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AI animated figures and vehicles

on November 23, 2025

Railway Modellers Portrayed

on August 10, 2025

A 3D printed Buffalo – GWR 1076 Class

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DIY posters and ads for Farthing

on May 20, 2025

GWR poster boards and station ads – illustrated notes

on March 26, 2025

Edwardian GWR posters: An overview of sorts

on February 02, 2025

Windows, Doors and Refreshment Rooms

on December 24, 2024

Edwardian motorcars (2): British Ford T Late 1912

on October 27, 2024

Edwardian motor cars (1): De Dion-Bouton 1904

on September 16, 2024

GWR Hydra with a Parcels Van

on July 10, 2024

A Pantechnicon for Farthing

on May 06, 2024

Slater's GWR dia E37 Tri-compo clerestory coach

on February 21, 2024

Trial and error with bricks and mortar

on February 09, 2024

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

on December 22, 2023

The station building: Walls and gables

on December 17, 2023

Copenhagen to Penzance by rail

on August 08, 2023

A Pannier of mixed parentage - GWR 1854 PT (2)

on January 08, 2023

The Great Unrest - Modelling the 1911 railway strike

on September 30, 2022

Edwardian mischief - Modelu & Andrew Stadden figures

on August 06, 2022

Slater's GWR dia. C10 clerestory coach

on June 10, 2022

Mikkel: Welcome to Farthing! This blog chronicles the building of "The Farthing layouts", a series of small OO layouts that show different sections of a GWR junction station in Edwardian days.

Welcome to Farthing! This blog chronicles the building of "The Farthing layouts", a series of small OO layouts that show different sections of a GWR junction station in Edwardian days.

Intro and concept

Intro
Layouts

Gallery (1900-1904)

Four o'clock blues, ca. 1902
What really happened in...
The honourable slipper boy (1)
The honourable slipper boy (2)
The honourable slipper boy (3)
One morning long ago

Gallery (1904-1908)

The trials of Mr Bull
A most implausible arrival
A parcel for Mr Ahern
Blue skies and horse traffic
The remains of the day
Motley crew
Edwardian daydreams
Regrettable incident at 3 PM

Gallery (1908-1914)

All in a day's work, Part 1
All in a day's work, Part 2
All in a day's work, Part 3
All in a day's work, Part 4

The Finkerbury files

Secrets of the Footplate
Secrets of the Drawing Office (1)
Secrets of the Drawing Oiffce (2)

Out of period

Undecided sky (1867)
The sleeping giant (1887)
Bunker first (1927)
Fitted fish and piles (1947)

Videos

Once Upon a Time in the West
Summer silliness
The unbearable lightness...
Across the years
The Sidelight Job
Painting coach panels
Traverser testing
Messing about with trains
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
AI animated figures and vehicles

Coaches and Browns

Short trains for short layouts
Short trains with a twist
Low-tech coach restoration (1)
Low-tech coach restoration (2)
Low-tech coach restoration (3)
Low-tech coach restoration (4)
Low-tech coach restoration (5)
Kit-bashed W1 Parcels Van
C10 from Triang clerestories
Holden "Metro" 4-wheelers
Shirescenes Siphon C
Hand-me-down coaches
Low-tech pre-grouping stock
The Ratio GWR 4-wheelers
V5 PBV from Triang Clerestories
Slater's C10 clerestory coach
Slater's E37 clerestory coach

Wagons

GWR 2- and 3-plankers
GWR Iron Mink vans
GWR provender wagons
Same but different
LSWR stone wagon
Powsides/Slaters Private Owners
SDJR Road Van
LSWR 10 ton sliding door van
GWR Outside Framed 8 Ton Van
MSWJR 3-plank dropside wagon
Scratchbuilt one-planker (1)
Scratchbuilt one-planker (2)
GWR 4 planker with DC1 brakes
3 Plank Open in GWR red
In the red: GWR 1900s wagons
GWR W2 Cattle Van
Midland Railway D299 Open
Fake news and wagon sheets
Sprat & Winkle couplings
GWR Hydra with a Parcels Van

Locos

Backdated Oxford Dean Goods (1)
Backdated Oxford Dean Goods (2)
GWR 1854 Saddle Tank (1)
GWR 1854 Saddle Tank (2)
A Pannier of mixed parentage (1)
A Pannier of mixed parentage (2)
Shiny domes and safety valves
Fire iron hooks
Simple lining

Road vehicles

GWR Horse-drawn station bus
Scratchbuilt horsedrawn float
GWR large flat dray
Ratkin & Son horse-drawn wagon
Kit-bashed GWR light dray
GWR horse-drawn trolley
GWR 5 ton horse-drawn vehicle
Parcels van and coal trolley
A Pantechnicon for Farthing
De Dion-Bouton 1904
British Ford T Late 1912

Goods

Fun with crates
Barrels, baskets, bales
Small crates and tea chests
Ready-to-plonk freight

Figures

Modelu & Andrew Stadden figures
Modifying and storing figures
Porters and Barrows
Andrew Stadden 4mm figures
Back-dating Monty's figures
Footplate crew
HO figures for an OO layout
Lesser known whitemetal figures

Track and Traversers

The Bumblebee Mk2
Flight of the Bumblebee
Comparing track
C+L underlay and Carr's ballast
Experiments with C+L track
Messing about with track panels
Laying track on "The depot"

Building "The Branch Bay"

First bite: The bay
Simple structures for "The bay"
Platform trolleys and barrows
Signs, posters and adverts
Six Lessons Learnt

Building "The Goods Depot"

Second bite: "The depot"
Shunting Puzzle
Sketches of "The depot"
Soft body, hard shell
Kit-bashed roof structure
Dry Run
Dusting off the cobwebs
Playing with mirrors
Mezzanine floor
Progress on "The Depot"
4mm slate roofing
The treachery of images
A roof for "The depot"
A tall bird from Paddington
Cranes for the depot
Shoulders of giants

Building "The Old Yard"

Third bite: "The sidings"
Wagon propulsion
Progress on "The sidings"
Rising from slumber
The Biscuit Shed
A shed and a lock-up
Merchant's warehouse
Mr Gorbachev, tear down...
Stops, levers, plates, gauge, wall
Lamps and Lamplighters

Building "The stables"

Fourth bite: The Stables
GWR Park Royal stable block
GWR stables (1): An overview
GWR Stables (2): Archaeology
When in danger or in doubt
A GWR weighbridge
Chinchilla sand and terrain paste
A pictorial record of manure
Trees for Farthing - Mark One
A click-on scenic extension

Building "The Station"

Fifth bite: The Station
Walls and gables
Experiments with bricks & mortar
Windows, doors, refreshments
DIY posters and ads for Farthing

The FSWDC

Model Railways and Art
Moving Pictures
Season's Greetings

Layout ideas

Kicking back in Gloucester
A flexible layout

Miscellaneous

Downsizing
Pre-grouping livery clippings
Journey to Didcot
Detail hunting at Didcot
Here's looking at you
My friend the operating chair
The mists of time
GWR Modelling website
The mists of time
GWR Modelling website
Copenhagen to Penzance by rail
Edwardian GWR Posters
GWR poster boards and ads
Railway modellers portrayed

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Farthing on RMweb

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