Here’s a picture taken at Mortlach Distillery, the oldest in Dufftown, in 2006.
Now, here’s the same photo flipped left/right.
And here, as promised, is Alan Gosling’s model:
As previously mentioned, the position in relation to the viaduct probably makes our distillery Parkmore, which just fits with the period modelled (Parkmore went silent in 1931). But it [...]
First, and most importantly, the Brighton MRC exhibition, our club show, was a success. Numbers through the door were up, and we got some positive feedback.
However, running on Dufftown was very patchy. This is perhaps unsurprising, given the age of the stock, and the fact that the first time the layout had ever [...]
There are several bits that, due to lack of time (it’s being spent on last minute modelling rather than writing about it) haven’t appeared here. The burn has been… begun; there are arches under the embankment; temporary distillery buildings; and yet more scenic work. Alan Gosling’s superb malt kiln and viaduct are now on the [...]
Dufftown station is one of the things left over from the original board that never got completed. With the intention to scratchbuild Dufftown’s station building, it wasn’t a quick project, but what was needed for the exhibition was… something!
Here’s what was put together over the last week:
The platform was cut to shape from 9mm [...]
When the original 2′ x 3′6″ board was nearing completion, planning began on the next board.
A given was that it would include a distillery with railways sidings, the raison d’etre for Dufftown. But besides providing the unusual “whisky traffic” theme, the choice of location offered some local inspiration for other features that might [...]
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- KGB Lexicon By Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Mitrokhin, Peter Hennessy
Mortlach distillery opened in 1823 close to the newly established settlement of Dufftown. When, in December 1858, the Morayshire Railway was extended from Elgin to Craigellachie (some 5 miles from Dufftown) [...]
