Going Underground

Way back in 2002 I started what was going to be my magnum opus. Moore Street was to be a South London 4 track main line on viaduct, complete with a fully working tube station. The underground was to be a set of 3 separate boards that would bolt on to the underside of the main layout.
Sadly the main layout never got past the construction of the first couple of baseboards due to far too many house moves. I did however get the tube station partially finished. Since the move to the UK and the shelving of Moore Street due to lack of space, the 3 boards that make up the underground have been sitting, shrinkwrapped and unused. One day I will revive it but for now here is a peek at what had been done.



The tunnel walls are formed of split sections of 4" diameter pvc pipe. The track is hand built using C&L Finescale with brass section for the centre rail supports, and Peco insulators. Lighting is from Miller Engineering. The tiling and other decoration was hand drawn in Photoshop with the addition of maps and adverts. You can't see it in this image but the tube map actually does contain 'Moore Street'. Its on the Northern Line between Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway. The actual artwork was produced in 16mm scale and reduced before printing to give a 4mm scale wall.