Scale / Gauge	2mm Finescale, 9.42mm Gauge
Location / Era	GWR / c.1906
Owner	Ian Smith.

Modbury is a 2mm Finescale layout representing a Great Western “might have been” through station as it could have appeared in the Edwardian period, c.1906.

The track is built to represent Brunel’s Baulk Road (something I have never seen in 2mm Finescale before). It has been constructed using HO PCB sleeper strip with rail and gauges from the 2mm Association.

The locos are all scratchbuilt, and the rest of the stock is either scratch or kit built (some from kits of my own design). Trains typical of the period shuttle back and forth across the scene, stopping, passing and shunting within the station environs. Eventually I hope to have constructed enough stock to operate a variety of trains to a proper schedule.

The signals are built from MSE etches mounted on home milled posts, and are driven by servos. The turnouts are all memory wire operated.

The sections of the layout are controlled by the signals, meaning that trains can only move if the relevant route and signals have been set.

Each signal uses 2 relays – one to provide power to the section in rear and one for the section in advance of the relevant signal. The relay wiring allows the signal to be restored todanger but still provide power to the section in advance of the signal.

Buildings are all scratchbuilt from plasticard, and are principally based on South Devon prototypes on the Moretonhampstead branch. The exception being the Signal Box, which comes from Bodmin General.

Progress on the layout can be followed on my RMWeb thread within the 2mm Finescale section or on my own website : www.modbury2fs.co.uk