The Philden Model Railway Blog

Prior to Christmas I officially farewelled my former HO scale Australian shelf layout Philden Beach. As you read this post it is probably being set-up in its new home in Newcastle, NSW which is ironic given my North Coast themed layout will have travelled from one end of the North Coast line in Brisbane to the other. The cement unloading siding for the cement hoppers that never arrived. My final look at Philden Beach was of an empty yard with the balance of my rollingstock now on eBay. Selling the layout, I now know how an artist must feel to watch a prized painting walk out the door of an art gallery. It was an incredibly proud moment to give the new owner a walk-through of how the layout packs down for an exhibition and to help him load it into his car. Then just like that, it was gone, and I was left staring at a now blank wall in our loungeroom. Given that my wife and I can now have fun shopping for the right TV stand and discussing how to return our living space into something oth...