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Top: Evelyn is a Back2bay6 Heywood ‘Katie’ style body kit on Accucraft ‘Edrig’ underpinnings, pulling coaches built from IP Engineering kits. Photo: Steph H

Above left: TheChiefis a glorious mishmash of what was to hand to build a backwoods loco on the Daisy Beach. The LGB underpinnings are visible underneath.

Above right: A spring day on Adrian Clarke’s 1/12th line finds Moss Bay’s driver (a Rob Bennett figure) looking pretty pleased with his lot. To get the ‘look’ simply take one Regner ‘Willi’, add paint, detail and driver. Photo: Adrian Clarke

Left: This 1/12th train modelled in 15in gauge waits for the adapted Roundhouse ‘Millie’ to finish running round. The coaches are a mix of Heywood and Wells & Walsingham. Photo: Rob Bennett now is the time to go large

Top: A small loco and one wagon – big enough when the railway looks this good in 7/8ths scale. Real water, hand-laid track and rail given a patina by nothing but the weather add to a sylvan scene. Photo: Ferd Mels

Above: The girls chat on, unaware of slow shunting alongside by a leery-eyed driver on Rob Bennett’s line. Photo: Rob Bennett

Above right: A G scale skip adorned by rust and dents sits waiting to see if it will be required on the Daisy Beach. Photo: Ferd Mels

Right: Moth and driver idle in the sidings. A worked-over Regner Konrad, Moth has a lot of extra rivet detail, these in 1/16th copper. With the aid of a rivet snap, a cheap pillar drill and some digital callipers a nice tight fitting hole can be drilled to push the rivets in. The tall chimney (with its copper cap) was made by Tony Bird. Photo: Rob Bennett

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