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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: martyn on February 12, 2021, 10:54:57 AM

Title: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: martyn on February 12, 2021, 10:54:57 AM
But it is O gauge  ;)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/man-recreates-rail-junction-into-britain-s-biggest-model-railway/ar-BB1dBXHO?ocid=msedgdhp (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/man-recreates-rail-junction-into-britain-s-biggest-model-railway/ar-BB1dBXHO?ocid=msedgdhp)

It's also in the 'Daily Mail' webpage today.

Martyn
Title: Re: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: njee20 on February 12, 2021, 11:28:17 AM
Absolutely superb! Would only have needed 60 feet in N, missed a trick!
Title: Re: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: zwilnik on February 12, 2021, 11:43:24 AM
I doubt it's Britain's biggest though. The one at Beckinscott Model Village is longer than that surely, definitely larger in area. As is the one in LegoLand.
Title: Re: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: jpendle on February 12, 2021, 02:46:28 PM
It has a thread of its own on RMWEB, if you want to see a blow by blow account.

John P
Title: Re: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: njee20 on February 12, 2021, 03:11:48 PM
Quote from: zwilnik on February 12, 2021, 11:43:24 AM
I doubt it's Britain's biggest though. The one at Beckinscott Model Village is longer than that surely, definitely larger in area. As is the one in LegoLand.

Perhaps "largest privately owned" may have been fairer. It's a stunning piece of work, the level is detail is staggering!
Title: Re: Britain's biggest model railway?
Post by: chrism on February 12, 2021, 03:28:43 PM
Quote from: njee20 on February 12, 2021, 03:11:48 PM
the level is detail is staggering!

It certainly is.
I had enough trouble getting the Coniston Railway approximately close to the real thing but to go to the level of detail of, for example, correctly positioning manhole covers is a completely different level.