The July Railway Modeller, which features the new Rapido Manning Wardle on the cover, also includes an article on Whittingly Hospital. The magazine has been following up the Rail200 competition by featuring some of the finalists which were at the National Festival of Railway Modelling at the NEC.
Whittingly is presented in the Micro Marvels feature over four pages, and makes excellent use of the photos that the editor, Craig Tilley, took at the NEC and which show the model really well. I was glad I'd taken some stock along to pose on the layout, as the Peckett and the few wagons do add life to the scene. The lights were still working at that point too, although the batteries expired later that Sunday!
It's great to see the layout in print, but it does remind me of my plan to turn it into a working layout!
Quite by coincidence, the July BRM includes a piece I wrote on building an industrial warehouse using Wills materials. Look familiar?
It was actually quite a simple build and so made a good scratch-building example. Using the Wills industrial windows and brick sheets with the openings ready takes care of the more daunting aspects of modelling buildings. It also shows how scratch-building is the best solution to filling a specific gap.
Of course, if I extend the layout, this low-relief structure will need to be extended!
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