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    SHIFTING SAND

    Dec 29, 2023 5 minutes

    LAYOUT | 09 | BUNKERS LANE BUNKERS LANE | 09 | LAYOUT

    Words: Bill Flude Photography: Phil Parker

    I started to think about ideas for a new layout during the first COVID lockdown. I wanted to continue the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway-inspired theme in 1985, first explored in my ‘Derwent Road’ layout, featured in September 2019 BRM. I had visited the line several times and had identified key scenes; the passing loop at Leedon, the roadside section out in the country on the way to Stonehenge Station, the road crossings and the engine sheds at Pages Park.

    A key design criteria is that the layout must fit into my car, a Ford B-Max. This sets the maximum length of baseboards. How could I fit these scenes and a fiddle yard into two 105cm baseboards?

    My thoughts

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