Visit Grindham

Grindham is an imaginary town in Somerset which has been created in miniature to a scale of 4mm/ft. The scenic part of the model is 24ft long and as well as the railway, features the town centre. The buildings are all scratchbuilt, mainly from card, with shops, pubs, Civic buildings and the Parish Church among them. Many of these buildings have minute interior details, and are largely the work of Peter Howell. This part of the site features a selection of views of the model as well as some information about the models.

Model Ship Pictures

The growing fleet of WW2 era ships built with my son Ben are featured. There are photographs of completed models as well as work in progress in the Shipyard.

Aircraft & Military Models

This new section of the site is currently under construction; please feel free to visit and view progress.

Model Railway Pictures

Here you can see some of the model locomotives and rolling stock that I have built for Grindham. They are mostly built to P4 standard (4mm/ft, 18.83mm gauge) - although there are examples of earlier models built to OO gauge that are awaiting conversion. The selection of pictures includes model locomotives, coaches and wagons, both complete and in various stages of construction.

The layout also features a collection of contemporary road vehicles, and a selection of these models is also included in the photographic section.

Railmap

A website featuring a dynamic map of the West Country railway system with links to useful information about stations and features of the lines can be found at Railmap or by looking under the "Useful Links" tab above. Fascinating and highly recommended.

Locomotive Photograph Finder

One of the oft quoted rules of Railway modelling is "First find a photograph of your prototype..." This is often easier said than done. If it is a steam locomotive you are looking for, then this may help. Use the "Locomotive Finder" tab above to search my database for references to 7522 photographs of 3162 different steam locomotives at 1151 locations that can be found in published works. There are several different ways to search, from an individual locomotive to list of engines at a particular location. You can also use the system to look up the name of a steam locomotive, or find the number for a particular name.

There is a distinct bias towards ex-Great Western locomotives, but the database is growing and coverage of other British Railway company stock is increasing.