Scenic modelling courses return to Pendon Museum

Workshops on different aspects of railway modelling were a regular feature at the museum in the past, but the Covid pandemic, followed by the sad death of the course organiser, Mick Bonwick, in 2021, resulted in a hiatus, which is now happily coming to an end.

Pendon Museum has a well-earned reputation for the excellent representation of a scenic landscape in model form and it is this aspect of the model railway hobby that will be the focus of the first courses.

Attendees will have the opportunity to create a small scene, including the application of static grass, representation of roads and paths, puddles and rocky outcrops. After the basic groundwork is complete, there will be time to produce different forms of foliage, including trees with sea foam, bushes, shrubs and flowers. Observation and experimentation is encouraged so that everyone will produce an individual scene to take home as a reference piece for their own modelling.

The course tutors are Nick Wood and Paul Rhodes. Both have model railways currently on the exhibition circuit (Much Murkle and Old Parrock) and are keen proponents of landscape modelling based on observation and reflection. The first one-day courses are on Saturday and Sunday, 15th/16th November. Numbers are limited to six per course and more details can be found on the museum website, https://pendonmuseum.com/.

Further courses on different aspects of railway modelling are in development for 2025.

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