Loxley Barton Falls

An excercise in minimal space 4mm scale, 9mm gauge 009 modelling

In 2004 I visited ExpoNG, a narrow gauge model railway exhibition as I had not done any modelling since my childhood and was curious as to what people were now doing.

At ExpoNG I was inspired by the fantastic narrow gauge railway modelling on show. in one corner there was a small exhibit named the 'shoebox challenge' where three people had challenged themselves to build a model railway in a shoe box. And they were exquisite!

So I decided that this was something that I could have a bash at and at the very least it would not take up much room and my wife would get a new pair of shoes (also less objections to the mess I would be making!)

The Cubic Challenge

It turned out the Shoebox competition was a one off and for the following year's ExpoNG Exhibition the Greenwich and District Narrow Gauge Railway Society had set a new challenge - to build a model railway with no elements extending outside of a 500mm cube.

A half meter cube isn't too big and so I drew up plans and built it for the competition.

It was a great reintroduction back to modelling and I was really pleased with the result.

Posts about Loxley Barton Falls

• Loxley Barton Falls - A new 009 layout

  on Sat, Aug 20, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Follow my progress modelling a 009 narrow gauge railway exhibition layout built for the 2005 ExpoNG Cubic Challenge.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 01

  on Sat, Aug 20, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The first narrow gauge kit I built many years ago.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 02

  on Sat, Aug 20, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The second narrow gauge kit I built.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 03

  on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The third narrow gauge kit I built.

• Loxley Barton Falls progress photo gallery

  on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 ~ Modelling
  A photogallery of progress of my 009 layout.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 04

  on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The forth narrow gauge kit I started.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 05

  on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The fifth narrow gauge kit I obtained.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Lock Gate in place

  on Sun, Oct 2, 2005 ~ Modelling
  This weekend I have finished painting the lock gates.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 06

  on Sun, Oct 2, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The sixth narrow gauge kit I built.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Waterfall and stream detailing added

  on Sun, Oct 9, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Building out the waterfall and stream on loxley Barton Falls.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Locomotive No. 07

  on Tue, Oct 11, 2005 ~ Modelling
  The seventh narrow gauge kit I built.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Showing at ExpoNG today

  on Sat, Oct 29, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Exhibiting Loxley Barton Falls at ExpoNG 2005.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Winner Cubic Challenge Expo Narrow Gauge 2005

  on Sat, Oct 29, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Exhibiting Loxley Barton Falls at ExpoNG 2005 Cubic Challenge.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Finished model photos

  on Sat, Oct 29, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Dive into the Loxley Barton Falls project, a 4mm scale 009 narrow gauge model railway.

• Loxley Barton Falls - Picture in Railway Modeller

  on Tue, Dec 20, 2005 ~ Modelling
  Picture of Loxley Barton Falls in Railway Modeller and Narrow Gauge World.

• Croydon MRS 2006 show 7th and 8th October

  on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton booked for the Croydon MRS 2006 show.

• Croydon MRS 2006 show

  on Mon, Oct 9, 2006 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton at the Croydon MRS 2006 show.

• Amberley 2007

  on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton made an appearance at Amberley 2007.

• Loxley Barton in Narrow Gauge World!

  on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton made an appearance in Narrow Gauge World!.

• Loxley Barton Falls at The Norwood Club show

  on Sun, Nov 11, 2007 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton Falls at The Norwood Club show.

• Brighton Model world

  on Sat, Jan 26, 2008 ~ Modelling
  Loxley Barton Falls will be at Brighton Model World Exhibition this year.

• Loxley Barton Falls - part 1 - inspiration

  on Fri, Feb 25, 2011 ~ Modelling
  My first visit to Expo Narrow Gauge in 2004 rekindled an old hobby I thought I'd never return to—model railways.