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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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John Geeee's OO Garden Shed Blog

27. Neglected but still loved

The OO Garden Shed By John Geeeee   Well the Garden Shed is feeling a bit neglected of late. It's been a long while since it's had any work done on it and the spindley legged spiders have taken a good hold everywhere I look, shudder...... I did a refit of the main station platform which looked ok but now after a few months it has buckled up slightly in the atmosphere of the shed so another disheartening project may need to be revisitted.       So whats happened in the last couple of we
John Geeee

John Geeee

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Dave Holt's Blog

Delph - Point rodding completed

The final bit of point rodding in front of the signal box has now been completed and is shown in these photos.   A general view:     and just in front of the box:     Unfortunately, I've now created a problem with the wonderful signal box made by Gravy Train. The original had a walk-way in front which was removed because the rodding cranks and signal wire pulleys are in the way. However, there is no slot above ballast level for the rods, etc., to enter the box, so I'm faced with havi
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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Up the Line - 1918

More House

Progress has been a bit slow. Big reason was my 8 year old had her first sleep over last night which gave my wife and I our first free time in well -8 years! My poor wife does put up with a lot but but spending this night modeling would have been a step too far! Roll on tonight and as predicted we have an over tired 8 year old who is making for an uncomfortable evening!   Anyway managed some more plastering and wall papering;     And a bit more on the outside but still not completely happ
KH1

KH1

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Fen End Pit's Blog

I never knew Bedfordshire was so 'steamy'

An excellent day out to day at 'Steam in Beds' organised by the Bedfordshire area group of the 16mm association. Our surroundings in the church at Eaton Bray were rather impressive and it seemed only right given the Church of England clergies long history of interest in railways! Many thanks to Rad and 2BIL for their help.     Despite the obvious temptations to things 16mm I managed to resist buying any new toys, probably a good idea given the orders received from the MERG and Rapid electro
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Steaming South's Blog

25 ton Steam Crane overlooked at National Railway Museum, York !

Again the train enthusiasts came out in force on our second visit to the NRM in York, about 4 weeks ago to view the gathering of the A4 pacific's. It was certainly something well worth seeing in such an incredible museum and the icing on the cake being free entry.   On this visit the focal point was of course "The Mallard" & it's A4 counterparts, but the one item of rolling stock that caught my eye was under the plastic canopy outside being the North Eastern Railway 25 ton steam breakdown
Steaming South

Steaming South

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The Farthing layouts

Shoulders of giants

I’ve been reading Patrick McGill’s “Children of the dead end: The autobiography of a navvy”. McGill worked as a navvy in the 1900s and became known as the “navvy poet”.   It’s a fascinating read, and it made me realize just how much we owe to the men who built the railways, canals and towns. Talk about standing on the shoulders of giants!   So instead of the usual progress report, I’ll let the navvies do the talking this time. The lines are excerpts from McGill’s poem “Have y
Mikkel

Mikkel

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Engine Wood

Callow Lane - very low relief backscene factory

In the previous blog entry, I mentioned that the next job on 'Callow Lane' would be the production of a low-relief factory, based on the new Scalescenes 'northlight' engine shed kit and this has now been completed.   I have previously described the construction of the Taffson Evans lineside factory, which is built in part-relief, and is partly about providing a bit of background detail in lieu of a flat backscene. This was also based on a free Scalescenes warehouse kit, albeit fairly heavily m
Captain Kernow

Captain Kernow

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Hydraulic Heaven

More New Things

There hasn’t been a huge amount recently that has really justified a blog posting on its own but there has been plenty going on so here is a potted summary of recent developments and the covoluted paths by which they progressed through the works.   Another Stephen Harris tank is now ready for the paint shop. This one is a class ‘A’ tank. I went for one of the early ones with the shoe suspension and without bottom discharge because that’s what the transfer sheet covers. On the whole though I’m
D869

D869

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Barry O's Loco Blog

AC Electrics

At one time Leeds MRS set off to build a model of Hartford Junction on the WCML (for various reasons it was never finished) . As part of this I started to gather together some AC Electrics - all painted Electric Blue.   First up a Hornby bodyshelled AL1 (or 81)     New pantograph, modified bogies and added numbers/crests   and a Hornby AL6 (class 86)     repainted , new pantograph, modified bogies and Jackson Evans crests and numerals.   I also have a AL5 (Bachmann) but no layou
Barry O

Barry O

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Northall

Northall – Diorama planning

In one of my entries the next question was asked:   “Job, a serious question - do you plan these dioramas over time or just see a scene in your mind's eye in an instant?”   To be honest there was no planning when I started with the building of Bridge Street. I just wanted to build a layout on which I could shuffle around with a shunting loco and some wagons. A single line from a “fiddle stage” to an industry using wagon cards and wagon bills. Because me lack of knowledge about the shunting p
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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Up the Line - 1918

Houses and DCC

No I haven't worked out a way of wiring up my new house to DCC but have made significant moves in the DCC direction. I am going to talk about DCC partly because there has only been a little bit of progress with the house which is largely due to being sent a very good link (thank you Emma!), with loads of WW1 pics which evaporated a couple of hours. Anyway, six brand new Cobalt DCC point motors arrived this morning to go with the Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance I picked up second hand earlier in the
KH1

