft x 10ft. In 2018 it made its debut at the full length at the Great Electric Train Show. MIKE WILD explains how it all happened.
Grosvenor Square’s growth spurt
The Hornby Magazine team is always looking to enhance its layouts and in 2018 it was the turn of our Western Region terminus. MIKE WILD reveals why and how this large layout has been taken to the next level.
Digital Sound: A tale of two ‘Panniers’
GWR ‘Pannier’ tanks are perennial favourites and Bachmann has added the ‘64XX’ version to its existing range. PAUL CHETTER investigates the internal changes made to this newer design in order to fit sound and ‘stay alive’ capability to this and the earlier ‘57XX’ series locomotives.
Introducing Grosvenor Square
Termini make wonderful railway models and the Hornby Magazine team embarked on a project to create a Western Region theme station set in the Midlands in 2016. MIKE WILD introduces Grosvenor Square and explains its first phase of development.
Reality Check: Terminus Operation
Throughout the railway age the terminus has been an important part of the operational scene, and one that has brought with it special requirements, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES describes.
Converting an American station for a British layout
Looking outside the usual sources for a building can reap big rewards. TIM SHACKLETON explains how Grosvenor Square’s imposing terminus building came into being using an American outline kit as the basis.
Grosvenor Square: Building platforms
There is a myriad of methods and materials which can be used to make model platforms. Mike Wild explains how with a combination of timber, plastic, card, resin and ballast the extensive platforms for Grosvenor Square were built.
Building a low relief backdrop
Creating a backdrop to a railway scene doesn’t have to rely on printed or painted backscenes. Mike Wild explains how the low relief scene at the back of Grosvenor Square developed.
Station detailing at Grosvenor Square
There are many ways to bring life to a station scene. Mike Wild offers 10 top tips to make your layout’s signature location stand out from the crowd.
Grosvenor Square: A roof over our heads
Hornby Magazine’s roofing contractor TIM SHACKLETON describes the construction of Grosvenor Square’s imposing overall canopy.