This picture is my Grandad on the foot plate of "micky mouse" ivatt number 46443. This was a local trip from Bristol temple meads to Portishead, with Bristol bath road depot in the background. I was brought up around railways from a very young age. My Grandad Colin Forse was a driver/ fireman and inspector. He worked out of Bristol bath road depot.  He worked for British Rail for 49 years. He had a OO gauge model railway based on Bodmin and the Cornish China clay traffic in that area. We spent many hours playing trains and him teaching me many different movements performed on the railway. It was from this my passion for scale models started.

From a young age my passion was cars and trains. I started with small Airfix models of cars and eventually enjoyed building my own OO gauge (1:76 scale or 4mm to the foot) model railway. The older I got the more I wanted experience different scales. When I moved out to my own place space was a factor in down sizing to N gauge (1:148 or 2mm to the foot). Since then I have built models in most scales from N gauge through to 1:10 radio control. I will add some pictures to the gallery with some of my favourite builds. 

I am currently enjoying building and creating models for SM32 garden railways (1:19 or 16mm to the foot). My interest in this was sparked by my Dad. He asked me to build him a small 1 foot by 4 foot shelf layout in 009 scale. This scale is the same 1:76 as OO gauge but is more related to 2 foot narrow gauge railway industry. These are the small industrial railways spread all around the country/world. From the slate mines of Wales and the peat railways on the Somerset levels to sugar fields in Taiwan and gold mines in the USA. What sparked my interest so much was the level of engineering involved with building a small railway in the different types of terrain and the unique and odd looking rolling stock found around the world. I will try my best to replicate some of the things I find interesting with the hope that others can enjoy them too.