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NEW LAYOUT PROJECTS

Since Christmas, I have been working on a few buildings for forthcoming projects. I have decided that this year will see the building of not one but two small layouts. Going out of my comfort zone, I will be trying to capture the character of 1950s Anglian branch lines.

Keeping with my sheep theme, the first will be ‘Outwool’ – a goods-only terminus based on the ‘Wisbleat and Upwool’ tramway. The second will be ‘Lambton’, a very rundown ex-Great Eastern terminus. I decided to start with the buildings.

As ever, I looked to the ready-to-plant buildings offered by Hornby and Bachmann. For ‘Outwool’, the main office is a large brick-built weighbridge from Hornby with a smaller weighbridge building, again from the

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