Contributions of the group Model railways

Model Train Layout (HWW, HFF)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:39:23 +0000

The model train club has their own building at the fairgrounds. They were open for free during the fair time period. This layout is huge and the work of many volunteers over the years.

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Axbridge cider wagon

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:46:17 +0000

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Gingerbread Loco 20241226 14 13 24 Pro

nobody@ipernity.com (GrahamH) — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 07:51:02 +0000

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Some people like to make a gingerbread house at Christmas time...

NSR23 ABC model 2

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:01:59 +0000

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3D printed (resin) model of the ABC. Viewed from the guard's end.

Highbridge C signal box pre 1930 livery note

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:54:04 +0000

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Highbridge C signal box pre 1930 location & levers

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:54:05 +0000

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Highbridge C signal box, interior from the west

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:03:36 +0000

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2021 TmbaModelTrainX P6053332

nobody@ipernity.com (GrahamH) — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 11:36:11 +0000

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South Pine, HO/HOn3.5 gauge, by Railway Modellers of Queensland.

2021 TmbaModelTrainX P6053341

nobody@ipernity.com (GrahamH) — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 11:36:44 +0000

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Perseverance Creek, On30, based on a former timber tramway north of Toowoomba, Malcolm Martin. See also
www.ipernity.com/doc/grahamh/48458268
www.ipernity.com/doc/grahamh/48438304

Old Brue Quay - a compressed static model based on Highbridge Wharf, SDJR

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:44:23 +0000

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Quayside at my model of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railways Highbridge Wharf.

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:44:24 +0000

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Radstock at Old Brue Quay 8 3 2017

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:44:25 +0000

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SDJR fruit & milk van model drawing & BR photo 4mm/1ft scale

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:51:04 +0000

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This is a forty-year-old handbuilt, hand-painted, lettered & lined model, based on the drawing which was made from the official photo! The lining on this model was a lot easier with its straight lines. I used a nice old bow-pen with very fine steel 'blades' and standard Humbrol enamels, thinned very slightly. The gold was always clogging up the pen and wouldn't make a very fine line, so I would put down the finest I could and cut it back with the black.
This rectilinear type of panelling, a departure from the rounded cornered pattern of most SDJR passenger stock, followed the Midland Railway's design of the period. Indeed the Midland had many more of the same van, albeit with minor details. There are drawings of both companies' versions in Peter Tatlow's 'Historic Carriage Drawings' volume three. When I compared my drawing with Peter's I found that my length was out by 4mm or 1foot! The rest of the dimensions were fairly accurate.
To see the official photograph close-up please go to www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26349947
My drawing is at www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26356065

Ballast Brake No 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:31 +0000

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The models were photographed recently, on a very quickly set up diorama, having been in storage for 30+ years.
Please see the set description for the background to these photos.
In retrospect, red oxide is a more likely colour, although some LSWR goods brake vans had red ends.

Highbridge Vicarage model railway layout mk3 - circa 1965

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:21 +0000

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Please see the set description for the background to these photos.
This was a GWR branchline with S&D running powers! It was hard enough to signal it with GW signals let alone S&D and it was before Mike's Models were around with their S&D water columns. Anyway our first loco was the diecast Gaiety pannier tank on a Triang chassis - but it did have etched brass numberplates - 5708. The private owners, apart from a couple of Peco Wonderful Wagons, with the sprung axleboxes, were all handpainted.
Both the GWR and S&D had 'Bulldog' locos. The GWR's were 4-4-0 passenger engines. The S&D's were 0-6-0 goods engines and the 'Bulldog' tag was more of a nickname given by their loco crews.

SDJR models on display after the layout was disbanded.

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:16 +0000

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The 'John' referred to was my Father, whose railway photos fill a good half of my railway album. The layout got disbanded when he moved from Highbridge to London. I have just noticed that there is a bush discreetly hiding the 8F valve gear on the 7F!
Please see the set description for the background to these photos.
This was a slightly better put together diorama. The Fox Walker saddle tank was virtually just a repaint job from a white-metal kit of a GWR saddle tank. The 7F was a scratchbuilt body on a Hornby-Dublo 8F. The paint looks terrible so I won't be uploading a closer shot of that and, of course, the valve gear is not the delicate-looking set that graced the real 7F.
The converter wagons, behind the 7F, were sold by Triang, when their parent company Rovex had bought Hornby. They had the Dublo coupling, which was similar to the Peco one, at one end and the Triang hook and loop one at the other end. They were sold cheaply so you could run both manufacturers' rolling stock together. There were the open wagons seen here and a horse box, which allowed passenger trains to be hauled by the other maker's locos. I bought 8 or 10 open wagons and ran them in pairs, having painted them in private owner liveries.

SDJR 0-4-4T No.10 1877 to 1930 photo & model

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:07 +0000

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I know that the coach grab handles are the wrong shape. This was before the Ratio Midland panelled coaches were available. I just thought that there was a danger of having a much scruffier finish if I tried to replace the moulded-on G-shaped GWR ones with the S-shaped Midland/S&D variety.
Please see the set description for the background to these photos.
The biggest challenge with recreating these one-off prototypes, was finding a reasonable match for chimneys, domes and safety valves. Our main source of these was W&H Models, from the Baker Street area of London. They published a catalogue, annually I think, which showed most of their lines and usefully included profiles of their range of boiler fittings.

SDJR 5-plank open goods wagon with bar - no141 model & official photo

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:49:40 +0000

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Peco Wonderful Wagons were mainly private owner 5-plank open wagons with wooden solebars. They had a cast metal body shell with a printed card skin. The chassis was made mainly from a flexible plastic - like the little Airfix soldiers. The 'W' irons were pressed steel units, with each pair formed as an inverted 'U'. The plastic axleguards, with their brass bearing inserts, ran in the 'W' irons, with the flexible plastic springs actually working. I think the kit wheels were also plastic, but I changed them to steel for better running and to add a bit more weight. I think that the chassis was available in 9ft and 10ft wheelbases and could be bought separately.

SDJR 4-wheeled Goods brake model

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:10:36 +0000

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Two more of my forty-year-old SDJR models. These were both made fairly early in the S&D period of our modelling when the use of stable Hornby Dublo chassis were preferred, to ones made by sticking white-metal axle guards onto plasticard under-frames.
The official photo of this type of brake van is at www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26349945

SDJR 6 wheeled Goods brake / Mail van 4mm/1ft model

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:10:36 +0000

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Two more of my forty-year-old SDJR models. These were both made fairly early in the S&D period of our modelling when the use of stable Hornby Dublo chassis were preferred, to ones made by sticking white-metal axle guards onto plasticard under-frames. It is short of a number of details - roof fittings and the black metal plates at the joints of the bodywork.
The official photo of this mail van is at www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26349973