Hanbid Sidings 
Andy Goulding O gauge 9mm scale
Hanbid sidings is a typical backwater exchange sidings set in the rural areas typical to the Southern and Western regions. The timeline on the layout can be varied from the 1930’s to the 1980’s (by changing a few interchangeable time specific scenic features) in order to run a variety of stock. This approach was taken as my interests vary from the 1930’s Southern, to the 1970’s or 1980’s BR blue years that I grew up in.
Those of you who may have seen some of my other layouts (Courtover Town, Severnside Steel, etc) will be familiar with the usual gritty urban style I model, but this small layout was built to give a total change of scenery to a more idyllic quiet countryside without the stark backgrounds of retaining walls and factories that usually frame my layouts !
The layout is switchable from DCC to DC control and many of the locomotives also possess the ability to be switched between the two formats, which, along with the unspecific time period, country scenics and removable features mean the layout is completely flexible to suit whatever is being run. It also illustrates how a fun and realistic looking O gauge layout can be modelled in a small space.
