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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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BRM Blog

Spinning the decks

So, you need to motorise a turntable effectively. Well what we witnessed at our premises today as Alastair Milne from ADM Turntables paid us a special visit certainly made an impression. With his three 'table setup, we filmed a display of DCC locomotives easily negociating from one track to another without a single break in their sound.     The system is equally compatible with DC setups. If you'd like to see them in action or are wondering how they work, then stay tuned for a forthcoming d
Howard Smith

Howard Smith

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Up the Line - 1918

More of the boring stuff

My resolve is still (pretty), strong and have plodded on with the rather boring but nonetheless, essential infrastructure tasks. Today it was a means of clamping the boards together a bit more firmly than the clasp clips allow. Those rather smart looking lightening holes in the ends are now really coming into their own. The outside ones are for the multitude of wires and the middle one for clamping. Here is the simple but effective solution - you will have to imagine the other end board;    
KH1

KH1

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derekarthurnaylor's Blog

Aire Valley Railway

Hi. I have been up in the loft today looking for something which I didn't find. However I did find some items of railway interest. First up is the delightful photo of the the last B.R. shunting horse, Charlie and his "workmate" whose name I do not know. The original image was a calender which I received many years ago from a friend who as we can see had exceedingly good tastes in New Year greetings. The title is Working Partners and was done by a professional photographer. Charlie died on
derekarthurnaylor

derekarthurnaylor

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RJRs Branch Lines

Metrolink5

With the roof dropped in place and the window/door frames taking shape, it almost starts to look like a metrolink, Well it does if you squint !    
johnteal

johnteal

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RJRs Branch Lines

First update in April

This post sees the start outline of the cab structure installed. The curved and multi-faceted front has created some challenges     Some rudimentary tests of the concertina connections, these are made from folded thick paper    
johnteal

johnteal

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BRM Blog

Phil's Workbench

Chatting to visitors to exhibitions, lack of space for model making seems to be a common problem. Some people assume that to produce anything you'll need a fully equipped workshop full of lathes and pillar drills. Nothing could be further from the truth. My workbench is a pretty small space in the corner of a room and I still churn things out.   My work area is a wooden cutting board around which are the tools and materials I'll be using. I won't pretend to be organised, if you saw me operatin
Phil Parker

Phil Parker

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR MOGUL (2)

A little more done time has been scarce, we are looking after the dogs as father in law was in hospital with an infection etc etc. The main chassis is now ready for painting. Which I may do later in the week. I made a start on the tender body. But disaster struck, I ran out of flux. Trying to find out where to buy phosphoric acid, but seems almost impossible. Think I may break into the Coco Cola factory down the road they use loads of it, and won't miss 1/2 a litre.   Better news
N15class

N15class in GWR 63XX MOGUL

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Braving the Weather

Afternoon all!   As the morning progressed, the weather became a bit unstable, just as you'd expect in April. I but didn't let that stop me and tried to make the best of what sunlight had been there...       You'll know the place by now, I suppose! – Having spotted this train from the suburban I had been riding on, my first capture for the day was 185 556 of MRCE, which I understand is on lease to CFL Cargo at this time. With a tank train up back, it crossed over to the Cottbus bypass.
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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Ambridge - the rolling stock.

Quarry motive power (2) - basic chassis completed

Having fixed the wheelbase, I then decided to add compensation - to test the capacity of the chassis jig (or, more reasonably, my ability to use it...). The front axle was modified to take 'High Level' hornblock guides & Bearings - and here the jig certainly proved it's worth. Normally I use axle-jigs which have to be removed to cut the guide slots etc. No problem here - the sides are just removed, adapted, then replaced over the fixed axles. All the components of the jig are 'solder-fri
scanman

scanman

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Wenlock's Blog

Track laying part 3 "The 32 foot panels!"

Thanks to a timely intervention by Buffalo who pointed out my error in assuming that my track should be built from 60 foot panels http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1131/entry-13638-track-laying-part-2/ , a slight rethink was nessessary! My project is set in 1905 and as 60 foot track panels didn't come into existance on the Great Western Railway until 1929, this length would be completely inappropriate for my layout. Thirty two foot rail sections first appeared on main lines in the
wenlock

wenlock

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Harton and Hopeguard BR 1960's Layout

More Progress- Detail Work and Some Trains working the layout

Hello,   Some more progress- various detailing has taken place and I have also just got three Stanier Dapol coaches. Apart from the battery box on the Brake being moulded the wrong way round I am very pleased with these There does not appear to be many pictures of these running on layouts- so I have taken a few, first behind the Crab at Harton and then at Hopeguard to give an idea of how they look in action. Metal wheels are on there way along with another composite. I am going to make some o
danstercivicman

danstercivicman

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Up the Line - 1918

Back in control

After a whole month, far too much wire and far, far too much money I have pretty much finished the control panel marathon. After tracking down a couple of dry joints all the lights work and whats more all the points move obligingly at the push of a button. Little Iz and I spent about an hour this evening just pushing buttons - not running trains - just pushing buttons! So here is the removable panel first which just attaches with dowels either on the side of the first scenic board or at the very
KH1

