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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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4mm scale agonies

One last update picture

I really like this. I really, really like this. The tall low relief structure in the middle needs its "other half" but that will have to be stuck onto the backscene so that will have to wait until the end. As you can see, the corn field is becoming less and less noticeable. Its been a worthwhile couple of days work.
Ian Holmes

Ian Holmes

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

A GRONK (4)

I seem to be getting somewhere with the chassis etc now.   I have done the brakes on the inner chassis and this is now all ready for the connecting parts to the outer frames. It would of been nicer if the pull rods etc were in etch nickelsilver, I could of changed but I want to make it as close to the way it was designed. If it was for me I would probably spend the time.     Now I have to make the link between the part above and this part of the braking system, so
N15class

N15class in 08, 350hp shunter

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4mm scale agonies

Looking like a layout now

There's always a certain stage in layout construction, that when you reach it. You say to yourself. "Yes. That's it. It's feeling like a layout now. " I reached that stage today. It happened when I fixed the ScenicKing background in place to get a feel for how the light colored structures would stand out. This background works quite well, much of the wheat field (for this is the "wheat field" background) will be hidden behind a high wall and other structures. The hole in the wall exit to t
Ian Holmes

Ian Holmes

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Up the Line - 1918

Half a set of valve gear.

I got down to it today and now have one side fully finished and working beautifully. The other side is part done and with the lessons learned and some parts fabricated already should not take too long to finish.       Made a couple of mistakes along the way but nothing too terrible and didn't hold me up for long.   You can't see it here, as forgot to pop the pony truck on, but the hole punch thingy worked a treat for punching out in-fill discs for the wheels.
KH1

KH1

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Crawley Yard - N Gauge Modern Layout

Photo Survey - Part 2 The Cement Works

The cement works next to the Aggregates yards provides the other key buildings for the layout consisting of the conveyor system for the hopper discharge feeding into the cement mixing, storage and what I think is a control unit. These are very close to the running lines and will have to be scratch built. The first picture taken from the entrance shows a general view of the site including what I assume is an old platform from a now totally cleared siding. The Control Building dominates this view
GRC

GRC

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Murder on the Tracks!

Digital Modelling

I'm trying a relatively unusual way of creating the buildings for Murder on the Tracks. Most of the buildings are to be based on real life locations, and these will generally be the locations used in the ITV adaptations of the Agatha Christie books.   Almost all of these locations still exist, which makes research relatively easy as you can walk up to most of these places and take some photos. Taking photos is not just for research purposes. The photos will be used to create the models themsel
iamjamie

iamjamie

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MikeOxon's Pre-Grouping Blog

Milk Churns and Siphons

My small layout includes a building representing a creamery, so I have been considering the traffic needed to serve this facility. I remembered that I had an old K's plastic kit of a six-wheel low Siphon, which had been put on one side as it had no chance of negotiating my small-radius curves.     Looking at this model again (30 years after building it!), I think it is an attractive vehicle, representing the earlier low-roof Siphon, with only two doors each side. I intend to change the roof
MikeOxon

MikeOxon

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greslet's Blog

Fitting Seep Point Motors

The 300 inch challenge layout is going to exploit DCC as much as possible, so electrifying the turnouts is an important job. I’m using SEEP point motors, though I was tempted to experiment for the first time with something more sophisticated. SEEP produce 3 slight variations of point motor: PM1 – Non Latching with built […]   Source
greslet

greslet

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Barry O's Loco Blog

Some LNWR locos

Some of the ex LNWR stock in my stock box   first up a Beames 0-8-4T - scratchbuilt by Dad     its a bit "tall" but does work..   next up a Gem G2     D13 motor and quite powerful but requires a new chassis as the original one has worn out.   and as a comparison the Bachmann version  
Barry O

Barry O

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Sasquatch's Blog

Basic base board construction with easy alignment.

Well time for this entry which I hope will be of some interest. Please do not take my basic approach as too simple as there is a need for simplicity in regards to such construction. My choice of material is 1/2" ply wood. This stuff is a great invention as it has built in strength thus no need for bracing and reinforcement. For sturdiness in the boards a depth in the side rails of around 20% top width should be sufficient thus 1 foot wide boards needs 2 1/2" rails. A 2' wide board requires at
Sasquatch

Sasquatch

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Knuckles' RWS, P4 & SCC Blog

REAL Working Leaf Springs For Wagons P4.

