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EXHIBITION MANAGER GUIDE
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 Chilcompton is the latest of a number of Somerset & Dorset based exhibition
layouts. It is based on the prototype station of the same
name, which was based on the main line between Midsommer Norton and Evercreech Junction. The era is set sometime between 1950 and 1955 and all the stock used
represents what would have actually run over the real line, at this time. The scale is 4mm using "OO" gauge track. The whole of the station
and goods yard area is modelled to scale. However some artistic license has had to be taken so
as to curve the track formation at each end into the fiddle yard. The fiddle yard features
sixteen roads and is capable of holding 24 separate trains. All the buildings on the layout
are scratch built, mainly using thick card for the basic structure. These were covered with
plasticard to represent stone or brick finishes.
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LAYOUT
EXHIBITION DETAILS
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| Layout Owner : The Redditch Model
Railway Club
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Number of operators required:
5/6
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| Layout size :
18ft x 9½ft – The layout is operated
from the central well and has scenery on three of the four sides |
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Layout Expenses:
We would expect reimbursement for out of pocket expenses for
members and or The Club following the exhibition of this layout. The transport for this layout
would involve the hire of short wheel base Transit type van.
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Magazine Features :
The layout was featured in the
September 2006 edition of
Railway Modeller and the eighth edition (February 2008) of the Hornby Railways magazine.
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Page last update 11 May 2008
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