KH1

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46444's HOe Blog

PKP Px48 build from a GLR Models 3D Print

Evening,   Once more another modelling project that is different to the norm and will spur a small layout.   Before I start I need to thank two people. Firstly, Castle on this forum for making me aware of the PKP Px48 through his thread on a visit to Poland and actually driving one of these locos. Here's the link to his photos and accompanying commentary:   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/51212-little-didcot/page-22   Secondly for James Hilton on NGRM for making me awar
46444

46444

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Up the Line - 1918

More house building

I learned several things today; 1) I really should have painted under the laths before fitting them. 2) Colron wood dye does melt foam board. And 3) Colron wood dye is really expensive! £10 in Home base and a mere £8 in B+Q and what is worse, I know I have a tine somewhere.   Anyway, spent the evening on the building.     Here it is with some more floors, window and door frames.     Here I am icing it with DAS rolled between cling film in a scene more akin to the Great British Bakeo
KH1

KH1

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

Modbury - 2mm Layout Planning (and making a start)

Having finally completed the insulation and fitting out of my new shed, I now have a hobby room with internal dimension of some 10' x 5'8". Not huge, but large enough to house a reasonable 2mm scale model railway, a table/bench, etc.   Because this new space will also be my modelling room, what I intend to do is to construct a layout along the back wall of the shed which will allow the modelling table / workbench to go under the window for natural light to be used when using my lathe, etc.  
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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46444's 009 Gauge Blog

Southern Railway Stock-North Devon Style...

Blimey! It's been a while since the last entry.   Woodwork and electrics have taken over recently and modelling has been put to the side. Last night I thought I'd actually try to finish off the three Ninelines L&B wagons I have sat on the workbench.   Thanks to Jaymz he was able to help me clarify the positioning of the lettering on the brake van. Also the purchase of a second hand copy of Chris Leigh's book on the L&B recently and a loan copy of the Prideaux et al book helped to spe
46444

46444

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Steam_Julie's General Blog

Cassette Fiddleyard Animation

Hi   Click on the image below to run the animation.     This entry was prompted by a comment made about my blog entry below, the person said it look like a film! It was Job's Modelling and his exact words were 'Almost like picture movie. Nicely done.'   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1428-steam-julies-blog/   The first part is now a film! Julie
Steam_Julie

Steam_Julie

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SRman's Workbench Blog

More on Western Diesels - Heljan and Dapol/Kernow

This should be the last entry on my two Western diesel-hydraulics for a while. The Heljan one, D1007 Western Talisman, now goes around my tightest curves, so it was time to patch up any damaged paintwork and weather the bogies, brake gear and skirts. The result is shown below. The leading brake blocks still need a little bit of wire or plastic rodding to anchor them more securely but it runs well as it stands.   The weathering used the now usual mixture of black, leather and metallic gunmetal
SRman

SRman

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Up the Line - 1918

A Start on the Buildings

I couldn't put it off any longer and have made a start on a building. I am treating this as a bit of a test bed so I might not actually use it in the end but we shall see. There are going to be an awful lot of new techniques to experiment on here and I mustn't overlook the fact that I haven't made any buildings (except a couple of real ones!), in over 30 years. Here is the picture that I am using as a guide. I have found a higher res one somewhere but is not to had at the moment.   So here
KH1

KH1

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What have I let myself in for??

A time for reflection!

As I write this it is just over a week since the Weston on Trent model railway show. The school has returned to normal with all trace of the exhibition now removed. The road signs have been returned, with thanks, to the Mickleover Model Railway Club and all the other signs and posters have been taken down. Now is the time to look back, reflect, and assess whether we achieved what we wanted to achieve with the show - just as we have to do with all other fundraising events!   Once again it is p
andyram

andyram

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mikeandnel's Pre-group Blog

Fourth Attempt

Well I haven't had much to report this last few weeks as I have been at our other home in Turkey. Unfortunately being there does not lend itself to modelling due to the sense of lethargy that the high temperatures bring. Anyway it is nice to lay in a hammock and read a book now and then. However back to modelling. Projects completed since returning to England are as follows:     I have finally been able to find the fault with my L.S.W.R. Railmotor which has been 'bugging' me for some time
mikeandnel

mikeandnel

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Paternosterrow

Barrow Hill - The Yard

Just a quick update on progress so far.   The track is down and wiring nearing completion. There's been a lot happening here of late with family matters of one thing and another so modeling time has been severely compromised.     My wiring method ain't neat, but it works! All points are motored and the frogs wired to Peco switches - a lot of work but worth the effort for a yard type layout. So hopefully loco stutter will be non existent and slow running should be superb when all thing
PaternosterRow

PaternosterRow

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Steam_Julie's Layout Blog

Trefeglwvs Road Cambrian Railways 21

Hi New photograph of DCC wiring added 26-11-13   Since the last blog entry I have wired the scenic board, in similar fashion to the fiddleyard board. I have also wired both boards together at both track crossing points. Some people may say that this is over the top!     But I remember from electronics at college, that if you have 2 resistors of value R and you connect them in series then the total resistance is 2R. However if you connect them in parallel the total resistance is 1/2R inste
Steam_Julie

Steam_Julie

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