AG SCENIC MODELS

WHEN I WAS 11, MY DAD INTRODUCED ME TO MODEL RAILWAYS. I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS MORNING COMING DOWN STAIRS TO SEE A BLANKET COVERING THE TABLE. ON REMOVING THE BLANKET I SAW MY FIRST MODEL RAILWAY. IT CONSISTED OF A SMALL BASEBOARD WITH AN OVAL TRACK WITH ONE SIDING. THERE WAS NO SCENERY OF ANY KIND, JUST A BLACK STEAM LOCO WITH SOME COAL TRUCKS ATTACHED. I WAS MESMERISED, I SPENT NEARLY ALL DAY JUST WATCHING THE TRAIN GO ROUND AND ROUND.
OVER THE COMING MONTHS DAD AND I ADDED A LITTLE TUNNEL AND SOME GRASS SCATTER AND THE LAYOUT STARTED COMING ALIVE. FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS I WAS HOOKED.
JUMP FORWARD TO 1ST DECEMBER 2018, MY DAD PASSED AWAY SO SUDDENLY, LITERALLY LIKE SWITCHING ON A LIGHT SWITCH, INSTANT, MY DAD WAS GONE.
I WAS IN SHOCK, OVERCOME WITH GRIEF AND JUST COULDN’T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN TO MY DAD.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO RECONNECT WITH MY CHILDHOOD AND THE MANY FANTASTIC MEMORIES I HAD WITH DAD, SO, I DECIDED TO BUILD MYSELF A MODEL RAILWAY. I SPENT THE NEXT 2 MONTHS BUILDING A BIG 8FT X 4FT OO GAUGE LAYOUT. LOTS OF RUNNING TRACK, MULTIPLE SIDINGS, LOTS OF SCENERY AND DETAIL. I WAS TOTALLY ABSORBED IN THE WORLD OF MINIATURE RAILWAYS. IT HELPED IMMENSELY WITH DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF DAD, AT THE SAME TIME I TRULY FELT HE WAS THERE WITH ME. I TOTALLY FELT CONNECTED TO HIM.
THE PRESENT DAY, 7 LAYOUTS COMPLETED AND MANY MORE INCLUDING MICRO SCALEXTRIC IN THE PIPELINE I FEEL I HAVE PURPOSE AGAIN.
THE LAYOUTS I CREATE COME FROM THE INSPIRATION I GOT AS A CHILD FROM MY DAD, ARTHUR GILL. MISS YOU ALWAYS DAD.
THIS IS HOW AG SCENIC MODELS WAS BORN. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DAD.