My name is Graham Powell and I have enjoyed an interest in railways since I was small boy ....many years ago now. I have always been interested in railway modelling  and in the early 70's took up modelling  in Gauge 0. At the time very little was available for the scale and consequently I had to learn how to make things myself. Most of the models you will see on this website have been scratchbuilt in my small but well equipped workshop.  I hope you enjoy looking round the site which I add to as new models are built.

 

 

 

GWR King  6008 King James 2. This is another engine built specifically for running on my garden track. Consequently, its probably a bit over engineered!. Most of the cast iron wheels and the Leakey motor were obtained second hand. The middle drivers are sprung and the piston valves operate from  eccentrics on the leading axle. It all breaks down into manageable units for painting purposes.Engine and tender bodies were constructed from a Firmco kit which I purchased for £25 including the chassis.When the warmer weather arrives (!) it will be painted in the early blue livery.

 

 A model of an  industrial Garratt "William Francis" made from  the Avondale kit.The etched valve gear was virtually unusable so it all had to be scratchbuilt. It has two 1220 Mashima motors driving 40:1 gears with split axles  all round. The body etches went together well. Not an easy thing to build or get running properly . Not sure I want to build another one...

   

 

GWR Armstrong class locomotive Nr 16 "Brunel". Built from a Scorpio Models kit . Painted and lined by myself. The locomotive has split axle pick up on the tender and is fitted with a Zimo DCC chip and Ron Chaplin gearbox.The various plates and numbers are by Guilplates.A very elegant locomotive.

LNER A1 Pacific 60156 "Great Central" built by myself from a limited edition DJH kit. The superb painting and lining is by the models owner Mr W H Tooke of Plymouth.

 

Ready for the paintshop is a model of GWR nr 95 one of the old Rhymney Railway engines reboilered by the GWR in the 1930's.  The model has a compensated chassis made from 18thou tinplate. The body is mainly nickel silver and the boiler mountings turned up from brass etc. A small JH motor does the driving and it is  a very quiet and smooth running model. Its job is to pull a train of coal wagons on the garden railway.

 

 

 Number 95 now resplendent in its BR livery. A very nice little engine that runs extremely well.