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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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What have I let myself in for??

Time has flown!

Was it really the beginning of June when I last posted on this blog?? How time does fly, and to be honest the lack of input on here has rather matched the progress with this year's show. A house move, a holiday and starting back at work under a new head teacher have rather taken over my time. Just a couple of weeks ago Chris, who runs the kitchen at the event, approached me to ask about lunch arrangements for the day. My reaction was "oh sh**, is it really that close?" Well yes it is. The third
andyram

andyram

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Fen End Pit's Blog

E4 progress - Tender chassis work and a good clean

I had assembled the tender chassis originally using the Alan Gibson hornblocks supplied in the kit. This were the units with a tiny spring which provides some downward force but where the hornblock itself is designed to sit on the end of a bolt which passes through the top of the horn guide. The theory is that you can adjust the bolts to get the ride height for each axle correct. From my experience I find this very difficult and the resulting ride is very 'hard' and it is too easy to have one ax
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Buckingham West

Buckingham West MK2 - The Phoenix rises

Nearly two months after the move to the Oxfordshire countryside, the sorting out and housely matters have got to the stage that I can start thinking of reconstructing the railway. The only part of MK1 that fully survived was Newton Purcell, the junction. It was built in two halves, but never made it back into a whole. So achieving that goal would be a milestone.   I have spent a good few evenings designing the layout on AnyRail. The junction fits nicely across the end of the new railway room (
Richard Mawer

Richard Mawer

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

Foster Street - Cutting Water, Wrecking Point Motors and A Nearly Completed Storage Yard

Well I managed to spend a couple of hours on the layout today, and I am beginning to realise I still have an awful lot still to do   At time like this a modeller should be completing jobs on the layout rather that creating new ones (all the point motors in the goods yard are fried).   I set out today to complete the storage yard for the layout and I must admit its nearly complete, all I have to do it finish the branch line yard and the job is a "gud un" and I have the cut and damaged finge
paulprice

paulprice

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Barry Ten's Blog

Moonlight - now with added train

Here's another shot of the station under moonlight, this time with a short train in the up platform:     The coaches are two Bachmann Collett coaches in BR maroon, which I recently managed to pick up from Lendons of Llanishen. The lights are provided by the "yellow" coach lighting strips made by ESU:   http://www.esu.eu/en/products/interior-lighting-sets/   These are very easy to use and can be cut down to suit the length of the coach, and they work equally well on both DC and DCC, with
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

A more Refined Grange – Hornby Bucklebury Grange.

It is a great feeling when things turn out well. Bucklebury Grange arrived at the beginning of summer. Hornby Bucklebury Grange (left) Overton Grange (right) The first model was returned to the seller, something about the way it ran. The replacement model was an improvement, so it stayed. How many models can you send back? However at higher speeds it still seemed to roll around. I began to imagine that one or more of the driving wheels was not central on its axle. Bucklebury Grange was banis
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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MikeOxon's Pre-Grouping Blog

Another new 'Old Engine' - 1

Since reading Part Three of the RCTS "Locomotives of the Great Western Railway" series, I have become fascinated by the first standard-gauge locomotives to run on the GWR. I shared some of my findings in a forum thread - now updated at https://www.rmweb.co.uk/blogs/entry/26175-early-gwr-absorbed-engines/   My interest has gradually become focused on GWR No.184, which was built by E.B.Wilson and Company for the Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Railway in 1853. It was photographed
MikeOxon

MikeOxon in general

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Thule's Blog

N Gauge Gem Kit

First toe in the water with a blog! Start with a bits in a box question. Does anyone know what RTR chassis to use with an NGauge Gem ex L&Y 0-6-0 saddle tank kit? Thanks in advance.
Thule

Thule

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Snitzl's Main Blog

Wheel Quartering JIgs.

Brief introduction  and Wheel Quartering Jigs .   Snitzl Works blog will illustrate and describe my efforts into modifications and scratchbuilding  of rolling stock / locomotives along with all the sub assemblies / components such as gearbox's,  gears, worms, wheels, motor bogies, wheel quartering jigs and will also include all the trials  and tribulations that can sometimes occur along the way, so perhaps this blog should be a guide on how not to modify and scratchbuild locomotives. I
snitzl

snitzl in Workshop

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The sleepers workspace

Southern Region 28ton Bogie 'B' passenger van

I might have mentioned in an earlier blog that I was also putting some plastic wagon kits together. While the Mink G van is awaiting a slot in the paintshops I've posted a couple of photos of the Ratio bogie B passenger van I'm doing, alongside the Mink G, which has now had the body painted and the decals fixed. When it's been varnished and the underframe paintwork finished I'll post it up.   I find the Ratio plastic kits go together reasonably well and (this 'B' vans bogies aside), are quite
sleeper

sleeper

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The GC and Met in OO

LNER D6 Part IV

The pace has slowed down a lot over the last month or so (not that that is entirely a bad thing).   Work has been getting done on the D6, just not a lot of it!   Anyway I've finally managed to get the splashers and boiler to my liking and primed so from here on in (at least until I reach the lining stage) it should be fairly easy, for a given value of 'easy'.         I ran out of model filler a few weeks ago and it was only in the last week I was able to buy some more. The new
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Faza's Blog

starting off...

