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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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Shipston-on-Stour Branch

Double Red, got to be joking!

I have placed my pre-order for the recently announced Dave Jones / Hattons King Henry V, 6019.   There is a wide range of choice, so why this model? Well, it was shedded at Wolverhampton Stafford Road in the mid 1930s which coincides with the time period for the Shipston Branch. But 6019 was severely restricted as to route availability, so it won't be showing up at Shipston on a reality basis!   My affection for the King 60XX Class goes back to my early days as a train spotter, certainly b
Focalplane

Focalplane

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Small O Gauge Layout with C&L track work

The tunnel begins

I've a number of 1 and 2mm sheets of ply left over from a previous hobby/project which I intend to make use of here. Here is the start of the construction of the tunnel by making a ply armature which will be overlaid with Modroc. Work on the track will have to wait a few more weeks as I will have to wait for C&L to get back to normal after their break-in and robbery last weekend.
Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

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BRM Blog

St. Simon at BRM

In August, as part of putting the RMWeb issue of BRM together, guest editors Stubby47 and St. Simon joined the team for the monthly planning meeting. We asked them both to write up the day to give everyone a behind the scenes view of how BRM is planned and put together. Last week we enjoyed Stubby47's view of events, now as the magazine arrives in the shops, it's over to St. Simon:   ----     I was invited to visit the BRM offices in Bourne, Lincolnshire, to view the process th
Phil Parker

Phil Parker

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Neil_S_Wood's Blog

Show me a sign

Previously I had installed a three way signal on the layout and thought I'd show you how this comes up on the ECoS screen as it's a bit more interesting than the regular two position ones. This is the one to the top right of the screen. When you press it first it opens up to show three signal positions which you can choose from. Installing one of these signals uses two outputs from your point decoder. Once wired up it works quite well though.     Here's the signal on the layout on the ri
Neil_S_Wood

Neil_S_Wood

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ess1uk's Layout Ruby Road and other waffle Blog

Ruby Road Sidings part 5. Another go.

Having changed my mind countless times I decided to have yet another go at planning the sidings. So out came the track and points and paper templates to see if I could come up with something I liked the look of that would hold my wagons and still be able to let me shunt. each siding must be able to hold my longest wagons, 2x PWAs, as a minimum this is a bit of ply 4x3 that i found i will probably cut it down the middle to give two 4x1.5 boards so that i can put them end to end to giv
ess1uk

ess1uk

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Redgate's Modelling

Slater's All Third - (all but) Done

Took a snap last night of the S9 with it's sister T34 brake coach.     it's 95% complete and ready for RMweb Live!   I've still got to make and fit the step end handrails and the couplings are just hooks at the moment, I will complete the JLTRT screw links before Wycrail, honest .......
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Fen End Pit's Blog

1865 Great Eastern station - Laser cutting a slate roof

I was keen to try and find a way to make a slate roof that would give some texture better than just printed paper. The Scalescenes paper I used before looked very good, but I couldn't face the idea of trying to cut all the lines between the slates.   What I've tried here is to laser cut strips of slates onto large A4 size postage labels. The slates are about 3.5mm across and the strips are 10mm deep.       Laying these strips is a little fiddly and I found with the hipped roof that you
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Variants of Q....

A bit more refined (and lots of cutting and filing!)

This evening has seen further work done on the side tank, the GBL 4MT tank has been trimmed down in length (the cab side section has been lost) and the curved angle mid way filed for a more angular look.   The separate top sections of the tanks that the GBL 4MT come with have been especially useful and have also been filed to fit.     There will be an extension to the side of the cab to bring it down to the same level as the base of the tanks, also I have had another idea about the
John M Upton

John M Upton

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itsthegman's Blog

Making the Twins Alco RS-3.

While sorting out stuff to sell on the bay and things to keep when i move i found that i have more than two AHM SNCF locos that look a lot like Alco RS-3s so i decided the strip them down see whats what.   They are identical all wheel drive sided pickups so i stripped the gearboxes cleaned and lightly greased once more and cleaned the wheels. They run ok but the motors are not the best.   I've been using Modelstrip on a few models and it works really well so a liberal coating on each loco bo
itsthegman

itsthegman

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S H Model Making

To Peak or not to Peak, that is the question!

HI all,   Well after another busy weekend there are a few things on the go on the bench but most of them are now in the dryer after a painting session today.   These two ladys are going into Green with a white strip, but both bodies have got a few knocks and are a little rough patches so the pic has been taken during the filling and sanding stage.   Will try and get another update in before the weekend but I'm off to the N gauge show this weekend to play trains on Mini M-S-W, so it may n
Mr.S.corn78

Mr.S.corn78

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

GWR Small Mero Tank (3)

Some significant progress has been made with my first scratch built 2FS loco - It works!!!   Following on from the last instalment, I had determined that I needed to construct some of the body work in order that I could determine how well or otherwise my dog clutch arrangement would be successful in transferring drive from the motor to the gearbox. A dog clutch is used in engineering when turning between centres so I had some conviction that it would work, but I was a little worried that if t
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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Rotherham Masborough

Rotherham Masborough Station Buildings

Hi, I am new to RMweb,this is my first entry so fingers crossed have done it correctly! I am starting to build a condensed version of Rotherham Masborough station as it was in the late 70's when the MAS scheme had come into play with track simplification but the remains of the old infrastructure still existed.eg Signal boxes before demolition. I just don't have the space to get in the old South Junction with crossovers with 4 lines for the old road and 4 lines curving round past Holmes yard to
madpunkandy

madpunkandy

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Variants of Q....

