Dinas (NWNGR) 
Peter Booth O-16.5 gauge 7mm scale
This layout portrays part of Dinas Junction station. This was the northern terminus of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways’ line to Rhyd Ddu. It is modelled as it was just before the First World War. Dinas is now part of new Welsh Highland Railway.
Due to the unusual scale everything has been made from scratch. The hand-built track is spiked to wooden sleepers, the ballast being produced from crushed slate.
The locomotives were constructed from nickel silver and brass, closely based on the manufacturers’ original drawings. Coaches and wagons were constructed from wood, nickel silver or plasticard on brass/nickel silver underframes.
Stonework on the buildings has been produced by building up layers of Polyfilla onto a scribed plaster base, the resulting textured finish being painted in water colours. The corrugated iron for the sheds was produced from Slater’s sheet, suitably trimmed and pinned. Grass is made from individual clumps of plumber’s hemp, although some experiments with the modern static grass methods have been incorporated.
