'OO' gauge layout features
Clarendon - LNWR steam in 4mm scale
'P4' is the most uncompromising of scales yet some fine compromises helped create this unique layout set back in 1908. In this feature JOHN GOWERS of Leamington and Warwick Model Railway Club explains all.
JOHN GOWERS
Burntisland 1883 - Victorian steam in Scotland
Modelling the Victorian railway is not for the faint-hearted, but EAST OF SCOTLAND 4MM GROUP has done just that with this stunning layout based in Fife just before the Forth Bridge opened.Photography, Mike Bisset
EAST OF SCOTLAND 4MM GROUP
Astonbury Junction - a steam era junction layout in OO gauge
The sleepy railway byways of Buckinghamshire are the subject of Three Counties Model Railway Society’s atmospheric ‘OO’ gauge layout. WILLIAM THOMAS explains how it was built and operates.Photography, Trevor Jones
WILLIAM THOMAS
The Bluebell Railway: Horsted Keynes in 'OO' gauge
Based on the heritage railway station on the Bluebell Railway, MATT WICKHAM built this atmospheric ‘OO’ gauge layout in a garden shed. Photography, Trevor Jones.
MIKE WILD
Wardwood - Yorkshire in the late 1960s in OO gauge
Rekindling happy childhood memories, IAN WOODWARD opted for a fictitious urban location in Yorkshire as the basis for his first ‘OO’ gauge layout.Photography: Jonathan Newton
Ian Woodward
Building a Diesel Depot - introducing Natford TMD
There is always a plan for a new project layout at Hornby Magazine - and this issue marks the debut of our latest build to create a multi-era depot in ‘OO’ gauge. MIKE WILD introduces the project in the first of four features which join our new video series on KeyModelWorld.com – and an exclusive laser-cut building kit.
MIKE WILD
Shillinghurst - modelling the Southern Region in the '60s
New Southern Region and Somerset & Dorset models gave BOB PETCH the inspiration to shift the time period of his home-based 'OO' layout forward by 30 years and change the location from Great Western to Southern Region. As he explains, the changes were simple but have made a big difference.
BOB PETCH
East Quay
Small engines and short trains are the order of the day at this charming quayside station modelled in ‘OO’. CHRIS LANGDON explains the story of this compact exhibition layout which is now owned by St Neots Model Railway Club. Photography, Mike Wild
CHRIS LANGDON
Kirkby Stephen West
The ‘Long Drag’ pushed steam locomotives and their crews to the limits. MALCOLM ROCHFORD explains how he recreated a small part of the Settle & Carlisle line in ‘OO’ gauge.Photography: Jonathan Newton
Malcolm Rochford
St Judes - a Southern branch in OO gauge
Starting from a small Southern Region layout, CHRIS BONE explains how he developed and expanded his project to recreate the atmosphere of Devon and Cornwall’s railways in the 1950s and 1960s in ‘OO’ and ‘OO9’ gauges.
CHRIS BONE
Porth Eithin - a Cornish branch line in OO gauge
A move to a new location promoted PETER MIDWINTER to begin construction of this Cornish theme ‘OO’ gauge branch line terminus. Here he reveals where the idea came from and how this BR Western Region layout developed.
PETER MIDWINTER
Halland - Northern England in the steam era
The North of England near the Scottish border is the setting for JOHN GAY’s steam era ‘OO’ gauge layout which captures the isolation and beauty of this region to a tee.
JOHN GAY
Kilve - a Western Region branch line in 'OO'
A station that was could have been built in Somerset is the setting for Darren Berry’s ‘OO’ gauge exhibition layout.
Darren Berry
Witham - a Western Region junction station in 'OO' gauge
Recalling happy childhood memories of holidays in the West Country, Martin Reynolds selected a fictional location in Somerset to relive summer Saturday traffic – and more.Photography, Mike Wild
Martin Reynolds
Canute Road Quay - a 'OO' gauge dock scene
Southampton Docks provides the setting for this compact quayside shunting layout set in the Southern Railway era between 1946 to 1949. Builder GRAHAM MUSPRATT explains all.
