WHAT MAKES IT INNOVATIVE?

Obsessive S&D fanatic Julian Birley set out to create as perfect a replica of this famous joint line as possible. He chose Evercreech New as it would allow him to run full-length trains at speed on the double-track sections. It was fairly simple yet, with the adjacent lime kilns, it had a lot of interest. The only compromise was to turn the track plan into a loop, but he managed to incorporate a prototypical gradient into the baseboards. By carefully commissioning other modellers, including Allan Downes, where he felt his own skills were lacking and, by constantly comparing the model to prototype photographs, Julian produced a model that was correct down to the brick courses in the walls or the position of the telegraph posts.