Barsnac
I usually model in British OO, but after a few holidays in central France I rather fancied the idea of a French shunting layout.
Barsnac is a (fictitious) small town somewhere in central France. This layout represents part of a 'zone industrielle' (industrial estate) served by an 'embranchement particulier' (private siding), typical of what once could be found all over France. The Z.I. contains a number of industries; here are the premises of Vins Gough, wine wholesaler, Fromages Bleus, cheese merchant and Deuxaquatre Emballage, maker of cardboard boxes. Traffic is mostly bifoudres bringing in wine, refrigerator vans and covered vans.
Scale: HO (3.5mm/1ft)
Size: 4’-9” x 1’-0”
Baseboard: Contiboard on softwood frame.
Trackwork: Peco code 100. Seep point motors.
Buildings: Scratchbuilt from card and embossed plastic card.
Backscene: Peco
Couplings: Sprat & Winkle automatic
Barsnac is a (fictitious) small town somewhere in central France. This layout represents part of a 'zone industrielle' (industrial estate) served by an 'embranchement particulier' (private siding), typical of what once could be found all over France. The Z.I. contains a number of industries; here are the premises of Vins Gough, wine wholesaler, Fromages Bleus, cheese merchant and Deuxaquatre Emballage, maker of cardboard boxes. Traffic is mostly bifoudres bringing in wine, refrigerator vans and covered vans.
Scale: HO (3.5mm/1ft)
Size: 4’-9” x 1’-0”
Baseboard: Contiboard on softwood frame.
Trackwork: Peco code 100. Seep point motors.
Buildings: Scratchbuilt from card and embossed plastic card.
Backscene: Peco
Couplings: Sprat & Winkle automatic
Barsnac has now been retired and sold on.
Previous Exhibitions
October 2013 Seaford (Newhaven MRC)
July 2013 Pevensey Bay MRC
May 2013 - Sompting & District MRC
April 2012 - Brighton Racecourse (SRP Collectors Fair)
_ February 2012 - Eastleigh (Solent MRG / Eurotrack)
November 2011 - Brighton (Brighton MRC)
April 2011 - East Grinstead (East Grinstead MRC)
August 2010 - Wittering (Wittering & District RC)
November 2009 - Hampton (The White House MRG)
April 2009 - Chichester (SWING)
March 2009 - Arundel (Wealden Railway Group)
September 2008 - Worthing (Worthing MRC)
January 2008 - Bognor Regis (Bognor MRC)
May 2007 - Peacehaven (Peacehaven EFC)
September 2006 - Haywards Heath (Haywards Heath URC)
August 2005 - Bexhill (Bexhill MRC)
July 2013 Pevensey Bay MRC
May 2013 - Sompting & District MRC
April 2012 - Brighton Racecourse (SRP Collectors Fair)
_ February 2012 - Eastleigh (Solent MRG / Eurotrack)
November 2011 - Brighton (Brighton MRC)
April 2011 - East Grinstead (East Grinstead MRC)
August 2010 - Wittering (Wittering & District RC)
November 2009 - Hampton (The White House MRG)
April 2009 - Chichester (SWING)
March 2009 - Arundel (Wealden Railway Group)
September 2008 - Worthing (Worthing MRC)
January 2008 - Bognor Regis (Bognor MRC)
May 2007 - Peacehaven (Peacehaven EFC)
September 2006 - Haywards Heath (Haywards Heath URC)
August 2005 - Bexhill (Bexhill MRC)