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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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ScottW's Blog

Scottish Private Trader Wagon-Part 1

A few weeks ago I began scratchbuilding two S Scale Scottish private trader wagons. These particular wagons were built by R Y Pickering based on the Caledonian Railways' Diagram 22 design. Still in the early days of their construction so far only the floor and solebars have been constructed; the solebars and headstocks being made up from Evergreen plastic strip.   Scott
ScottW

ScottW

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Dave at Honley Tank's Blog

Frustration plus Catastrophe!

Last time I finished while I waited for araldite to cure.   The gearbox had its motor fitted and was test run for about 15 minutes at full speed, then low speed and in both directions. All was well.   The rebuilt axle had one wheel mounted and trued in the lathe. Gearbox, gear-wheel, axle boxes etc followed and the second wheel pushed home to gauge.   The chassis was reassembled, but without the cylinders and valve gear, and taken to ‘Bowton’s Yard for a test run. – Locked up solid!   Vi
Up the Line - 1918

Troublesome Trucks

Managing very effectively to divert myself from my aim of getting the actual layout finished I have addressed the problem of rolling stock. This came about as I needed some wagons to test the Baldwin with and it turned out that I only had three that were serviceable - not enough for a layout! I managed to resurrect two quite quickly, coupling had fallen off one and bogie off the other, giving a slightly more respectable five. I did take the opportunity to modify them even further though. I have
KH1

KH1

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AllScales' Gerlos Blog

Snake!

Unfortunately the image is too big to upload, but yesterday my fellow modeller came round and while his partner went to check out the delights of the High Street (a better one than the one they have), we cut the board for upper layer.   Due to a couple of other things that needed to be done during the week we first had to mark out the cutting lines. The track had been marked out on the board and so we marked out lines one inch from the outer line of the track. In the end that meant a 9 mm gaug
AllScales

AllScales

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Clachbeg

Scale and Gauge: ⅞″n2

My chosen combination, 7/8"n2 (7/8":1' or 1:13.7 scale model of 2' gauge), not only has heft and presence, but allows for an accurate representation of 2' gauge using commercially available wheel sets for 45 mm gauge (in common with Gauge 1, IIm, G and Fn3), and scale rail sizes to represent very light rails of 12 lbs/yd and 25 lbs/yd.   [Strictly the gauge is 1 ¾", or 44.45 mm, however in practice wheel sets and mechanisms are interchangeable with 45 mm gauge.]   Occasionall
Richard T

Richard T in General

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BRM Blog

LYP - more pruning

Another chance to grab an hour at the bench after visitors have left sees the decoder (Hornby 4-pin) hard-wired and hidden behind the dashboard.     This means the decoder housing can be stripped away from the floor leaving room for a flat false floor and just enough space for something extra in the cab which should arrive in a few days.   It's amazing how much space you can find in here when you look for it!   LYP - Part 1 - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1535/entry-1
Andy Y

Andy Y

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gwrrob's Blog

Finching Towers

It's been a while since I added anything to my blog.So here we find where the 'infamous' Finching sisters,Minnie and Flora reside on Station Approach,Tigley Junction.   These row of bayed terraced houses are from the Hornby Skaledale range with much added detail and doors repainted.Quite how the postman delivers is a mystery with no door numbers. This scene was quite a straight forward project.    
gwrrob

gwrrob

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The GC and Met in OO

A Coronation Tank (2)

When I first decided I wanted to model my A5 in early LNER condition, I thought that the lining would be quite an easy proposition. GCR-style lining for black locomotives was simply red panel edging and white-black-white lining, right? Well, as it turns out that is right, but when the LNER went for GCR 'style' they meant just that, the 'style'. Not the thing and the whole of the thing. Let me explain.   In John Quick's GCR liveries book there are some excellent colour panels which show ho
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Clachbeg: trackwork

The station turntable

So to the final step in the tracklaying for Clachbeg—I can distinctly remember not all that long ago when I did not think I would ever reach this point! I have been lucky enough to have had some time off, and have been determined to get to this point before returning to work; laying the trackwork is an extended undertaking, whereas many other tasks are more discreet in nature.   The station turntable serves to turn incoming locos before they embark upon the six-mile return trip to Mains, and a
Richard T

Richard T

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SRman's Workbench Blog

A little more progress on the first Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A

Well, I have now done 14 of the door springs, so one side done! It is extremely fiddly fitting the small, semi-circular bits of plastic! I was using my Opti-visor with its built in light to see what I was doing, and two thirds of the way through this process, we had a power cut! I just carried on while the ladies in the house squealed and muttered something about finding some candles. Fortunately for everyone else, the power came back on after a few minutes!     Next jobs are to do the othe
SRman

SRman

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Ray Penna Lane TMD's Blog

Glenrothes

Glenrothes model railway show was amazing. The whole experience is one to remember. It was Penna Lanes first outing away from our home base in the north east of england and we had a great weekend, Penna Lane ran well as we hoped it would with no problems at all. The visit to Glenrothes model railway exhibition was Michael Lavericks first time at a show away from home and he thoroughly enjoyed the experience, he even had his first taste of Haggis. We have proved to ourselves that Penna Lane can s
Ray Penna Lane TMD

Ray Penna Lane TMD

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The Legge Lane MPD Blog

An alien enters. . . . .

