LLanbourne - An OO Gauge Layout set on the North Wales Coast Peter Mantle
47106 works a short van train to Bangor
Llanbourne is my OO gauge layout based on the North Wales Coast in the mid-80s. My time period is set from mid-85 to mid-87. It’s not a wide time range but there was plenty going on during this time. Locos and stock were being repainted into new liveries along with the class 25s being withdrawn and the few remaining class 40s eking out their last days on ballast work. Something else that drew me to modelling the North Wales Coast was the use of class 33’s on some trains from Cardiff and Crewe. Being from Hampshire, the class 33s had to feature on any layout that I was going to build!
The layout started life in my parents loft quite some time ago and has had many changes over the years, it’s currently in my garage in Australia and even after all these years still isn’t quite finished. But hey are they ever? The original boards are Sundeala on 2inch by 1inch pine frames; the newer sections are on MDF as Sundeala is not available here in Oz. Track is Peco code 100 with Peco point motors powering the points. Scenics are pretty standard with the use of polystyrene Modroc flock and some static grass with carpet underlay used as a ground cover on the embankments.
31323 leaving Llanbourne on a flask train to Valley near Holyhead
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GREAT WESTERN STAR MAGAZINE
Spring 2021
