Ingleton Sidings, the model railway on an ironing board!

http://www.ingletonsidings.com The model railway inglenook shunting layout built on an ironing board! This shunting puzzle can take 30 mins to solve! Ingleton Sidings is now available for model railway exhibitions across the UK. Exhibition managers please log onto the website address above for full exhibition details and costs

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[ThePallen105]

@chocmonster The great thing about inglenooks is they can be built on a tiny budget. I built the baseboard and backscene for Ingleton out of scrap in the garage, so it kind of cost nothing! All I needed was a piece of 45x7 inch quality ply glued and screwed to a frame of 1x0.5 inch softwood. The other advantage is that you need minimal amounts of stock, especially if you build a five wagon puzzle!

[chocmonster]

@ThePallen105 I'm getting round to building my own form of Inglenook (it's taken 5 years so far) and have a complete lack of woodworking skills and a small budget.

An ironing board, though could be just perfect…

[ThePallen105]

@chocmonster Thanks! Although I can't claim to be original with the idea. A number of other modellers have beaten me to the concept, however an ironing board is a great place to start designing track plans!

[chocmonster]

Great idea!