HOW TO... MODEL A LANDSCAPE
Modelling the rural landscape has always been my primary interest within this hobby. All my layouts have been based around the Settle and Carlisle line, with the aim of creating a railway within the landscape. My ongoing layout, ‘Gill Head’, is set in the environs of Arten Gill Viaduct. An upcoming project, ‘Hell Ghyll Sidings’, will be based around the Ais Gill area, in the shadow of Wild Boar Fell.
My layout plans have always been a continuous loop to allow the satisfaction of setting the trains in motion and admiring them as they pass through cuttings, under bridges and over viaducts. There is great pleasure in creating your own miniature little world, even if the construction fills an entire room! However, a seed of an idea started to germinate in my mind – how about building something much smaller, a diorama, which could serve multiple purposes:
• Provide a portable stage to allow photography of favourite locomotives, in a rural setting.
• Serve as a test-bed for an improved