GRAHAM MUSPRATT
Harford Street to Mile End Gate
Just because we start a layout with a design in mind, doesn’t mean it has to stay the same forever. JIM CONNER reveals the history of his second version of this East London-based layout and details the ‘route’ from Harford Street to Mile End Gate.
JIM CONNER
Crossley Scrap - a 1990s shunting yard
A real scrapyard in West Yorkshire inspired Josh Lovell and Barrie Jones to recreate it in this compact but feature-packed ‘OO’ gauge micro layout.
Josh Lovell and Barrie Jones
Chinley - the Midland Mainline in 'OO' gauge
The Midland Main Line in the 1950s inspired HARRY FIELDING to recreate this famous location in ‘OO’ gauge. Read the full story here and watch our exclusive video tour.
Harry Fielding
Cadhay Sidings
The sleepy Southern Railway branch lines of South Devon are the subject of CHRIS GOUGH’s ‘P4’ scale layout, with high-fidelity track and prototypical operation.
CHRIS GOUGH
Hooper’s Aggregates
Redruth Model Railway Club’s latest ‘OO’ gauge layout is a present-day quarry scene set on the Devon/Cornwall border, offering a nod to the famous operations at Meldon Quarry, as ANDREW KEAST reveals.
ANDREW KEAST
Forest Gate Parkway - modern image OO gauge
An inadvertent visit to a model shop rekindled the interest of GRAHAM MANN, who created this stunning pastiche of the modern railway in ‘OO’ gauge, with sound.
GRAHAM MANN
Llanbourne Junction - North Wales in the 1980s
The North Wales Coast line in the 1980s is the setting for PETER MANTLE’S ‘OO’ gauge layout, which was started in the UK but finished ‘Down Under’ where it is now based.
PETER MANTLE
Tytton Hall Yard - modelling the 1990s in 'OO' gauge
Based on a around a main line with a colliery loading point, Boston Model Railway Club’s ‘OO’ gauge layout models the changing liveries of the 1980s and 1990s diesel scene as DAVID CURRIE reveals.
DAVID CURRIE
Murton Hall - a North East colliery in OO gauge
Evoking the spirit of colliery and light railways in the North East, this home-based layout is the creation of DEAN ERRINGTON, as he explains.
MIKE WILD
Old Oak Common in 'OO' gauge
The early diesel era of this famous Western Region maintenance depot has been recreated in ‘OO’ gauge by MALCOLM BENTLEY, oozing atmosphere galore.
BARROW HILL JUNCTION
The varied and intensive freight traffic around this Midlands junction inspired MICHAEL RHODES to recreate it in ‘OO’ gauge for his stunning home-based layout.
Loughborough Midland in 'OO'
Originally started by the late Dave Tooley as a diorama, this impressive ‘OO’ gauge layout has recently been refurbished and is now back on the circuit, as ADRIAN LAMBOURNE of the Ivanhoe Model Railway Society explains.
Oakenshaw - the North West in 'OO' gauge
Redditch Model Railway Club looked to West Yorkshire in the 1950s for their latest exhibition layout, which as GUY CRADDOCK explains, draws inspiration from across the region.
Guy Craddock.
Collingwood - A 'OO' gauge Southern region model railway
The privatisation era on the West Coastway route is the setting for SIMON PALEY to showcase the variety of trains and liveries over the last decade in 'OO' scale on his model railway.
BOTTOM WORKS SIDINGS - A WOODHEAD SHUNTING LAYOUT
South Yorkshire is the setting for CHRIS MATTHEWS’ compact 'OO' gauge exhibition layout, depicting a set of British Steel exchange sidings in the 1970s. Read the full feature here with extra unseen images!