SELLINDGE 

SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN 7mm SCALE

SELLINDGE is being offered for sale following the exhibition at Perth - if you are interested please e-mail John.  No further exhibition bookings are being accepted.

SELLINDGE is a 7mm scale O gauge layout based on the main line from London to Dover during the Summer of 1947.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6EkL7tF57N8

It is imagined that a junction station was built at Sellindge, which in real life never had a station, on the ex SECR main line between Ashford & Folkestone, with a branch line being built to serve Lympne and the western end of Folkestone racecourse.

The track plan of Sellindge is loosly based on Robertsbridge, with typical staggered platforms. The station building is based on Wye, with all the structures modelled on real buildings. A Kent Oasthouse and working Windmill add to the atmosphere.

'SELLINDGE' in Neumunster, Germany, March 2008.

'Sellindge' has been featured in ' Railway Modeller' magazine.

The layout is a continuous run, and measures 36 feet by 13 feet 6 inches, (10.97m x 4.11m).

It is 7mm finescale, and is viewed on three sides with a fiddle yard at the rear. The boards are 3 feet off the ground.

A wide variety of trains are run, from through expresses to pick up goods and the branch stopper. The station is fully signalled, and the road is set for each train before it can be run.

Sellindge has won a number of awards:

2001  MERSYSIDE VISITOR'S CUP   BEST LAYOUT .

2004  MAIDSTONE  BEST LAYOUT AS VOTED BY THE PUBLIC.

2004  COLCHESTER  TWO TROPHIES, BEST LAYOUT & MOST ENTERTAINING LAYOUT.

2004  SPALDING  BEST LAYOUT.

2005 WARLEY NATIONAL MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION   BEST O GAUGE LAYOUT.

2006  WESTERN M.R.C EXHIBITION, RUISLIP     BEST LAYOUT.

2006  MERSEYSIDE M.R.C.  BEST LAYOUT AS VOTED FOR BY CLUB MEMBERS.

2007  NORTH TURTON MRC, BOLTON.   BEST  LAYOUT VOTED BY THE PUBLIC.

2008  EXETER  VISITOR PLAQUE FOR MOST ENTERTAINING LAYOUT.

Some of the photo's on this page have had sky added digitally.