The Old Mine
(Micro Layout)

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The Old Mine was a long time coming! My first attempt at a Micro Layout. It went through several different track layouts before settling on what you now see.... and sat on the side in it's very early stages for a couple of years. Then COVID came along and we all had hours to fill, so this became a lockdown project.

It measures 30"x19.5", packing a lot into a very small space. Basically an oval with a siding and and a longer branch up the hill to a second station.

The Tin Mine sits atop the hill on the right-hand side. It's a self designed 3D printed model, after I attended a short 3D Printing course, it was the end product.

The layout depicts a very typical English village, with a church, pub and school, as well as the traditional village square complete with a market. The Vicarage has beehives in the garden, whilst it's washing day with clothes on the line in another of the cottage gardens.

All the buildings have lights by way of a string of LEDs running under the board between them. All the street lights also light up, along with working belisha beacons at the zebra crossing.

Apart from the Tin Mine, all the buildings are Metcalfe kits, with the Post Office being scratch built from Metcalfe Builder Sheets.

The top section is due for a track change when I find some time, and will add a second line to the station area

I've recently introduced the layout to the exhibition circuit where it has received a very positive reception.