SARUM FINESCALE NOT FOLDED: The statement in EMGS Newsletter 240 that Sarum Finescale has “folded” is an editing error and entirely untrue. The group is still going strong and remains happy to welcome new members.

We are a Group of railway modellers from the Scalefour Society and EMGS who meet at 7.30pm on alternate Monday evenings near Salisbury. The Group currently has about 15 members, many of whom belong to both Societies.

We have two EM exhibition layouts with another in OO finescale now under construction, together with a circular test track which is available on most Group evenings.

Our members have a wide variety of specific interests, but are united by their desire to achieve the highest possible standards of model accuracy and performance.

Group Layouts

Navigation Road

Navigation Road is the Group’s diesel era EM exhibition layout and it has attended a number of shows over the last few years. The layout portrays a fictional location in north east London in the late 60s/early 70s and attempts to evoke the rundown nature of the railways at this time. The layout was featured in Railway Modeller March 2020, Model Railway Journal No 266 and British Railway Modelling September 2023.

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Chitterne

The Group’s steam era EM exhibition layout, Chitterne, was built as an entry in the EMGS Chairman’s Challenge competition in 2020 and thus exclusively uses the society’s ready to run EM track.
It represents a small branch line station with a military connection shortly after grouping.
This layout is currently having a scenic extension added to one end.
The layout featured in British Railway Modelling January 2024.

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Parkstone

Construction of our new exhibition layout is making excellent progress. It will be a large round-and-round layout representing Parkstone station in Poole and is being constructed in 00 finescale. This is a substantial project and the enthusiastic members leading it would welcome assistance from any new members.