The Layout Part One – The Creation of Hintock

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3300 The LHS of Hintock, looking towards Port Bredy.

In the creation of Hintock, my general philosophy is theatrical performance: in this case ‘Trains at Hintock’. The baseboard is the stage, the trains the cast, the fiddle yard the wings, the operations the story line, the impresario who made it all happen the layout’s builder, and the audience the viewer. Exactitude is unimportant. All I seek to achieve is a representation. You could say the layout builder is putting on a show. This is mine. [Continue Reading…]

The Layout Part Three – Hintock Track Plan

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The Hintock track plan is simple and prototypical and developed so as to be attractively scenic and practical. [Continue Reading…]