KH1

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barrowroad's Blog

Bristol Barrow Road - Roundhouse Ventilation - an update

I have just finished fitting the 22 smoke hoods and chimneys to the roundhouse roof trusses. In order to enable future maintainence I decided I needed a method that allowed easy removal and chose to use two lengths of 0.8mm nickel silver wire to fix and support the piece brass tube used for the chimney section of each unit. These can been seen in the attached photos.   I also needed a suitable height jig to postion each unit at the correct height and orientation in order to mark the position f
barrowroad

barrowroad

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

T9.7 final assembly

Wow. Just worked out this is post no 100. It's been a while since the last one but that's just because it's taken so long to finish off the painting and lining. I've used Fox transfers again which I have to say are absolutely excellent just time consuming. Looking at the photos I've realised that the bottom of the splashers have a single red line to be added. I really struggled to get the numbers straight for some reason. They're still not right and I'm probably going to have to take t
ullypug

ullypug

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SRman's Workbench Blog

Further progress on the H & D Bristol LS coach, plus weathering Corgi Trackside machinery

I am reporting a little further progress with the three coaches I have been working on. The Southdown ones have had a little further tidying of the paintwork (no photos as you cannot tell the differences!) while the H & D Bristol LS has had a coat of Tilling cream and some initial touches of Tilling green, plus the seats painted.   The Tilling green was used on the mudguards, wheels and thin strips between the chrome 'bumper' strips. It still needs another coat of cream and all of the chro
SRman

SRman

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Jubilee Point

April Fools...

1st of April - an auspicious date for getting my layout construction underway again. :-)   It's been a month since my housemove so the first challenge is to find all the layout components; they were all stacked together in the spare bedroom when the movers turned up, but are now all strewn across the garge, conservatory and who knows where else.   Having eventually found the ziplock bag with the wing nuts, bolts and washers, Jubilee Point is soon standing again:         Trackwork
TT-Pete

TT-Pete

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Hydraulic Heaven

Mass Breakout from the Paint Shop

There have been one or two models that have had an extended stay in the paint shop over the winter. Since we have the Epsom and Ewell show coming up later this month, I have knuckled down and managed to get everything out of their various paint boxes and back together into something resembling models. There are still a few finishing touches to do here and there, but here is the latest crop.   Just back together today is the second of the Stephen Harris 35T tank kits. A class A version this tim
D869

D869

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Northall

Knickerbocker Glories

In a reply of last entry of station road I said that a milk-bar was a place where teenager could meet each other.     1950's milk bar date!   I mentioned the above “sorbet”, and it had a nice description.   The Knickerbocker Glories is a big glass of ice cream with strawberries, bananas, grapes and thick, whipped cream on top.   Today I made a nice Italian pasta meal with courgette. So I thought it would be nice to make the Knickerbocker Glories for dessert.   So this time some of m
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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kyle of lochalsh

putting on a brave fascia...

Afternoon,   2nd attempt as I lost the last upload just as I was spellchecking   7 weeks since my last blog update - work has been full on of late but at least I get to travel to Oxford once or twice a week so I get to see a bit of 'real' railway action to compensate...class 66's on long freights are growing on me somewhat   On the last entry I had just been redoing the backscene giving something like this:   New backscene and fascia...   However, when I placed the layout up at pro
bcnPete

bcnPete

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backofanenvelope's blog

Grand day out

So after a pretty difficult year and a bit, life starts to move on and I can get back to some real modelling rather that virtual and non! Yesterday I headed out of t'Dales to the NEAG meeting. The object was to make a 2mmFS Mineral Wagon Kit in a day and given my rustiness I wasn't confident that I would achieve this target. The first thing that was apparent was that I was only needing minuscule amounts of solder to stick things together. Although I think I am pretty neat with my track building
backofanenvelope

backofanenvelope

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

Class (of) Forty – the arrival of Bachmann 32-451 (D369)

This week saw the arrival of Bachmann 32-451, otherwise known as D369.     The ‘Bible’ in 1960 The introduction of the English Electric Type 4 took place back in 1958. This was some 56 years ago towards the end of my ‘train spotting’ career. More like class of sixty than class of forty. Despite being a diesel locomotive as opposed to steam, the Type 4s made a lasting impression and I bought my first Bachmann model, D325 (32-477) in May 2007. This was the ‘custard dip’ version and it was s
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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The GC and Met in OO

The D9, part 6

It has taken probably the better part of a week but the lining is now finished. All of it done by hand with paint pens. It won't stand close scrutiny however it does look convincing from a distance of a few feet away (like the rest of my models, really).   I've found a source of transfers for the Great Central lettering and insignia however I'm going to have to wait until later this month to actually put an order in for some.   So until then, I'm regarding this one as finished!  
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Clachbeg: base and scenery

Fascia

Today I cut and attached a wooden front panel to the layout, to provide definition and protect the front edge. The panel is cut from flexiply, screwed to the shelf underlying the craft foam baseboards and also glued to the baseboards.     Fascia on station side.     Fascia by bridge.     Painted matt black to match fiddle yard.     Close-up of mine area.   I am very pleased with the black fascia: it holds back and allows the eye to focus undistracted on the scenery.
Richard T

Richard T

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    • 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.    
    • WFPettigrew
      Post Scaleforum 2024

      By WFPettigrew · Posted

      If only you'd brought some crossing timbers, we could have had them down too 🤣. It was a pleasure to be able to help!   All the best   Neil 

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