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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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deadlyduck's Blog

Members

Hello all,can you help me ive bought some Bachmann drivers off 1 of our members (Class 66) .As of yet not received them .Also cannot get into my messages or notifications.Ive tried to send messages ,it just says action failed Can anyone help.Thank you David
deadlyduck

deadlyduck

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Wenlock's Blog

Scenic contours & left handed modelling!

Well I've seen the consultant and been told that I need to have surgery to fix my damaged shoulder :-( I'm on his waiting list, hopefully it's not too length a wait! I've wanted to start forming some scenic contours for the layout for a while now, but the limited movement in my shoulder means that I can no longer reach the back of the layout with my right hand. Now I don't like having my modelling plans thwarted at the best of times, so I needed to find a way to overcome this problem! I had
wenlock

wenlock

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Up the Line - 1918

Blood, Sweat and Cheers!

Having got a bit bored of fiddling about with all the little odds and ends of problems that were thrown up by the first exhibition I just couldn't resist the primal urge to build something new for any longer!   At the TTTT show the chap next to me had a whole display of 3D printed models and on going through his shop on Shapeways when I got back, found that there were quite a few things that would fill gaps in my roster. A few days later a remarkably light parcel arrived from Holland. First up
KH1

KH1

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Dave at Honley Tank's Blog

Back to the two C13s

The more maintenance I did, the more seemed to be required. I’ve already spent so much time on this and on layout improvement(?????!!!!!) that production of new stuff this year currently stands at next–to-nowt and at a recent visit to Dean Hall (MMRS HQ) I was asked what I was putting in the competition.   Because MMRS is not holding a show in 2014 the member’s competition will now be in a different, simpler format and at the club’s Christmas Bash on the second Saturday in December.   As the
Dave at Honley Tank

Dave at Honley Tank

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On Ravensers Bookcase

A Decent 31 - The Basics

Having decided on a target loco (31 415 , MR then BS) http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/296/entry-14486-a-decent-31-prototypes-and-problems/ and with an Airfix body in hand , what needs doing?   Firstly, remove the numbers and symbol with surgical spirit and a cotton bud. Next , a swift appraisal.   The Airfix model was state of the art in it's day, but that was 35 years ago. Still, many competent judges seem to rate the moulding highly in terms of basic shape   The body sid
Ravenser

Ravenser

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On The Workbench

No Longer on the Workbench!

Happy Sunday at Didcot Railway Centre! The Swindon Panel Society held a 'work-day' digging out the footings for the new building, assisting the 'usual suspects' from DRC's own civil engineering team. Seemed like an ideal opportunity to hand over the model!     Richard Antliff (head of the Civil Engineering team (standing in black t-shirt) and Danny Scroggins (Swindon Panel Society)(kneeling) point out features to another volunteer....   So THIS model is finished - however Danny has aske
scanman

scanman

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A Mill For Emsford

Emsford Mill - upward & onward!

Over a year since the last entry... Time to make some progress. The rear wall still requires 12 windows - but to be honest I needed something a little less taxing today, so I decided to tile the roof instead!     This will be done using laser-printed tile strips representing a standard clay tile. I usually produce roof & wall finishes on adhesive paper - but tiles need their thickness represented so they were printed on 200 micron (160 gsm) card - about postcard thickness. This was
REC Farnborough

REC Farnborough

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Northall

ARCH RECORDS shop front

I designed the record shop using the Scalescenes textures and following the related building description.     But I liked to give this shop a more 1950’s appearance. Unfortunately I couldn’t find much pictures. So I had to improvise here. As far as I know there were not much regulations about shop front appearances. So shop owners had a lot of freedom to create a shop front to their own design.   I decide to use a brick surrounding for the record shop. Embossing the stones. With this jo
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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Goosehill Central

And Finally.....the Track Plan

Using pieces of spare track as a guide I have completed Goosehill's Track Plan. Not much has changed from the initial sketches. Just a few of the smaller details have been decided upon and planned around the track. Almost all of the track has been sourced apart from a few Peco turnouts. Next job is to make the baseboard, hopefully there is some wood knocking around somewhere...
misterscrubb

misterscrubb

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Buckjumper's Blog

Ivatt 2MT

Last year, in the antediluvian period, I was sent this RTR Finescale Brass Ivatt 2MT for weathering and, well, you know, splish, splash, splosh, Noah, and all that, so it went into storage while we dried out and rebuilt. Fortunately my client is a very patient chap, but here she is, out of storage and is now on the first part of a long journey down under to Oz where she'll work out her life on a little twig of an Essex branchline.     The model came to me painted and lined, but the new owne
Buckjumper

Buckjumper

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Building Treviddo Viaduct

Treviddo Viaduct - part 3

I’ve joined the longitudinal and transverse formers together, using 20mm L section plastic strip from B&Q to strengthen each join. I then marked the positions of the weight saving holes in the base and cut them out. I decided not to cut holes near the positions of the leg abutments to give extra strength in this area – this turned out to be a mistake. The next step was to join the assembled formers to the base. For this I used PVA glue and panel pins and it was quite tricky to do single-
Philip1812

