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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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BRM Blog

A trailer for the yellow peril

In the November issue of BRM, I've shown how I built a couple of wagons to accompany Howard's Road-Railer. For anyone who fancies doing the same job, here are a few more details.   First, you'll want a plan:     A full size version of this can be downloaded from here. This shows the skip wagon but if you prefer the flat version, just leave the sides off.   When I built the models, the closest I'd managed to get to the real thing was the wrong side of a chain-link fence at my local
Phil Parker

Phil Parker

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thesteambuff's Blog

Garrett sound

Does anyone know the correct sound for the Heljan Garrett on youtube the olivias sounds like 1 engine and the Howes sounds like 2 engines out of sync,which one is correct.
thesteambuff

thesteambuff

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The GC and Met in OO

LNER D6 Part V

Still slowly plodding along with this!       She's now gained the coaming around the cab cutouts and a tender.   The tender is a Triang 2P/ 4F tender which I've cut down to tank top level then laminated around with 0.5mm plastic sheet to build up a new tank 20mm in height. Some 0.5mm sheet was then cut into 1mm strips and laid down on top of this, and given a liberal smothering of filler to suggest the flare to the tender top. Once a rudimentary interior had been built up out of mor
James Harrison

James Harrison

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SRman's Workbench Blog

... And a Couple More Weathered Vans Hit the Rails

Here are two more vans of the workbench, weathered using the same techniques as the previous two vans. For dirty roofs I use a lot of Humbrol #66, a very good all round weathering and roof colour - good for tyres on road vehicles too.   For the previous crimson SR Van C roof I used the same grey #66 at full strength, then a very thin wash of the Revell brown #84.   The next two vans have variations on the overall weathering, starting with the roofs using thin washes of Humbrol #66. The Fruit
SRman

SRman

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On The Workbench

On The Workbench - Victoria RULES!

'Victorian' week on the workbench.. First, the pumping station from Farnham.. I decided that, as it was a nice little building, I'd find space for it on a 2mm layout - so this is it at 1:152 scale.       Still only a mock-up - the 'proper' model will have glazed windows etc.   However, I continued the 'Victorian' theme with a commission (PAYING!) to model a station building in 'low relief' as the client has very limited 'backscene room! I rather fancied Freshwater on the IOW as the cli
scanman

scanman

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deadlyduck's Blog

British Rail DMUs

It seems very strange,that not 1 present day manufacturer has had the foresight to produce a Western Region DMU MU sets.The nearest are the Hornby Cl 121 + the Heljan parcels units + Railcars.Is this a missed opportunity ?.In fact i think Lima are the only ones to do so with their 117 units.syrely there are a number of classes to have a go with ?
deadlyduck

deadlyduck

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Jubilee Point

How time flies....

Crikey, it’s been 5 months since I have done any serious railway modelling. Constructing and populating a granny annexe took every free moment over the Summer, but now with the dust settled and my workshop/mancave finally set up only 8 months after having moved in, I have the luxury of dark Winter modelling evenings ahead.   Looking through my boxes of half-finished projects, I have decided to take the half-built Class 23 “Baby Deltic” in hand.   I started this project quite a few years a
TT-Pete

TT-Pete

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Harton and Hopeguard BR 1960's Layout

Progress!

I have managed to fit in some layout building during my training! Here is the progress. A cohesive backscene, I have raised the layout (the baseboards were covered in uneven stuff) and I have managed to fit in a large terminus serving LMR and Ex GWR, with an ex GWR branch-line and a cassette main fiddle yard   Photos hopefully self explanatory.   I have also sourced a Honrby Paviland Grange from a Liverpool based retailer (beautiful loco)
danstercivicman

danstercivicman

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Layout - Fisherton Sarum

Fisherton Sarum returns to Wycrail show Saturday 1st November

Next Saturday 1st November is the annual Wycrail model railway exhibition of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society , of which I am a member. Fisherton Sarum is returning to this exhibition having made its public debut at the 2006 show. This year’s Wycrail ’14 exhibition will once again, take place at the now established, larger and bigher venue of The Cressex Community School, Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, Bucks HP12 4UD. Wycrail ‘14 will have 28 high quality and inspirational mo
Graham_Muz

Graham_Muz

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Woebegone-by-sea's Blog

Been a while but Ive been busy

Been busy for a while, and only just had oportunity to update the blog! So things are moving on fast, baseboards have progressed to the point where the land is built up to take the houses, and the road is laid, on one baseboard. The levels are built up using polystyrene, then plaster, later they will recieve plasticard edging to complete, then onto detailing.   I have also been busy on the detailing of buildings. First the Aquarium/ shops, these have been completely painted and shutters have
Woebegone-by-sea

Woebegone-by-sea

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR 850 CLASS (15)

