Horselunges

With its superbly executed buildings, convincing scenery and fascinating range of cameo scenes to hold the viewer’s attention, Horselunges is rightly regarded as a truly special model railway layout. Inspired by the places and light railways of East Sussex it sets standards that modellers often aspire to but rarely achieve. Track is conventional SMP with handmade points and operation is semi-automatic. Horselunges was featured in the March 2004 magazine.

This view across the allotments to the simple station—more of a basic shelter than station building—has a timeless appeal to it. The line’s exit is skilfully blended into the background at this point.

This beautifully constructed building is typical of those found on this fine EM gauge layout. The buildings are all based on real ones and are constructed from card overlaid with plastic card. Card strips are used for tiles.

A diminutive 0-4-0 shunter gently hauls its train of vans towards the mill (visible in the distance). Almost all the locomotives on the layout are freelance designs, have plastic bodies, and are powered by Tenshodo SPUD motors.