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Special Guest - Iain Rice
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| Our very special guest, Iain Rice: a pen portrait A household name to British modellers, Iain started writing articles for Model Railway News and Model Railways in 1971, contributing regularly for many years. In 1985 he helped found Model Railway Journal, and as well as contributing numerous articles also wrote books that are still top references for Wild Swan (MRJ’s publishing arm). Subjects included locomotive construction, tracklaying, plastic wagon kits—and as a supplement to his involvement with development of the Wills Scenic Series kits and materials packs—Building Plastic Structures. From the early 1990s Iain began applying what he calls his “British finescale/authentic modelling/compact layout philosophy” to a range of overseas prototypes, initially with Bodesmeer, a Dutch-prototype exhibition layout in P87* completed in 2000. From about 2001 Iain began applying these same approaches to layouts set in the USA—mainly in New England and the upper Midwest. At first he worked to the usual HO standards but Roque Bluffs, a project layout that featured in Model Railroader between October 2003 and May 2004 was an opportunity to showcase some P87* modelling. * P87 (and P4) indicate wheels and track to almost exact scale. P87 being HO scale and P4 being 4mm or 1:76 scale (OO Scale). The P stands for Proto. |
The idea that a layout does not have to be the size of a large basement has proved popular, with articles and Rice layout designs |
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