Layouts: 'O' gauge

'O' gauge layout features

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Conyer Creek Signals - an SECR branch line in O gauge

GREG COOMBER’S

A sleepy Kent Coast creek is the setting for GREG COOMBER’S debut ‘O’ gauge layout, set in the pre-Grouping era.

GREG COOMBER’S
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Bath Green Park in O gauge

ANDREW PEARCE

The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway’s northern terminus is the subject of ANDREW PEARCE’S stunning ‘O’ gauge layout. He explains how and why he built this giant layout.

ANDREW PEARCE
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Heaton Lodge Junction - The Grand Plan

SIMON GEORGE

One of the biggest model railways in the UK is set to expand further with conversion of its storage yard into a facility recreating the likes of Tinsley and Healey Mills yards. Owner SIMON GEORGE talks to MIKE WILD about the latest evolution of this ‘O’ gauge behemoth.Photography, Mike Wild and Jonathan Newton

SIMON GEORGE
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The Charnwood Forest Branch – Part 2

JOHN ELLIOTT

In the second of our two part feature on Soar Valley Model Railway Club’s stunning ‘O’ gauge layout, JOHN ELLIOTT looks more closely at how the buildings and scenery were created.

JOHN ELLIOTT
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The Charnwood Forest Branch – Part 1

JOHN ELLIOTT

An ‘O’ gauge spectacular based on a real railway, Soar Valley MRC’s layout has been a long time in gestation. JOHN ELLIOTT introduces this stunning layout in the first of a two part feature.

JOHN ELLIOTT
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Norton Saint Somers - the Somerset and Dorset in 'O' gauge

STEPHEN FAY

The famous Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway is deservedly popular. STEPHEN FAY explains how he and his father created a distinctive slice of the route in 7mm finescale in a single 6ft long scene.

STEPHEN FAY
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Coverdale - pre-grouping steam in 'O' gauge

JOHN BUCK

A fascinating never-built railway is the subject of Keighley Model Railway Club’s pre-grouping ‘O’ gauge layout. JOHN BUCK explains how history was altered to bring this route to life.Photography, Jonathan Newton

JOHN BUCK
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Toton TMD modelling in O gauge

PAUL WARDEN

This famous Traction Maintenance Depot was started as a simple photographic diorama by PAUL WARDEN – but as he explains, this superb example of ‘O’ gauge modelling is becoming rather bigger than originally planned.

PAUL WARDEN
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Kingsbury - modelling the GWR in 'O' gauge

Eddie Michel

With a long history of ‘OO’ gauge exhibition layout Barnhill Model Railway Club decided to look to a large scale for its latest project. EDDIE MICHEL reveals the story of this fascinating ‘O’ gauge exhibition layout set in Bristol around the time of nationalisation.

Eddie Michel
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Dubmill Sidings – the 1960s in ‘O’ gauge

Steve Thompson

Steve Thompson’s ‘O’ gauge layout, Dubmill Sidings, was very much a family affair, with partners, children, and soon grandchildren playing a part in the construction and exhibition of this wonderful BR diesel scene. Discover its full story in this feature from the Hornby Magazine archive.

Steve Thompson