The story of three model railway layouts, one name and a lot of changes.
If you’ve been reading backwards through posts on my N Gauge Landreath layout, you may be wondering why the posts don’t go further back than now. Did it just miraculously appear one day? Nope. Here’s the answer.
I originally set up this blog/website to chart the progress of my model railway layout and the experiences, tips and techniques I picked up along the way to help other model railway enthusiasts.
This idea still holds true and indeed, ModelRailwayEngineer now has a considerable number of posts and articles on tips and advice for N, OO and HO model trains, model buildings and landscaping.
However, things didn’t go as smoothly for my layouts.
When I first started, I had one layout in mind. Later, I stupidly decided to have a second layout for testing, experimentation and just to keep me occupied. Later still, I merged these two layouts and increased it’s complexity while also deciding on the back story for it.
So after approximately 5 months, I had posts on my Cornwall Tin mining layout and the smaller Guildford sidings layout which became one and the same and also included details on the era, location and theme.
All this was getting messy from a blog post categorisation perspective so I rationalised projects, ending further posts on the two above ones, removing them from the navigation bar and having just one project ‘Landreath’ which is what they turned became.
If you’ve come here from working back from Landreath model railway updates can’t find previous posts I hint at you can find these and read about the decisions, research and ideas that it originated in the correct order below.
- And It Shall Be Called – April 30th 2015 (covers the name change)
- St Blazey Prototype Pictures – April 26th 2015
- Progress Report – Terrain & Track Plan – April 24th 2015
- Tin Miners, Victorians And Cornwall – The Story Behind My N Gauge Layout – April 10th 2015
- Project Evolution Update – April 10th 2015
- A Little Bit Of Poldark – March 23rd 2015
- Project Update – Layout, Bedding, Wiring And Track Laying – March 23rd 2015
- St Blazy & Par Layout Project – Building Pictures – Feb. 9th 2015
- Par And St. Blazey In N Gauge, First Steps – Dec. 30th 2014
- It’s Decided – Par & St Blazey It Is – Dec 21st 2014
I hope this clears up any confusion and you’re able to now find some of the foundation posts for my Landreath layout.
Andy is a lifelong modeler, writer, and founder of modelrailwayengineer.com. He has been building model railways, dioramas, and miniatures for over 20 years. His passion for model making and railways began when he was a child, building his first layout at the age of seven.
Andy’s particular passion is making scenery and structures in 4mm scale, which he sells commercially. He is particularly interested in modelling the railways of South West England during the late Victorian/early Edwardian era, although he also enjoys making sci-fi and fantasy figures and dioramas. His website has won several awards, and he is a member of MERG (Model Railway Electronics Group) and the 009 Society.
When not making models, Andy lives in Surrey with his wife and teenage son. Other interests include history, science fiction, photography, and programming. Read more about Andy.