In 2017, Uckfield College Model Railway Club members visited the Uckfield Model Railway Club's (UMRC) Exhibition. We were introduced to several well-known modellers, learnt many new skills and saw how high-quality the layouts at the exhibition were. We were very impressed by ‘Arun Quay’, with its wrap-around backscene and detailed buildings, and ‘Sidmouth’, modelled in P4, as the scenery draws the eye into the very lifelike detail. Adrian Colenutt, UMRC's exhibition manager, saw us on our way out and challenged us to produce a layout of a standard that he would have at the 2018 exhibition. Until 2017, we'd only had layouts based on an oval of track and we needed to raise our game if we were to be accepted for the 2018 UMRC show!
Challenge accepted
Keith Harcourt from UMRC, who helps at the college club, showed us ‘Gouttières’, a layout he had built with some friends, based on a small, now