British Railway Modelling (BRM)

Model a River Scene

WHAT YOU NEED

Deluxe Materials

Aqua Magic

Ferro-Train

M-387.10-S-FM Fishing boat

Gaugemaster

GM185 Weeping Willow Trees

Hornby

R7341 Stone Footbridge

R7204 Beech Trees

R7160 Dark Brown

R7158 Dark Green Flockage

Scalemodelscenery

AX147-OO Lifebuoys & Cabinets

LX386-OO Small Wooden Jetties

LX453-OO Industrial Staircases

SP001-OO Limestone

SP002-OO Sandstone Stone Powder

South Eastern Finecast

Stone block Builder Sheet

TerraScenic

Styrogoo

WW Scenics

Wild grass 10mm tufts

Other

PVA glue, superglue, tile grout, cereal packet cardboard, extruded foam, household filler, Indian ink, craft acrylic paint (green, grey, brown), masking tape, craft knives, small paintbrushes, small clean foil cake cases

The English have a great tradition of messing about on the river in boats. The attraction isSuch idyllic scenes lend themselves to being modelled on our model railways as we all like to recall halcyon days. Of course, rivers and railways often follow each other, as both water and railway engineers like to take the easiest path! So, this is a good reason to include a river on your layout. This article is an attempt to reconstruct a river scene using easily-available off-the-shelf parts, very simple-toconstruct kits, and only a few tools.

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