When Trevor Nunn started in S scale, he built a simple portable layout called “Wicken”. This turned out to be an influential layout, because it demonstrated clearly just how much was achievable in S scale with just a few basic components. Influential? Many S scale modellers (indeed, many modellers working in S scale!) had their first exposure to 1:64 railway modelling by seeing this layout at an exhibition, including yours truly. The layout was documented in issue 10 of the Model Railway Journal, which included the memory able line “when it comes down to it, one doesn’t need many items to build a model railway”. That’s a very neat encapsulation of Trevor’s approach to railway modelling, and which continued as he built East Lynn, the Quayside Extension, Nunstanton and finally Trowland.

I have created a page on the layout. Enjoy if you visit!