Philip1812

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Building Treviddo Viaduct

Treviddo Viaduct - part 2

I made some enquiries through the forum here about how much wood it was safe to cut from a beam without greatly affecting its stiffness and was advised to look at the way in which aero-modellers save weight on wing formers. But even in aero-modelling sources, there wasn’t anything much about the maths of the calculation – or at least, nothing that I could follow! It seems that the aero-modellers use a fair bit of “rule of thumb”, but they cut away really quite scary amounts of timber. I event
Philip1812

Philip1812

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

Foster Street - Where Does All the Time Go

Today's big question Is where does all the time go? I managed to finish work relatively early today, all I had to do was beat the traffic on the motorway. Drive to the bank to get the money for the repairs to the Domestic Overlords Car, park mine close to the garage but not too far away from where we live (halfway).   Then walk (yes actually walk ) to the garage, pay for the repairs then drive the worlds smallest car home (more like wear the car home as its not easy to drive it when your six f
paulprice

paulprice

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Barry Ten's Blog

Moonlight scenes

A few shots of the station area, now that I've made some progress with station lamps and lights in the buildings.   The overall area is illuminated by an LED lamp, bounced off the ceiling, onto which I've attached a home-made blue filter. This gives a nice moonlit effect whereby you can still see the trains, tracks etc, but the lights still stand out and cast a pleasant orange glow.     Personally - and thinking mainly of the steam era - I like to keep illumination at a really low level.
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Shark from an LMS 20T brake van

Shark! from an LMS 20T brake van - 4. The chassis

This time, I have finished working on the old Hornby chassis, making it look much more Shark-like in appearance.   The idea was to move the wheelsets in towards the centre of the chassis to make space for the ballast ploughs. The original wheels are located in holes in the moulded plastic frames - but in the completely wrong place for a Shark. So the first job was to open up the slots in the base of the frames. These slots allow enough clearance for the wheels, so they had to be extended towar
BobbyK

BobbyK

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Goosehill Central

Goosehill's Signal Box

To distract myself from the job of track planning, I decided to start work on Goosehill's Signal Box. I used an old Hornby Signal Box as the base. And have so far stripped it of the old signs and painted it in a gloss red (for the doors) and cream (for the top). The next job on this would to get rid of the Hornby stick on walls and replace it with some quality brick/stone paper. As well as some tiles for the roof, find some replacement steps and finally put the windows back in. I may then do so
misterscrubb

misterscrubb

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frontera's Blog

Duke of Gloucester

Hi. new member. just taken delivery of the Duke with TTS sound and mine doesnt chuff going backwards as well. It is still on factory setting of 3. Bit worried should i do what i would normally do and change the address or not?   Chris
frontera

frontera

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Harton and Hopeguard BR 1960's Layout

Some Progress. Testing the track for Harton Junction. Making sure the Bachmann Coaches don't derail!

Hello all,   Some progress. Trying to cram as much in before I start my new job- won't have much time then! Also the missus thinks number 2 is on the way.........................................................   Anyhow- I have scrapped the old layout and have been testing new arrangements. Marton Central on this website has been an inspiration. Basically I am going to have an ex LMR terminus with an ex-GWR Branchline. Think of somewhere like Chester going into Wales or even a type of S
danstercivicman

danstercivicman

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Brackhampton Snow Hill

Brackhampton - Track laying - take 2

Those who have been following my long winded efforts to build my model railway may remember that I lifted all the trackwork following a failed experiment in securing both the cork underlay and the track using spray adhesive. The warm weather saw expansion which resulted in track lifting and the cork bubbling. As the track had not been pinned the adhesive didn't prove up to the job.   So reluctantly the whole lot was lifted and I decided that I had to start again. Well the starting was delayed
rovex

rovex

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Fen End Pit's Blog

A trip to Scaleforum and more work on the E4

Yesterday was that great annual treat of a trip to Scaleforum, the journey to Aylesbury almost made me miss the delights of queuing around the M25! The list of bits was rapidly procured (with the exception of those from High Level kits where the focus was on talking to customers rather than rapidly serving (this is not intended as a complaint, that is a large part of the point of Scaleforum) - note to self: next time buy online!)   I purchased a 12x24 motor to replace the 14x24 which I had pu
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Will J's Random Adventures in N Gauge

Another quick update, Arley in 3D

Hi All,   yet again, I find myself a bit square eyed after a CAD session figuring out the intricacies of my N Gauge Arley. Here are a couple of screenshots of progress so far:       Project Arley will need a fair bit of traditional scenic modelling too, especially around the beautifully tended gardens:   http://www.arleystation.org.uk/asgardens.html   http://www.arleystation.org.uk/gagardens.html   Which always remain friendly, colourful but in keeping with the surroundings.  
Will J

Will J

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sigtech's Blog

Sproston - more on the signalbox

This will be just a short update, as I am now at the stage where most construction has to be halted, whilst awaiting the arrival of some "spare parts" from Springside Models,- who are very kindly sending the components that I said I required in the previous blog, I must say very good customer service! The only remaining task possible is to begin building the staircase, which I may do, depending on how long the wait for the internal bits. The roof has been painted, as have the wi
sigtech

sigtech

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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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