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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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The Legge Lane MPD Blog

LMS 6235 - more photos

A few extras added:   The rear screw link coupling, one of the brass ones by Romford. It needs some painting to fit in:     And a thin veneer of coal has been added. What a difference:     Next we have to tackle the double chimney. This is what it looks like now:     Black paint might be enough but I am tempted to drill out and ream the rear chimney before painting.   Another project, now waiting on the mail, is to replace the Hornby name plates. So this is a "before" shot
Focalplane

Focalplane

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paul-dereham's Blog

Kadee couplings

We to the Peterborough show yesterday. Thought I'd give Kadee couplings a try so bought a couple of packs of No 18 (which fit into a standard NEM socket) and a pair of magnets.   Tried them out last night. Very impressed. I like the size of them and they work perfectly. I've played with Spratt and Winkle which I like and I've added staples to small tension lock couplings to be able to uncouple with a magnet but the Kadee's seem to be the simplest.   I agree they would look best on North Amer
paul-dereham

paul-dereham

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tobytrees' Blog

European Wheetsets

I have a large number of older HO rolling stock from Riko, Kleinbahn and other european manufacturers that have what is now over sized wheel flanges that cause problems on to-days track. I am therefore looking to replace them. Problem - they are all 39 or 40 inch whereas most the the current sizes available in the UK are 28 - 36 inch. Does anyone know where I might obtain some wheelsets of these larger sizes, preferable metal which will run on todays track. Thanks.
tobytrees

tobytrees

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Buckjumper's Blog

GWR conflat & container

Something I recently dredged out from one of the containers on the drive - an ex-GW H7 conflat wagon and container.     Originally built five or six years ago, this was going to be in the 1930s GW livery, but the commission ground to a halt when my client changed period to late Edwardian, so back it went unpainted into the box, until picked up by someone else for an early 1950s setting.   It's built almost as designed with the exception of replacement GW-style screw couplings from Laurie
Buckjumper

Buckjumper

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

Bachmann City of Truro – a clever design

Flushed with success after fettling Bucklebury Grange I thought I would tackle some of the other unresolved locomotive issues. Bachmann 3440 City of Truro City of Truro arrived from the National Railway Museum in January 2010. I remember being well impressed by the livery and the detail. It ran slowly and smoothly and was carefully put away – too good (expensive) for day to day use. Fast forward to January 2014 and Bachmann’s Dukedog arrives. 9017 was a superb runner, smooth and rock steady.
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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On The Workbench

Reviving an old project - and a new one

Many moons ago I described the start of a test track - since then its at at the back of a shelf until uncovered in a workshop re-org. So I blew the dust off - literally. At the same time I uncovered some 'O' gauge 'bits' that I'd salvaged from an old club layout to serve the same purpose:-     (The 'O' Gauge test track is at the rear if you were wondering )   My test tracks have to serve two purposes - a) test rolling-stock - so they need at least one point with a lead long enough to tak
scanman

scanman

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deadlyduck's Blog

Bachmann

The grey Covhops that Bachmann have produced so far,they are for 1967 onwards ? will it be correct to run them for an earlier time,say from 1963 ?
deadlyduck

deadlyduck

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PGC's workbench

Did you spot the deliberate mistake?

It's been a few months since I last posted anything, if you've been waiting for another entry, apologies.   I titled this thread about a deliberate mistake. Well, I got the tender chassis the wrong way round. In reality, the wheelbase of the real thing is 6' 6" + 6' 0", whereas I thought it was the other way round. Once I'd discovered this error, I had to work out how to turn the chassis round, which eventually I managed. I've also had to find a different way to fix the chassis in to the tende
PGC

PGC

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S H Model Making

Corrections and numbers.

Hi all, Ive had a few corrective jobs in recently and this is one of them. The name had been removed prior to the owner buying it and as you can see the nameplate and the paint benith it had also been removed so a bit of touching up is called for   You may also remember this lady from a few posts ago, well i have now decided on which loco to do so a little bit of painting is needed The new numbers have arrived so I'm now just waiting on the fan grills and a couple of other etched parts t
Mr.S.corn78

Mr.S.corn78

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Goosehill Central

Track Laying Prep.

After completing the baseboard, I sealed up the MDF with diluted glue about 90% glue 10% water, I would advise this as MDF is very absorbant. I then glued the track plan down and using it cut the track to size. For this a pair of heavy duty wire cutters and a metal file were used. It is much cheaper than a xuron track cutter or dremel multi tool, it took longer but got the same result. After that the track was put together and the edges of some sleepers were cut to make then fit. Before laying t
misterscrubb

misterscrubb

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Duddeston Road Workbench

Well its a start

Well we have been meaning to set ourselves up a blog for a little while now, and we have finally taken the plunge. So here is the first of hopefully many posts about what we are working on.   My current project is a LNWR coaling stage in 4mm. Below are a few photos of how im getting on...     Further updates of this and other projects from myself and Charlie will follow
benblack5

benblack5

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Emmo's Blog

Peterborough show annoyance

While I always enjoy Peterborough show, I get continually annoyed of the exploitation by the catering outlets at the showground. Extortionate prices, lousy food and filthy tables and surroundings - we ate in the foyer area surrounded by remnants of other people's droppings on the floor and table, disgusting. For the prices they charge I would expect reasonable restaurant surroundings and service. £3.50 for a cornish pastie was way overpriced considering you get plastic cutlery to eat it with and
Emmo

Emmo

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Up the Line - 1918

Making Hay!