Working Leaf Springs For Wagons. I'll just like to say, I'm unsure if I'm the first to do this. Probably not yet maybe, I've yet to see a post on the subject until now so I hope so, but whatever, I'm rather happy I've managed to bring this idea into fruition.   The idea has been cooking up in my head for a good while now. Firstly a disclaimer: Although unintentional, this post may erk Bill somewhat as the basis for this experiment is two of his spring units, and no doubt it's probably sa
Knuckles

Knuckles

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The GC and Met in OO

'Immingham' part II

Last time I showed how I'd hacked up a B12 and a Patriot to form the basis of a B4 'Immingham'.   I think we've turned the corner in that we've started to fit the bits back together, though there is still an awful lot to do...     The firebox clearly needs bulking out, and then the retained running plate needs cutting down and reattaching, and the cab needs reprofiling....
James Harrison

James Harrison

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The Railways of Borsetshire

Some track laying at last

I have started track laying with the board which carries the point-work controlled by Stourhampton South. The procedure is a follows:   The underlay is self-adhesive black 'Fab Foam', from Hobby Craft. A sheet slightly larger than A4 is 80p.   The points are a mixed selection of 'pre-loved' Peco streamline, stock rails are bonded to the closure rails, closure rails are cut with a Dremel-type disc cutter and pre-wired with a foot of wire for frog (pink), feed (red) and return (black). Insulfr
28XX

28XX

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4mm scale agonies

Just like old times

This afternoon it hit. The enthusiasm. I felt the need to start work on the APA box layout. Perhaps the nearing deadline of the Granite City Train Show prompted me into action. Whatever, I felt the need to work. I'm 4000 miles from a location that doesn't exist anymore so fidelity to the prototype isn't an issue with regards to size. Especially so as everything is supposed to fit in an APA BOX. So I just cut card to the right sort of shapes and sizes, measuring it against hopper cars and l
Ian Holmes

Ian Holmes

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Steam_Julie's Layout Blog

Trefeglwvs Road Cambrian Railways 10

Hi   Today I've been working on removing the excess ballast from the track, and then cleaning it to enable the running of trains. I also adjusted the platform, there was need to taper the ramp and reduce the platform slightly where the platform near the station building.   The photographs below shows a mixed train stopped at the platform. Note that the clearance between the train and the bridge is about 2mm all around the train.       I have installed a checkrail in the middle of the
Steam_Julie

Steam_Julie

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Adventures in Preservation Land

Swindon and Cricklade Railway: Wartime Weekend Sept 2013

Last month I paid what was only my second visit to my local preserved railway: The Swindon and Cricklade Railway. The weekend of 14th and 15th September was the railways Wartime Weekend. And as one of my mates, who I also play cricket with, was taking his WW2 American truck along, it was an idea chance for a visit.   There was no mainline loco on loan at the S&CR this summer so Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST "Salmon" was doing the duties. Seen here approaching Blunsdon with a rake of four maroon B
Kev_Lewis

Kev_Lewis

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Up the Line - 1918

It all takes so long!

Had quite forgotten how long detailing and sorting out the chassis takes. Have managed to finish all of my more pressing proper work now and spent last night and rather too much of today on the Hunslet chassis. Fitting the brakes took ages. As I am using them to locate the pick up wire I made replacement hangers from plasticard and stuck the detailed shoe to these. Am using some very thing Berilium Copper wire in a single run over the tops of the wheels held down by the brake hanger rods which h
KH1

KH1

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

T9.3

Just a quick update on the T9. The boiler, smoke box and firebox have all been rolled up as per the instructions. I haven't done this bit before so a lot of care was taken and I took my time. The end results are shown in the photos and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. The T9 will have to wait for a while before I make any further progress as I really need to concentrate on the new layout Clevedon over the coming months and its first show in January.
ullypug

ullypug

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

A GRONK (3)

Here we are again. The instructions in the kit are exploded diagrams of an indifferent quality.They show the brakes fitted to the outer frames as on the prototype.   But this will make getting the wheeled chassis almost impossible to get in and out. So I decide to fit to the inner ones. First problem was making out the hangers especially as the front one is off the frames, this then leads to a bit of butchery to the outer frame set up. Then there is the opperating shaft and vac cylinde
N15class

N15class in 08, 350hp shunter

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Crawley Yard - N Gauge Modern Layout

DCC -Why Not

Wiring and Electrics - The Plan   My S&DJR layouts have all been DCC to date and see no reason now to build using DC. I've had some mixed success with Hornby Railmaster software on Sturminster Halt but that's more to do with the running of the Loco's and the track work than the software. DCC Cobalt motors have worked well but not been happy using the Gaugemaster DCC30 Controllers, Will use here Integrated Cobalt motors/controllers on this layout but also include manual switching to a m
GRC

GRC

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sulzerstu's Blog

GWR Cordon (gas tank wagon)

Hello again!   This WEP kit was the second brass kit I attempted to build, my first WEP kit and third overall. I have to say that I found this WEP kit excellent, its instructions were comprehensive (although I made a few glaring mistakes!) and the kit went together very well although I have to say that at times it was a bit complicated - which tested my patience more than once, this was purely down to the fact that I was new to brass kit building and hadn't yet figured out the best ways of mak
sulzerstu

sulzerstu

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