I have painted the 850, there is still some detail work to do and of coarse the transfers. This will be done next week, not that there will be much of next week as it is a holiday for the wife on Monday and Friday, so that curtails a lot of next weeks model making.   I am pleased so far. I feel it is all going well. I am looking forward to getting it back together. Hopefully some time next week we might have it done.   Here are the pictures, I did forget to take a photo of th
N15class

N15class in GWR 850 CLASS

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ess1uk's Layout Ruby Road and other waffle Blog

Ruby Road sidings, the saga continues (part 6)

After contemplating the track plan a little more using points i had to hand, I've now come to a final decision. It's still going to be the 4 sidings as before, but laid out not so straight and parallel as the last incarnation. Peco SL-89 leading to SL-96 and SL-95 Undecided if I should swap the SL-89 for SL-87 curved left hand? the test board is just in the pictures as an aid to track spacing. After the pictures were taken the ply was cut roughly in half along it's length so now I can see jus
ess1uk

ess1uk

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S H Model Making

Flat beds & Coaling

Hi,   Well Friday has arrived once again :-getin :-getin   Now for a change something a little different crossed the bench a couple of weeks back for a bit of weathering but i forgot to post the pics of it, Also it was a struggle as it didnt fit in the normal photo area Sorry for the poor lighting, a bulb went in the lamps i use and the new one has yet to arrive.   I also worked on the three 1Fs that i was asked to renumber and weather   After taking the pics i was trying to wor
Mr.S.corn78

Mr.S.corn78

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SRman's Workbench Blog

More Weathering - this time an ex-LNER CCT plus an ex-SR Van C

More weathering! I bought one of the new Hornby extra long ex-LNER CCTs in BR crimson. It is a very fine model but way too clean - these types of vehicle rarely saw anything like a carriage washer between overhauls and repaints.   I used the usual weathering techniques and colours (much the same as the 2 BIL in the previous post but with heavier weathering on the vehicle sides) but wanted to try a patchy effect on the roof. My attempts at that failed so I ended up repainting the roof with Humb
SRman

SRman

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Up the Line - 1918

A sound investment.

I know that this entry is going to leave most of you rather unfulfilled due to a) really having to viewing the layout to appreciate it and my lack of initiative in not doing a video (I will get around to it honest!). I also realise that there is a lot of scope here for making myself very unpopular with other exhibitors at shows. Yes, I have finally managed to wire the layout for ambient background sound - and I think it is rather good!   The hardware was simple - a basic PC sound system with
KH1

KH1

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Variants of Q....

Primed and.....

Back to the workbench at last and the nearly completely assembled Q-Tank body now has more filler in it than my Dad's old Ford Cortina circa 1979...   A coat of primer has been sprayed on to highlight any areas (and there are several!) that need further attention with filler and files but I am getting there...     I must be mad.....
John M Upton

John M Upton

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

HELP ME! IM CURSED BY LIVE FROGS

Just a quick entry this time - Try not to all cheer at once     I need a quick break from re-inventing the laws of physics and more particularly the laws governing electrics.   I NEED HELP,   The bay platform, and the goods yard on Foster Street are accessed by electro frog points, the are isolated from the main lines by double insulated fishplates, everything went well, running was great.   After the track was ballasted and painted, second testing and everything went well, until now.
paulprice

paulprice

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Snitzl's Main Blog

Cutting Gears.

Ever wanted to make your own worm and gear wheel ?.   Here's how to make a simple 30:1 worm and gear along with a home made gear cutter,  both lathe and milling machine were used in the process.     Snitzl.  
snitzl

snitzl in Workshop

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paul-dereham's Blog

More DCC hard wiring

Getting into this DCC lark, I thought I'd have a go at an old Hornby rat with the old Ringfield motor. I found the hidden pin that connected the pick up directly to the motor and separated that. I haven't sorted out alternative pick up yet but have tested the rest of the workings by temporarily connecting the black and red wires to the track, grey and orange connected to the brushes and it's running well. Looks a bit of an untidy mess but now I know it's working I'll tidy everything up.   I'm
paul-dereham

paul-dereham

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Northall

Arch Records

The Record shop has a limited interior. But let’s start with an interview from the Northall Gazette from 24 July 1959.     And if you like you can listen to the Quarrymen here. Just as a tribute to John Lennon who was born on 9 October 1940.     After a lot of thoughts I decided to create a tribute to one of the great rock and roll artist of that time. I used original movie posters and record covers from Elvis Presley to create my shop window. With Publisher I created the basic ele
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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The Legge Lane MPD Blog

LMS 6235 goes DCC

6235 is getting all the attention these days. I decided to look under the "bath tub" casing this afternoon and found that drilling out the rear chimney is not on. But it appeared that hard wiring a DCC chip would be straightforward. So that's what I did. Incidentally, if I had had a sound chip and speaker I am sure this would easily fit in the locomotive shell, right where it should be. Tenders don't chuff and whistle!   The chassis is grounded to one side of the loco's pickup, but the goo
Focalplane

Focalplane

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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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