Updated October 2025 - New video: Building
Wrenton, part three.
A look back at the construction of the layout.
|
1. 2013: Beginnings |
| 2. September 2013 - June
2014: Village buildings |
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No.1 The Causeway
| Nos.1-4 Church Hill | The
Red Lion | A shop | The
guildhall | A large house
Nos.2 and 3 The Causeway | Nos.4-8
The Causeway | The vicarage |
| 3. June - July 2014: Baseboard
construction |
| 4. July - October 2014: Track,
trees and ballasting |
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Track | Trees
| Ballasting |
| 5. October 2014 - April 2015:
The station and more trees |
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Main Station building
| Shelter | Footbridge
| Trees | Platforms
| Fiddle yard | Lamp
posts |
| 6. May - August 2015: The
church and other buildings |
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The church | A
tunnel portal | Nos.7 - 9 Church
Hill | Scenery base |
| 7. August - December 2015:
The first scenics |
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First greenery
| Low relief trees | Flowers
and the garden of 7 and 8 Church Hill
Garden of 9 Church Hill | Garden
of the Red Lion | A wooded area
| More gardens
The churchyard | More
trees |
| 8. January - August 2016:
The village around the station |
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More village buildings
| And more | The
second scenic base | Some buildings
and gardens added |
| 9. September - November 2016:
More work on the left end of the layout |
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Adding buildings along the
back | Scenic work around road bridge
and tunnel
Station master's garden and car park area
| Views from the back of the layout |
| 10. January 2017: Another
cottage |
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A step by step description
of making a small building |
| 11. February-May 2017: The
central scenic module |
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Another building and the
start of the module | The gardens
are developed
Road markings and fencing | Gardens
of the railway cottages |
| 12. June-August 2017: More
scenic work |
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Lineside scenery on the
right hand baseboard | The baseboard
is completely covered
The Goods Yard and the Signal Box |
| 13. September 2017: Odds
and Ends |
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A cover for the layout
| Extending the fiddle yard
Flying Scotsman, City of London and
a J39 pass by | Loads for the mineral
wagons
Re-arranging the railway room |
| 14. October 2017: Weathering
Goods Trains |
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A first try at weathering
| A train of coal wagons | A
train of vans | Some photos |
| 15. November 2017: Village
photos and more weathering |
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Village photos | Weathered
open wagons | Other wagons |
A bracket signal |
| 16. December 2017: Ground
Signals, Details, Weathering and the Church Yard |
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Ground signals | Details
around the signal box | More weathering
| Photos around the church |
| 17. January 2018: Yet More
Weathering, Detailing and a Visitor |
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Weathering Mk1 carriages
| Weathering Gresley Teak carriages
Platform clutter | Loco
coal | A GWR 64xx Class loco and
autotrailer |
| 18. February 2018: Village
details, more weathering and corridor connectors |
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An old taxi | Cyclists
| Weathering CCTs and a horse box
| Corridor connectors |
| 19. March 2018: Views, goods
yard and garden details |
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Views from the back
of the layout | Around the goods
yard | Disused platelayers' trolley
Railway cottage gardens | Church
Hill | A Midland 4F with a goods
train |
| 20. April-May 2018: Views,
point rodding and a new loco |
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Views of the layout
| Point rodding | A
Jubilee class loco | Aerial view
|
| 21. June 2018: More work
around the track |
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Point rodding |
Ballast weathering |
| 22. July 2018: A couple
of new locomotives and some views |
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A Class 24 | A
Jinty | Flying Scotsman in different
sun and storm | Around the layout
|
| 23. August-September 2018:
More wagons, views and trees |
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More coal wagons
| Around the layout | Trees
|
| 24. October 2018: Train
movements, portraits and trees |
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Unusual train movements
| The goods yard | Portraits
of locos | More trees
|
| 25. November 2018: Goods
yard, church, and a new building |
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A pile of timber in
the goods yard | A station building
for a new project
New photos of the church | Wrenton
in print |
| 26. December 2018: New buildings,
village views and trains |
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Two small new buildings
| Views of the village
Ivatt 2MT on a short passenger train
| Midland 4F and Jinty | Class
24 and Bittern |
| 27. January-February 2019:
Another new building, village views and trains |
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GWR cottages | Views
of the village | ex-WD and J39
| Jubilee
ex-WD and J39 in monochrome | Portraits
of a B1 | An A4 passes | Station
views |
| 28. March 2019: Another
new building, horses and train spotters |
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GWR Station master's
house | A visiting 64xx | Ivatt
2MT | Horses and train spotters
Village views |
| 29. April 2019: Photographic
experiments |
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Photos taken with a
boom placing the camera above the layout
Eire photographed with a telephoto lens
| Church Hill |
| 30. May-June 2019: A new
signal box, loco crew and lamps and more photos |
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Signal box | Village
scenes | A BR Class 4MT shunts the
yard | Trains meet
Loco crew | Loco
and brake van lamps | 2MT with goods
train | B1 in station |
| 31. July 2019: The new signal
box completed, new locos and village photos |
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Signal box | Village
scenes | A new BR Class 4MT class
| A new Castle class |
| 32. August 2019: Road details
and loco weathering |
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Drains and manhole covers
| Time for tea | Extra
weathering on a J39 | Photos |
| 33. September 2019: Phone
photos and new bulk grain wagons |
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Photos of the village
taken with a phone | Trains photographed
with a phone
Some new bulk grain wagons |
| 34. October 2019: Brake
vans and trains |
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Two new brake vans
| A B1 with a train of vans
Two phone shots of a Jubilee |
A BR 4MT at work | A
misty morning |
| 35. November 2019: New
loco, coaches, vans and views |
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SE&CR Class 'C'
| Birdcage coaches | New
vans | New angles |
| 36. December 2019: Gardeners,
heritage trains |
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Farmhouse gardeners
| More village phone shots | Heritage
trains
A Jinty on passenger duty | Passing
trains |
| 37. January-February 2020:
Postcards and trains |
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Picture postcards
| Some passing trains | Stormy
weather |
| 38. March-April 2020: Trains
and the Village |
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Western Region day
| SE&CR C Class | Brake
vans | Village views |
| 39. May-June 2020: Crews
and Freight Trains |
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More train crews fitted
| Views of A4 Class Bittern | Freight
trains | Aerial view of goods yard
Three new wagons | Aerial
views of the village |
| 40. July-August 2020: A
New Loco arrives |
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A new BR3MT | BR
Standards | A J39 with a pick-up
goods train | Bittern, again
|
| 41. September-October 2020:
Some extra greenery |
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Greenery | Class
24 at work
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| 42. November 2020 - January
2021: New coaches |
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New coaches | Telephoto
shots | Village scenes | A
Jinty passes
|
| 43. February - April 2021:
Passing trains |
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BR 3MT with Mk.1 suburbans
| Class 24 with grain wagons | Village
panorama
|
| 44. May-August 2021: A
new loco |
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Sonic Models 56xx
| The goods yard | Passing
trains
|
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New coaches | Telephoto
shots | Village scenes | A
Jinty passes
|
| 45. May 2022: Rusty rails
and passing trains |
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Rusty rails | Class
24 on freight duties | BR 4MT
| Passing trains
|
| 46. June 2022: Jubilee
and buildings |
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A Jubilee for the Jubilee
| Buildings around the green
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| 47. July 2022: A new loco
|
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A GWR Hall class
| A4 repaired | The
trackplan
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| 48. October 2023: New Motive
Power |
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A J50 0-6-0 tank
| A Class 122 | A
BR 5MT
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