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    Coastguard Creek - 15 months of planning!

    By SouthernRegionSteam

    Hold on to your socks - this is going to be a lengthy one! (In fact it's so long, I've now split it into 2 separate posts - the next will be up soon...)   I think it's fair to say that you are all long overdue an update on Coastguard Creek. Due to other commitments, no real progress has been made since the last post way back in March 2021; almost 15 months ago! If anything, things went backwards for quite a while, as I kept finding more and more inspiring locations that I really wanted
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Buckingham West

Buckingham West Mk2 - track plan

Following a request for a plan.   The station at the top is Newton Purcell, the junction. This is on the middle level. The main lines to the left go down grade. Those to the right go gently up grade.   The double track circuit, storage loops and dumbbell are on the lowest level. The points layout into the loops needs some work.   The yellows blobs are where the lines go into tunnels.   The double track shooting off into the centre will lead to Buckingham West: track plan to be devised. T
Richard Mawer

Richard Mawer

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Barry O's Weathering Blog

at last..a loco!

After a busy few weeks not doing any loco weathering i have just completed a Johnson 1F for a client in Australia. Its a lovely loco and he wanted it slightly weathered so:   side on     from the front     and finally from the bunker end     Baz
Barry O

Barry O

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The sleepers workspace

Spam cans to beer cans - the ramblings of a drunk!

In my recent blog about experimenting with different materials to produce roofs for coaches or covered vans you might recall I cut some blanks from first a Deodorant can and then a beer can. If you haven't read that blog I recommend you do so first. If you remember I talked about producing a coach roof from several blanks, but first I had to dispose of the beer some way so I would have some empty cans. Well I can now report that (hic) I have some, whoops!   I cut up the cans and laminated t
sleeper

sleeper

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Shipston-on-Stour Branch

Dukedog/Earl identified

More research while I am away from home for the week and I have finally identified the best option for a Dukedog that might have served the Stratford-Shipston branch. I had previously decided on 3203 as there is a period photo of this loco at Tyseley on warwickshirerailways.com. But more Internet research using the GWR.org.uk site has done better. 3207 was first allocated to Tyseley's sub-shed Stratford upon Avon. Perfect.   The next batch of Bachmann Dukedogs is due next year and I have p
Focalplane

Focalplane

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On Ravensers Bookcase

A Decent 31 - Finishing Off

31 415 is now finished - I've done rather more modelling than blog-posting in recent months.     Much of the finishing seemed to be a question of paint   I made a serious mistake with the noses and used Railmatch pre1984 yellow acrylic for the first coats. Nothing wrong with the shade , but I got a dreadful tar-brush result. Much careful/desperate rubbing down resulted , with fine emery boards and a little nail block someone directed me to , that has 4 different surfaces
Ravenser

Ravenser in Constructional

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ANOTHER Challenge!

The Challenge for 2015... Accepted - with some plans!

Right - firming up some ideas...   1. The Dock     'Busy' scene - probably modelling 'the dock' at mid/low tide. A chance to use my Langley' Puffer' at last (sitting on a 'barge-bed'), with their canal-boat probably in the 'lock' which dives under the building/road (want a prototype - look at the Birmingham Canal where it goes under Snow Hill Station!). Lots of scenic potential and buildings to make..   2. The Brewery     Combines my three favourite subjects - beer, rails &
scanman

scanman

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

14xx

Don't know if I was inspired by Dave at Scaleforum, but next on the workbench is a long planned conversion of an Airfix 14xx/48xx I've had for about 30 years. I'm not going to describe every last detail or provide lots of updates because there are other more worthy examples on this forum elsewhere. Needless to say all the usual components are there: High Level chassis kit, Mainly Trains body detailing kit and a few other bits and pieces. So far I've built the chassis as per the in
ullypug

ullypug

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What's new at Furness Wagon Co

More wagons

Three more wagons are now in the range and are available as both kits and ready to run to order. The first wagon is a Caledonian/Highland Railway open sheep wagon. These wagons were standard open wagons that were fitted with extension raves to stop the sheep jumping out. The next wagon is a GWR Mica B refrigerated meat van. The third wagon is a North British 4 plank open wagon the kit for this wagon will build three different wagons a fixed side, a drop side or a centre door (shown).
MarcD

MarcD

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Northall

The final building ….