First find your bits....

For a long time I have been interested in the various drawings that exist of variants of the wartime beast that is O.V.S. Bulleid's Q1 0-6-0 freight loco.   To this end I have decided to try and create some of these 'neverwazzas' in OO scale using the Hornby Q1 as a starting point.   The first project is based on drawing number W5975 (can't show that here as I believe it is subject to copyright) which shows the Q1 boiler and loco chassis incorporated into a 0-6-2T tank locomotive.   The
John M Upton

John M Upton

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Matthew Cousins' Blog

Guildex finds

Guildex at Telford had its usual grievous effect on my funds, but very pleased to have received the repaint from Colin Tyler - will post pic later. Also found a couple of LNER suburbans at the bring and buy, that were nicely made and with a bit of weathering will be a nice addition to stock, many thanks to the vendor for a very fair price. I hope they feel that they have gone to a good home! There were very many other opportunities for complete wallet failure, with RTR in 0 gauge offering s
Matthew Cousins

Matthew Cousins

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Martin Hartley's Blog

Building a wagon underframe (2)

Well, I found the 2.5mm drill and all the top-hat bearings!   A comment on glues: I used a PVA-type glue called "weldbond" for the timber underframe, and I used araldite (a 2-part epoxy resin) to glue the whitemetal axleguards to the frames.   The holes for the coupling hooks were made by drilling two 1.0 or 1.5mm holes and then using a sharp craft knife to make them into a slot. A little more work with the craft knife and the hooks fit in perfectly. The springs are somewhat superfluous, as
hartleymartin

hartleymartin

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N-Gauge LMS Layout

Foster Street - Two Jobs Nearly Finished (Well Nearly)

I think I smell a plot, something is definitely going on, the Domestic Overlord has extended my parole I'm not stupid though I know something is a foot (well 12 inches actually) so being sneaky I have pretended to do some modelling, while really investigating the evil plot of the Domestic Overlord.   I'm sure like most of you, I have a huge list of jobs that need to be completed especially as the exhibition debut is rapidly approaching. The most urgent of the jobs is to rebuild and finish the
paulprice

paulprice

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Martin Hartley's Blog

Building a wagon underframe

The timber underframe (scale 12" x 6" basswood) was only glued together this evening.I had cut these parts out several years ago, and they've been languishing in a box of bits ever since! Amazingly, I also managed to find the whitemetal castings for the axle guards and the brake blocks that I had originally intended for it.   The axleguards are a superceded casting originally from GAGO then Waratah Models, the latter company now recently bought out by ModelOKits. The casting for the brakes com
hartleymartin

hartleymartin

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The GC and Met in OO

'Hector'- Part 2

Work is progressing slowly with 'Hector'- in part this is because I'm using gloss paints for the model. Ordinarily I use matt or satin finishes but with this one being that much larger than my usual creations I felt that it would benefit from a gloss finish. Which in turn means that the paints take that much longer to dry and set (the red on the frames taking two or three days to cure properly).       I'm starting to get a good idea of how he'll look when completed!
James Harrison

James Harrison

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Ropley - The Road to Ricoh 6

Hi all.   Another quick update on the way to getting Ropley ready for its public debut!   Whilst steady progress is being made on track laying in the fiddle yards, I have been giving some thought to lighting the layout. Having had the opportunity to operate Jerry Clifford's excellent Highbury Colliery, and his latest exhibition layout Tucking Mill, I was always impressed by how the lighting of these layouts really shows them off at their best. The setup on these layouts is simply under cabi
TomE

TomE

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Northall

Station Road - Arches

The railway arches are really a challenge for me. I want to try to give them some more relief then just the texture that was printed out on the art paper I’m using for this project.   So after gluing the base layers in place I started with embossing the stones. Progress did go slowly, because I did this job with hay fever eyes. But time is the only thing that I can get for free creating a diorama. After trying an embossing pen I took my empty ballpoint again. I followed the texture of Scalesc
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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BRM Blog

3D Printshow - a peek into the future

I took down to London town to visit the 3D Printshow in the old Billingsgate fish market the other day and was joined a little later by Phil and we took the chance to see some fascinating developments which may, or may not, filter through to the domain of consumers in the future. It was a great blend of being able to walk away from the show with some products and to see some stuff which definitely isn't in the pocket money bracket as yet.     It was my first chance to have a play with the 3
Andy Y

Andy Y

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Highclere - 2mm Finescale

All Change

Hello   After much consideration I have decided not to continue posting details of my modelling and stuff on RMWeb so this will be the last post you will see from me here. If there is anyone out there in RMWeb world that has even a slight interest in my modelling and things then join me on my other blog here...   http://modelopolis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/all-change.html   I havent decided what I am going to do with my blog on here but I am considering deleting my RMWeb account in the near
-missy-

-missy-

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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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