Town & Country

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'Town & Country' is exactly what it says.... one half of the box country, the other town. The two halves are split by an aquaduct.

The railway oval runs around the box going under the brick built aquaduct.

The left-hand side of the box depicts a small farm with barns and a small farm house/cottage. In one corner is the station, whilst the other corner is home to a small hay barn, pig sty and pigs.

The right-hand side is the town. Here we have the local pub, a newsagent and the fish & chip shop. In the corners are a low-relief block of flats and a factory/warehouse.

Running through the middle of the box, front to back is the aquaduct with a coal barge working it's way along the canal.

The pub and shops are Metcalfe kits that have been converted from Terrace House kits and adapted to fit the box. Everything else is scratch built using Metcalfe card.

One of the farm barns is based upon the stable building from what was Princetown station. The real one is the only surviving building of the railway there. The plan was taken from The Railway Modeller's plan of the month feature, but scaled down to N gauge from the the OO drawings.

The low-relief flats are self designed using card and then painted with emulsion for the cement effect. The factory building is again designed from scratch, the small hoist is made from an old broken Ratio crane kit

The water on the aquaduct was created by using a mix of emulsion paint colours, dried, and then covered with around seven plus coats of yacht varnish. The barge is a 3D printed model off the internet, and then painted.

Either a Terrier loco or 04 Shunter runs around the track with a couple of wagons.