When I started building the yard I got a problem. I couldn’t find a fitting texture from Scalescenes for the yard ground.   After some try outs I decided to build the yard with a part of the shop from the corner shop kit.     As you can see I had to use just a part of my Odeon movie board.   I just my preferred methods to build the building and the yard.   Now the scene is finished it is time to show the final step from black & white to color.     Next step was to put the fig
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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Hackney Graham Road

Development of Hackney Graham Road model railway

I've spent a long time planning a model railway, and I now have the space in a 20' garden shed. The plans are to build a representative railway based on the North London Line, blurring the geography and history between Dalston and Hackney Graham Road such that the original Graham Road yard developed differently as a small exchange yard. It has links to the (originally planned extension to) East London Line, and a junction to the Midland Line (near to Harringay) as the Midland wished to benefi
D9012

D9012

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Dave at Honley Tank's Blog

A Lost Race?

That second Saturday in December is getting too close! Both chassis are now running at some-where approaching an acceptable standard. But what a struggle I’ve had. One would think that with all the experience I’ve had, - about 1965 when I made my first scratch built loco; (C13, No.7402, which is one of the subjects in this project) – I should be able to build a simple chassis in an evening almost. But not so! I seem to have learned nothing about bogies and how to attach ‘em to an ot
Dave at Honley Tank

Dave at Honley Tank

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Snitzl's Main Blog

Gearbox Madness.

Geabox Madness illustrates the construction of different gearbox types.   How many modellers do you know that make a closed gearbox for an Adams B4 only to find that  the motor intended for use with the gearbox has packed in, a modification is made to the gearbox  to later find that the unit will not fit in the intended B4 without surgery to the boiler, a  start is then made on a cradle type gearbox only to find the same, the end solution on the B4  can be viewed in another blog.
snitzl

snitzl in Workshop

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petertg's Blog

Just plodding along

I sometimes wonder if what I post is of interest to anybody but me. Some people are building kits, others are making attractive dioramas, etc. but I am doing nothing of that. When I think I am getting somewhere another hitch occurs. At the beginning of summer, after a couple of weeks of hectic work to install the new operating system for my point motors I found that one of them did not switch, Since prior to doing the final wiring I had tested the motors one by one and they had worked, my conclu
petertg

petertg

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ANOTHER Challenge!

The Challenge for 2015...

Here we go again... I received my EMGS Newsletter' today.... Take an area 5' 00" x 18.2" (the '0.2" might be critical!) and turn it into a layout by November 2015... The Plan:-     pretty blank at the moment - but various themes are floating round my head.... Oh yes, the hatched lines represent the space taken by the cassette-type fiddle-yard(s).   Theme 1 'Perfection Wharf' - - a canal basin - Wharehouses - wagon turntables - high level 'access' line.   Theme 2 'Perfection Br
scanman

scanman

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The Grime Street Blog

Leeds Show layout pics......

Well that was rather an eventful month or two, having missed RMWeb live through illness, next outing was Leeds MRC show this last weekend, as the layout doesn't often get put up in its full form now (it's getting too big!) opportunity was taken to get a few pics of the current state of play. It's as complete as it has ever been, but you know the old mantra....'it's never......' well that remains the case.   Several things are planned before its next outing in February (Rochdale) but as per nor
Red Devil

Red Devil

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Modbury - 2mm Finescale (Brunel's Baulk Road)

GWR Small Metro Tank (6) - Ready for the paint shop

More progress has been made on this little project, such that she is now ready for the paint shops.   To finish her off, the cab roof needed some detail (the whistles won't be added until she has been painted). There is a rain strip along the back edge of the cab roof, this was added from a single strand of multi-core wire (0.2mm diameter). To get this perfectly straight before attempting to solder it in place it was rolled on a flat surface (a piece of sheet steel) beneath another flat surf
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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Steveley

The journey begins...

This is my first serious foray into both the world of railway modelling and blogging, so I apologise if I ramble. I have to say I'm rather looking forward to it.   When I was growing up I had the somewhat obligatory Hornby OO train set and a even had a moulded plastic layout I got while I was living in Germany. Since then, moving around, university and work have all kept me away. Now though, time and space has given me the opportunity to indulge in some proper modelling.   So, the first deci
sjcarr

sjcarr

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Barry Ten's Blog

The end in sight?