Went to Toddington, headquarters of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and persuaded myself to buy a second Airfix 14XX tank engine. The first suffered major damage years ago when knocked off a window ledge in Houston. This one shakes as it runs down the test track, but between the two of them and possibly a Comet chassis I may get a reasonable facsimile of the Gobowen Rattler (the shuttle service between Oswestry and Gobowen I rode many times from 1955 to 1964).   Here are two photos
Focalplane

Focalplane

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thesteambuff's Blog

Decoders

Hi   I have 50 Bachmann /Hornby steam locos to convert to Dcc,i don't know which is the best to go for at a reasonal price,Gaugemaster,Hattons,Bachmann or Lenz.   Any advice would be appreciated.
thesteambuff

thesteambuff

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Fourgig East

Lighting rig complete, and some gardening!

So at last the lighting rig and supports are complete, here's a couple of snaps of it in Fourgig East mode:       and here's it for Summat Colliery - must get a new sign made!       The shelves at the back were made from some off-cuts of UPC cladding I had lying around (as you do)   So then as it was sunny etc I decided to get the static grass out and detail up the shed area         Finally a shot of the shed/fiddle yard board in place  
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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The GC and Met in OO

A Coronation Tank

Most of my locomotives so far have been of what I suppose you could call the 'Big, green and named' variety:   - a couple of Directors -a Jersey Lily -a 'Lord Faringdon'   I've therefore decided that my next project (make that, actually, my current project) is going to be a more everyday machine. Specifically one of the large pacific tank engines built to haul suburban trains.   A few months ago I bought an A5 off of Ebay. It arrived in LNER green livery (I didn't think any of them w
James Harrison

James Harrison

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The GC and Met in OO

Closer couplings

Whilst building rolling stock to go with my GCR locomotives I have recently been thinking about how I intend to operate my eventual planned layout.   My thinking at present is to do as railways do, and keep my coaching stock coupled together on a semi-permanent basis. With this in mind it becomes a short leap of thought to consider that tension lock couplings, although very useful and workmanlike, perhaps aren't necessary when coupling carriages together.   Matters came to a head last wee
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Clevedon WC&PR

Expo EM

Just a quick note to say Clevedon is up at Expo EM in Bracknell this weekend. Do pop by and say hello if you're going.
ullypug

ullypug

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bgman's Blog

Bath anyone?

Well........ Following on from last Saturday nights party at Lady Farquhars house ( my blog It's Saturday night) the good folk seemed to get on pretty well, especially dancing to Mr.F.B.Slim's music on the two gramophone decks !   On the way home from the party several of them decided to club together and arrange a days swaree by taking the omnibus to the nearby elegant city of BATH.   My man Perk toddled down to the local station and asked for an omnibus to pick up a small party outside the
bgman

bgman

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Barry O's Loco Blog

Stanier 8F - Hornby style!

I bought a second hand Hornby 8f quite a while ago. Before I went on my holidays I had repainted the can sides and renumbered it as a BR engine. I have started to weather it so..     and a bit of a close up     Big problem is that there is oil leaching through the various "holes" in the bodywork... so more weathering will be taking place...   Hope you like this..
Barry O

Barry O

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Fourgig East

Belt and Braces?

Something had been bugging me for a while. A couple of times in the past I have dropped part of my other layout Summat Colliery when packing away. This was caused by carelessness and the fact that the leg assemblies can tip sideways if sideways pressure is put on them.   As the centre section of the supports now becomes the key foundation to the whole set-up I wanted to add a cross brace from one leg assembly to another to eliminate the possibility of another board ground interface issue! An h
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Up the Line - 1918

Baldwin 98% finished and 95% running well

I guess I did have an unusually large head start on this loco (I started it about two years ago!), but the final push on completing has been pretty swift. Just some makers and number plates to etch, some crew to paint and add a couple of pipes and I am there. I gave it a bit of a dirty up but will finish off along with the rest of the stock with a grand dusting with the air brush - doing it all together to get consistency.   The DCC fit has turned out OK - not the neatest as it is possible to
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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