Bekonscot Model Village

[DJ Dangerous]

DJD Senior just sent me two photos from Bekonscot Model Village.

I did a search on the forum but there are no results.

If he sends and more, I'll add them later.

Enjoy!

 

 

[Galteemore]

Fabulous. Used to pass this almost weekly! Some great ‘cab ride’ videos out there - it’s an amazing railway system. 

 

[Mike 84C]

Wonder if they ever get the wrong sort of leaves on the track? My brain so quickly acclimatised to 4mm scale it took a couple of seconds to realise the big looming things were people! duhhh! Good cab ride though.

[Georgeconna]

Been there twice nice set up

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Another few pics from DJD Senior...

The scale of the whole set-up is very impressive!

 

[jhb171achill]

I saw a youtube clip somewhere of a "driver's eye view" where they've put a small camera, presumably on a wagon, being pushed about by a loco. While the views here are from "above", and the youtube thing was track level, this looks familiar. I have no idea what the youtube clip is called, unfortunately, but a bit of determined detective work might reveal it.

 

(Update; Galteemore above has beaten me to it!!!! And it IS the same one......)

Edited April 24 by jhb171achill

[Westcorkrailway]

Looks to be a bit more complex then the West Cork Model Railway Village 

[irishmail]

I did visit Bekonscot  a couple of times, must have been in the late 1980's.   Very impressive set up.    The railway is gauge 1 (10mm- 1')  and the buildings are I think built to 1" to 1' scale, though different scales it blends in quite effective in this set up.

[jhb171achill]

11 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Looks to be a bit more complex then the West Cork Model Railway Village 

Massively so. Personally, I thought the West Cork equivalent was actually extremely poor.