Pushing on with lots of small, fiddly jobs like ballasting, continuing the point rodding, adding barrow crossings and the like. With the ballasting now done throughout the whole module, the end finally feels like it's in sight. That's not to say that there aren't lots of detailing tasks to be done, but at least when I run a train through the scene, there aren't huge bits jumping out at me as still largely unfinished.   I mentioned the operating level crossing a few months ago; now that I've be
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Chronicles of Notlob's Siding

Aveling & Porter - the twiddly bits

I've been adding a few details to the Aveling & Porter mentioned a while back in this blog. I had hoped to get this done and a lick of paint on the loco for the 2mm Scale Association AGM but I simply ran out of time. I did manage to add a boiler backhead and some rods & piping. There's a bit more to do. Brake shoes are quite noticeable on an Aveling and some steps for the crew will be required. Speaking of crew, I found some nice figures in the Farish range which are just right for the l
2mmMark

2mmMark in Loco construction

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

The WESTON 2014 Show LOOMS

Is it just me this happens to, or are there other modellers out there who suffer from the same condition?   how come whenever I set out to complete a task, just before I do and sit back all smug with my achievement I managed to start another project? It all started this weekend, Foster Street is due to make its exhibition debut at the Weston on Trent 2014 show and I have a list of things I need to complete.   Now Foster street is only 10 feet long and about 2.5 feet wide, so in the grand sch
paulprice

paulprice

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Kelly's Workbench & Ramblings Blog

Long time no post!

So it has been over a year since the last time I updated this blog about what I was thinking of/planning.   Some big changes occurred in that time, namely I moved house, to a smaller 1bed ground floor flat. This has presented problems and Improvements in equal measure.   The biggest improvement has been mobility/health. I no longer have to contend with a myriad of stairs which helps immensely.   Unfortunately the nature of the flat means I have very little in the way of storage space other
Kelly

Kelly

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Dave Holt's Blog

Delph - Template for yard roads

Having decided on the method for creating the large area of cobbled (setts) roadways in the yard, using mount board hand impressed with individual setts, I've spent some time hoping it might do it itself. However, nothing has happened so far and now seems unlikely to, so I've re-started work on this aspect. The area behind the platform end has had a framework of tapered foam-board ribs erected to give the slope up to the yard entrance (off scene) and a template made from thin card for the whole
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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Wenlock's Blog

Stools, Cranks & Point Rodding!

Before I start painting and ballasting the trackwork I want to tackle the point rodding. A number of years ago I made the mistake on a 4mm layout of ballasting first, I then spent hours digging up small patches of ballast so that I could install the rodding stools! Armed with a copy of GWR journal number 89, Steven Williams GWR modelling part 1 and some useful advice from Mike (Stationmaster) I made a start by drawing a schematic of where the runs needed to go. Once this had been completed I pla
wenlock

wenlock

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    • Yan
      Post Scaleforum 2024

      By Yan · Posted

      Thank you for leaving the comments and thoughts guys, much appreciated.   Both Butley Mills and Ditchling Green are with new owners that are currently refurbishing them. Even the modelling skill and composition still shine through, so they were both well worth seeing in the flesh. One of Iain Rice's layouts I'd like to get the opportunity to see is Trerice.
    • BarryP
      Post Scaleforum 2024

      By BarryP · Posted

      It's good to see so many positive reviews of a model railway exhibition. I did dabble in S4/P4 way back and Iain Rice's writings were inspirational. I saw Butley Mills when it was first shown at Scaleforum in 1987 and I loved it. Gordon Gravett's models are fabulous and I would love to see them in the flesh, as it were. I did visit two shows specifically to see the magnificent "Pempoul" layout that the Gravetts built, that was the finest I've ever seen. I'm dabbling in "O" Gauge and an opportuni
    • Keith Addenbrooke
      Post Scaleforum 2024

      By Keith Addenbrooke · Posted

      Good to see it was a positive experience - and really nice to see a couple of photos of Ditchling Green (I didn’t realise it was still around).  Always struck me as a lovely layout: an early example perhaps of the ‘less is (so much) more’ approach to railway modelling that is now widely appreciated.  Keep up the good work, Keith.
    • Mikkel
      Post Scaleforum 2024

      By Mikkel · Posted

      The layout and info display looks very good. Thanks for posting photos of the other layouts, always a gift for those of us abroad - especially when they are this good.   Imposter syndrome is common I think, it can hold us back but on the hand I'll take that over bragging anytime.  
    • Mikkel
      Netherport and Basuto Quay Chronology

      By Mikkel · Posted

      That sounds like a good approach Nick, thank you for clarifying. A sense of space is so important, less is more and all that.   The Penzance photo shows unloading of flower traffic from the Scilly Isles (no date). It features on the front page of this volume by Tony Atkins. The book is perhaps not unexpendable and a tad dry, but it is informative and some of the photos are lovely.    

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