From when my Parents gave me my first train set for a Christmas present as a child, I have had an interest in model railways. I originally started in "OO" gauge, but have also built in "N" and "O" gauge. One layout I built was my exhibition layout "Holmehurst" which was in "O" gauge, and I exhibited it around the country. Photos of it can be seen by following this link.

I inherited some "OO9" rolling stock from my late father, including a loco I built from a white metal kit for him, and ever since living on our working narrowboat Hadar I have been thinking about building a "OO9" layout.

For those who do not know, "OO9" is "OO" scale, which is 4mm to 1ft, but the track and rolling stock are narrow gauge, equivalent to 2ft gauge in real life. Modelling-wise this means that I can used standard "OO" scale buildings, people, scenery etc. of which there is a far greater range of ready built items and kits to choose from, but it has the advantage that the reduced size of the track and rolling stock means that curves can be tighter than for standard gauge, without losing a realistic look within a restricted layout size.

I had thought about building a layout in our garden alongside our mooring at the Saltisford Canal Centre, but after much thought decided that this would not be practical. However I built a small layout (now dismantled) which sat on the shelf above the display cabinet, in our saloon, which houses my "O" gauge rolling stock. Having finished it, my wife Jo suggested that when we stop selling coal I could build a layout in the hold. As we stopped selling coal at the end of 2016.

This is a full record of the building of the original layout, and having moved into a flat in Warwick and sold our narrowboat, this will now cover the building of the New Hadarford in our flat.

Please feel free to leave comments, I am always interested in suggestions or questions.

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

White Cottage Part 2, Details on Platform and Start of Road surface on 3rd Baseboard

 Last night I vacuumed up the loose green flock for the lawns then put down the soil for the 2 flowerbeds of the white cottage and once the glue had dried enough, I vacuumed up the loose material, it was too dark to take photos so I have taken 1 this morning after we got back from Warwick Hospital.


After lunch I got quite a lot done on the centre baseboard finishing all the major work on it, with just detailing to finish, then I moved onto the 3rd and final baseboard creating the complex junction in the road 😊

3 trees planted in this part of the garden of the white cottage and a rockery and flower tub glued on the platform

Another flower tub

Another rockery

2 more flower tubs

2 more trees in the white cottage garden

All 5 trees

Vegetables and fruit bushes in the veg patch

Flowers in the flowerbeds

The gardens of the white cottage now completed

Post-box on the platform

Telephone kiosk on the platform

Detail inside the telephone kiosk

Template made from card for complex part of the road on the 3rd and final baseboard

Emery paper cut from the template and glued in place

Handy weights to keep the emery paper down flat whilst the glue sets

Handy weights to keep the emery paper down flat

Keith

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