Thanks Laurie. It was a fun project. Now onto the next! It''ll be a model of the next station down the line from this one. The Station is named after my wife, Helen. And her family maiden name - Walsh. The next station will be North Walsham (not after the real place in Norfolk though!)

Thanks for the kind comments. The backscene is a ubiquitous Gaugemaster backscene. It was just one of those that went really well (perhaps a bit of luck in its positioning!)

Thanks so much Gary. My plan is to try and get something done today. I have a new tripod now which will help with the camera shake. It was pretty bad in this video! Also adding some sound on the next one. Watch this space!

Thanks for this! I like building small - gives you a chance to get something finished.

@@mattyhaynes1 yeah

Thanks Simon. It's gone well for my first proper build. I've followed other modellers carefully to be able to create this.

Thanks Karen. The backscene went on really well. It is one of my biggest targets when making a model - good scenic breaks and a blended backscene.

Thanks for these lovely comments, Lorraine. I would love to show it - it was built for that purpose so I hope we will get our shows back.

Thanks Diesel Dave!

The beauty of smaller is more chance of completion. This one was done in about 6 months.

Thanks for your kind comment! It is 00 gauge code 75. A little finer than code 100 I guess - but still a compromise. I've gone to town on trying to disguise it with lots of weeds and grime. Think it works ok.

Thanks for the lovely comments! I am going to work on a video with progress photos. Will upload hopefully in the next few days.

Thank you for the reply and I look forward to the new video. All the best !

Steve, thanks for the kindness. It's not that I can't take criticism. It needs to be delivered in a supportive way. For example. "Oh, and the signal is in the wrong place" could be rephrased to something like... "Great layout, I can see how compact it is to fit it all in. The signal could do with being moved back a bit but space looks tight and you've captured the overall feel well". Either way!

Absolutely agree - I bought a tripod and tried to improve for the second video in this series. Please take a look at the next one. It's better. Also has sound!

I will be investing in a tripod and some sound to make things more professional. I will post when I am up and running.

Hi Les. A new video is available. Enjoy!

I wonder if there is much sense in highlighting the issues you have mentioned? The model is built in a very small footprint...(4ft 4in by 12in) and once a modeller becomes constrained by dimensions so small... things become more about creating an atmosphere rather than being completely faithful to real world design and practice. Whilst we're on the subject of the failings of this layout... the signal box shouldn't be there at all... and there probably wouldn't have been loco facilities of this type (but possible). Cattle dock is obstructing the run round loop, oh, and that siding is a bit short. So about the signal... there was no where else for the signal to go so it went there. Perhaps they had this problem at Arley Station too (which is what I used as an example). Would be good to see some of your work. :-)

@@mattyhaynes1 Hi Matt, I just thought that in such a small space, if you could get everything right, then that just adds to the total 'ambience'..... Firstly, the signal should operate, it just jars if it is apparent that the interlocking which should be there on the real thing, is not represented on the model. Secondly, the signal is about 1 cm or so too close to the entry point. In a real railway, a loco can approach right up to stop signal, without passing it, and in your case, if it does that, the loco will foul the entrance to the loop. Small things to be sure, I admit, but if you go to lengths to get the loco right and the rolling stock right, then you should hopefully get the operation right as well. In my modelling days, I exhibited at many model railway shows, including the big.London ones. My greatest ever compliment was when I was at Central Hall with a small layout, and a professional railwayman stood watching for the whole 35 minutes of a sequence, and said that with the bell codes and signals, he knew exactly what was going to happen before it did...... John b

Don't think it's in the wrong place, the one at Crowcombe WSR is in the same place, but set back a little...so the driver can see the board.....! Lol