Red Wharf

 

It's cold outside, There's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, More or less.

Actually, I'm not alone, I'm in the L&WMRS clubrooms, where this fantasic little layout module, built by Matthew and friends, based on the TV series Red Dwarf lives.  I've wanted to point a camera at this for a while, and last Thursday, I happened to be shooting a little layout, a few feet away from there this sits. Well, it seemed daft not too. 

Now, this sort of thing would give the average magazine reader, an attack of the vapours, but look past the sci-fi element, and there's some really good modelling. Those buildings could find a place on any layout. The rustwork along on the blue one is as good as you'll find anywhere. 

Fans of the show will find all sorts of little jokes, and that's a big part of the fun. Why should model railways always be deadly serious? After all, these are younger modellers (compared to me anyway) doing good work.

Much of the detail has been 3D printed, and there's a bit of laser cutting going on too. All new-ish techniques. Not solderinf lumps of brass, or whittling things out of wood, but just as relevent as anything else we do. They are just another tool in the toolbox!

Fun, fun, fun, In the sun, sun, sun...