After years of "I'll do it some point" I finally bit the bullet and started building a layout.   Its going to be a slow project as I work full time and spend most of my free time riding freestyle bmx, however as winter sets in it's something to keep me occupied when I'm injured or have some free time.   Loosely 1940's GWR and based on a track plan my Woodwork teacher in school used, which I spent many lunchtimes running my old OO stock on (his little branch line had many visits from a stream
Faza

Faza

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Hilux5972's Blog

Hogwarts Express detailing Plans

So here is the list of everything I plan on doing to Hornby's R3169 Olton Hall when it is released. Big list of things haha:   Replace moulded smoke is dart Add 2 black lamps on front buffer beam Add splasher lining Replace plastic whistles with turned brass ones Paint whistle shield black Paint brass beading on front corners of cab Add brass beading around cab windows Replace the moulded handrail beneath cab windows and add upright one in front of windows too Complete the cabside lin
Hilux5972

Hilux5972

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SRman's Workbench Blog

Weathering a Hornby 2 BIL

Having modified the livery and renumbered one of my Hornby 2 BILs so it represented a unit getting near the end of its life I decided that the bogies and underframe and its equipment were much too clean and shiny. In fact, this applies to all of the units, BIL, HAL, CEP, EPB and MLV! However, one at a time is the way to go, otherwise I get bogged down and lose interest again.   The techniques used on this one were simply to use thin washes. My usual colours for this are Humbrol coal black (#85
SRman

SRman

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Hydraulic Heaven

Octel 1957 Chlorine Tank - Part 3

Another quick update on the progress with this build.   As you might have seen in my holiday post, a second tank wagon seems to have sprung into being, the idea being that it's not much more effort to paint two of these than it is to paint one... well, that's the theory anyway.   Rather than yet another progress photo of a wagon slightly less incomplete than last time, I thought I'd look at another little conundrum.   Having finally got two wagons ready for painting (somehow there always s
D869

D869

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Wheal Elizabeth photo update from Scaleforum

Two new engines were released to traffic at last week's Scaleforum show so I took a few pics. We had a bit of a blast. I must spend less time preparing it for shows in the future as it ran better than normal. Hey ho... 30719 and Geof's Sentinel which was sporting some temporary nameplates. We're still debating what colour might suit it best. Yellow?   Speaking of which, must go and see how Munchkin is doing.
ullypug

ullypug

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR 850 CLASS (10)

I am now down to the detailing of the loco, most of the hot soldering is done, there are a few cab details in brass that need doing but thats it apart from the wight metal parts now.   I added the remaining steps, and handrail knobs. There where not enough short ones in the kit but plenty of longer ones that are not used. The tanks are now fitted at the smoke box end to the footplate with two 12BA screws.     The front end is just awaiting the smoke box door,
N15class

N15class in GWR 850 CLASS

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

GWR Small Metro Tank (4) - Footplate Detail

As they say the devil is in the detail ...   The body is now in 3 sub components : Footplate, Boiler, Cab & Tanks Bunker   And now comes the slow task of adding the minor components and details to these to achieve a complete model. The first part to be "detailed up" is the Footplate. To this I need to add the springs and axle boxes for the leading wheels, the buffers, the vacuum and steam pipes and finally the lamp irons.   I had already turned up the buffers - I make these as 3 s
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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Southgill

Southgill viaduct and field barn section

Here is the first image I've posted of my new layout in progress. It is inspired by the scenery of both the Settle to Carlisle and the West Coast Mainline. The layout will eventually be 20ft long and be transportable for exhibitions, this being my first attempt at an exhibition layout. This 3ftx2ft section is not far from completion and the next major task is to build the OLE.
BRera80s

BRera80s

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S H Model Making

Dirty 24 & Travel.

Hi all, Its been a while since any updates due to work and also having to fit 4 day trip to Scotland in to the equation but as you can see from the pics it was worth it. Well i thought it was (not the early starts tho.)   Anyway, a quick update whilst i am waiting on the postman. I have been working on a 24 which came in for a bit of dirt slapping (im guessing thats is a technical term as i saw it on a model railway weathering facebook page)   There is still the detailing to be adde
Mr.S.corn78

Mr.S.corn78

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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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