{"id":101,"date":"2009-03-21T19:13:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T19:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/festiveroad.net\/wealden2mmblog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2009-03-21T19:13:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T19:13:12","slug":"the-beginnings-of-selham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festiveroad.net\/wealden2mmblog\/archives\/101","title":{"rendered":"The beginnings of “selham”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First I must point out that my first 2mm layout will not be an exact model of selham as originally planned, rather it will be a layout inspired by selham.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My interest in the branchlines around Midhurst began as a child when passing Petworth station which is now a hotel I noticed pullman cars resting in the grounds.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Later on reading “Branchlines around Midhurst” and\u00a0its predecessor “Branchlines to Midhurst” that my interest in modelling the area was established.\u00a0\u00a0 Originally I wanted to model Petworth Station as\u00a0it was the station which I had passed so many times on my way down to chichester.\u00a0 Looking at the stations trackplan\u00a0I quickly realised that at 2mm scale it would measure approximately 2.5m\u00a0which\u00a0I felt was a bit\u00a0too much for my first stab at 2mm.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Having looked at the other stations on the branchline, Selham instantly appealed to me through its\u00a0remote setting, interesting trackplan, it simply oozed charm.\u00a0\u00a0 Below is aphotograph of\u00a0Selham station in 1968 following its closure in 1963.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Like Petworth , Selham was of a similar size although on a sweeping curve.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was decided that the model I was to build would be inspired by Selham allowing me to compress elements of the station to fit into a smaller space aswell as being able to eliminate the sweeping curve which would simplify the build.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Below is the trackwork progress to date which shows the principal track to be pretty much finished.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So now its on to the baseboard which I intent ot be styrofoam with plywood sides.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Motive power will initially be excellent farish class 37 and a class 04 with a 3F jinty to be built once I have got the layout up and running.\u00a0\u00a0 Eventually I intend to converted a dapol M7 as something more indigenous to the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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