Padgate Lane seen under construction, the amenities building to the left was scratchbuilt.
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At the opposite end of the layout the yard area is empty, it was later filled with clutter.
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The layout gave plenty of space for small cameos, such as this forklift truck in the WRD yard.
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08884 shunts a VEA van modified from the original Parkside 'Vanwide', long before the VEA kit was released.
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Shunting the yard, buildings in the background from City Classics and Kibri, modified to fit the site.
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25213 with a 'Cemflow' wagon, a much modified Triang item with axleguards from an Airfix 'Prestwin'.
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A major change in the life of the layout was the renewal of the industrial buildings in the centre of the layout.
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Another change was to add advertising hoardings to screen off part of the backscene area.
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The final major change was to add a canopy over the WRD stores building platform, incorporating some Triang Hornby parts.
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25213 leaves a scrao wagon outside the gate at the end of the headshunt.
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Two 08s and an 'Air Piped' brake van in the old factory siding.
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A glance in the factory yard, where road haulage is now the order of the day.
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08884 outside the amenities building, one of the clear plastic uncouplers can be seen lower left.
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47341 stables in the old factory siding, an excuse for a larger loco on a small layout.
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The siding is also used by the engineers department for stabling short trains between jobs.
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One of the last wagons I built for Padgate Lane was this internal user, ex-Grampus.
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A conversion of the Knightwing shunter kit into a smaller machine on a Tenshodo Spud power unit.
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This incorporates the suspension from a Dapol railbus kit in place of the kit originals.
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Many of the smaller parts were painted seperately before fixing them into place.
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The completed loco seen on the Westwood Arches diorama, a typical industral scene.
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Westwood Arches was named after the location of the Hornby factory, who's arches formed the basis of the scene.
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A view across the completed diorama which was on two levels.
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The scenes was ideal for staging close-up photography, such as this mid-80s view.
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As with Padgate Lane, there were plenty of details to be found.
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