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Frederick Limewood Armour Works

Hans van der Linden

In June 2007, Hans van der Linden appeared at a Dutch Group meeting with a square box, a circular piece of track and a few half-made cardboard buildings. He announced he was going to build an easy-to-transport industrial scene. Only a few months on at the Valkenburg show in September, and lo and behold, the layout had progressed to the stage where it could be exhibited, featuring the "Frederick Limewood Armour Works", a factory of…. pre-war tanks! There obviously is some work left to be done, but the photos below show you the progress made since we first saw it.

Photos: Ted Polet, unless credited otherwise.

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	The layout in its early stages, shown to us at the Dutch Group meeting of June, 2007.
	Lights and a few backscene sheets and the scene takes shape before you eyes.
	Left: track plan projected on to the unfinished baseboard. Right: the baseboard devoid of buildings. Photos by Hans van der Linden.
	Left: side view of the styrofoam/ply sandwich construction used in the baseboard. Right: top view of the completed layout. Photos by Hans van der Linden.
	Left: a working layout on an adjustable tripod as shown during the Valkenburg show of September 2007. Right: an attractive display with built-in lights. These photos made by Hans van der Linden.
	Two overviews of the layout show how Hans combined converted Metcalfe card buildings and plastic structures into an attractive industrial setting.
	The circular track disappears into the shed in the right foreground, and reappears from between the buildings on the left. The building in the left foreground is the loco shed. Note that the point motors have been sunk into the pavement.
	Left: a Roco diesel loco on the circular track. Right: steam loco built from a Peco 'Varikit'. The close-ups show the effective use of pre-printed backscene sheets.