All article references can be found in the British Model Railway Press.

COUNTRYSIDE MODELS
Artists in Miniature Landscape

The published history of Countryside Models - a potted selection
which you may look up in old (and not so old), magazines;

Articles

"Model Rail" is currently (June 2006) in the throes of a series of articles on our 1940s period model Gasworks: so far the prototypes were covered in the April issue and the first part of the model in June. Further parts are expected over the next few issues. Different articles on the gasworks, complete with some different photographs, are in course of publication in the current volume of the HMRS Journal.

September 2004 issue of "Model Rail" (No. 71).
A full description of "Tupdale" called "Up Hill and Down Dale", with track plans, appeared in this excellent magazine - and instantly doubled traffic to our web site! The design which allowed a spacious-looking main line model railway to be fitted into a 10' x 8' room caused such exitement that Andy was asked to explain how it was done and the article "A Gallon in a Pint Pot" appeared in the September 2005 (No.83) issue. It was followed by several more articles on various aspects of "Tupdale's Timberwork" in Model Rail over the next few months, ending in March 2006.

January, February and March 2004 issues of "Railway Modeller".
"Tupdale", the layout which was to become our most famous model railway so far, is featured as the back drop to a series of three articles on masonry. These cover modelling naturally exposed rock formations, manually-exposed rocks (as in cuttings and quarrys), dry stone walling and Settle and Carlisle station buildings. The final piece shows how Andy built a "Bank Barn" and "The Summit" public house.

January - March 2002 issue of Historical Model Railway Society's Journal.
"Tupdale" was also featured as the first model railway article in this august publication for many years. The article explains in some detail why an artistic approach is needed when building model railways if they are to have a wide appeal.

The
1989
PECO
Cup

January 1989 issue of Railway Modeller.
"Westbury." Our award-winning layout of the month which was voted "Layout of the Year" by the Railway Modeller readers and so won the Peco Cup that year.

April 1988 issue of Model Railways.
"Forest of Boland." Layout focus on my Model Engineer Exhibition bronze medal-winning mythical light railway. A "fun" exhibition layout of a mythical gnome's railway; a model inspired by the famous children's book of the same name by B.B.

October 1980 issue of Model Railways.
"Fly Shunting." Operation special on shunting goods trains.

November 1978 issue of Model Railway Constructor.
My first article about detailing the (then-new) Airfix GWR 14xx locomotive.

Adverts

Typical current 1/2 page adverts;
indentp55 September 2004 issue of Model Rail.
indentp73a January 2004 issue of Railway Modeller.

There have been many since but just to prove that we have been around a long time...
Typical 1/2 page advert from the '80's; p46 first issue of Practical Model Railways (Dec 83).

Models on public display

The model railway at Compton Acres, near Bournemouth, Hants, England. (The first 15' only is mine, as are some of the other buildings; the rest was completed later by others. Sadly, it has also suffered somewhat during its move from where it lived for 18 years at Poole Aquarium - but it is still worth a look!)

The model railway on Sark, Channel Islands (Design and construction of baseboards and scenic skeleton only, although the quarry walls were my work, as were some of the viaducts. I also did the tunnel-mouth with the Midland Wyvern on it - unless the owner's removed it!

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