Well the sun was shining for a bit at least this morning. Not that that makes any difference as started this projectet yesterday. I thought it was about time that I made some more wagon loads and page 59 of the new WDLR album gave me the inspiration. I am getting this in quickly to counter any possible questions - yes, they did have bails of hay a hundred years ago!   After a bit of hacking away at a piece of balsa out of one of those bargain bundles I had a bunch of suitably sized blocks and
KH1

KH1

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Mattmaz's Blog

On track plant photos

I saw these road rail cherry pickers today near my house and thought they would make so interesting scene on a layout featuring OHLE. I've got photos of more road rail vehicles which I will upload in the near future too.
Mattmaz

Mattmaz

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Show visits 2016

Wirksworth 2014

It has been a fair few months since I have added an entry to this blog. That is not because of a lack of show visits. I have visited several over the last few months including Derby, Mickleover, Butterley, Bakewall and more. Many of my comments have been posted on the show's own pages. Sadly some of my comments have led to some criticism from some of the argumentative members of this site! As a result I would like to issue a safety warning. The views on here are my opinions only, and any critici
andyram

andyram

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

Foster Street - Time Flies When Yout Not Getting Much Work Done

Well the weekend finally arrived well at least Saturday did, an I got my long waited for lie in, it was bliss instead of getting up for 4am to get ready for work, I got up at 5am so I could spend a few hours in the office, then I rushed home to escort the Domestic Overlord out on a shopping expedition.   Anyway eventually I managed to get everything completed so I could spend a little time on Foster Street, to try and get it ready before the rapidly approaching deadline.   I had intended to
paulprice

paulprice

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Pack Lane

Puting Back's Up

The back's in question are the supports which will hold the backscene in position!   I could build a layout without a backscene, like the Pizza by Mark Fielder, but I have decided I want to have a backscene on my micro layout to complete the layout. Because the layout has to fit into a case for transport, it will have a fixed one, and an extension, mainly sky to set the scene. What I have been working on today is the support, for the backscene. This is made of 3mm plywood, it's height is 95mm.
Steam_Julie

Steam_Julie

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The Legge Lane MPD Blog

An old Scot gets DCC

Several years ago, one of the first locos I bought for this project was a very reasonably priced Bachmann "original" Royal Scot. I feel sure it was cheaper because, as I found out, it was not "DCC compatible".   Actually, there is no such thing, "compatible" being a euphemism for "easy". I feel sure there is no OO gauge locomotive that cannot be modified to have DCC. But some might take a lot more modifying than others.   The problem with the Bachmann Scot is that it is of the split chassis
Focalplane

Focalplane

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

GWR Small Metro Tank (5) - More detail and progress

Continuing with the addition of detail, I have now completed the bunker assembly. This required the addition of the coal rails, the lamp sockets, the handrails and the fire iron hooks.   The coal rails are simply 2 lengths of 0.3mm straight brass wire that were taped down while narrow strips of 0.004" nickel silver were soldered across them centrally and about 11mm either side of the centre line for the support brackets. Once the brackets had been soldered on and cleaned up, the bunker rails w
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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The Legge Lane MPD Blog

LMS 6235 City of Birmingham

Just acquired a mint Hornby R2205 advertised on RMWeb Classified. Not exactly fit for purpose in a BR era engine shed, but I couldn't resist the streamlined maroon/gold version of my favorite loco.     The loco runs well and now has the optional extras added. A few things probably need to be done:   1. That plastic coal! A thin veneer of my real French coal might just do the job - they were always fully coaled when leaving shed, particularly the 5A locos going to Perth.   2. The re
Focalplane

Focalplane

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR 850 CLASS (13)

Tis ready for its clean up and paint.   I finally got to grips with the smokebox door and made new hinges for it. The rest of the tanks had the castings added. The handrail has been made since the photos were taken. I am pleased with it so far. The water filler clamp handle brass castings are a bit fragile but look lovely. shame the water fillers were not cast in brass too, would of been much better.   I did start the big clean up but still some way to go. I also had to do a
N15class

N15class in GWR 850 CLASS

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Up the Line - 1918

Going Underground

Little Iz swears it was her idea - personally I am not quite so sure (she would probably have preferred Wombles living under there anyway!), but here we are with a little underground distraction.   Firstly a foamboard box split into three compartments     Then some paneling. Note that I quickly grew board of gluing each one so applied some double sided tape to the walls and stuck the coffee stirrer planks to that.     Then a bit of wood stain.     And some furniture from scraps
KH1

KH1

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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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