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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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petertg's Blog

Slowly but surely(?)

Since a request was made for photographs of my progress, while I did say that there were no real visual changes, I have decided to show an overall view of the underside of my baseboard as of when it was upturned two or three weeks ago and a couple of scratchbuilt items, namely a Park Shelter and a Bus Shelter. The Park Shelter was originally intended to be the Bus Shelter, but it turned out too rustic so I built another one. The Park Shelter has suffered vandalism (actually to avoid overbalancin
petertg

petertg

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Andy Oliver's Blog

Footbridge and country pub

My new projects what i am doing at the moment. The footbridge as had one coat of paint now and needs another coat and its ready for my layout. And the country put what I'm doing need a lot doing witch u can see by the pics
Andy Oliver

Andy Oliver

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derekarthurnaylor's Blog

Aire Valley Railway

Hi again all. First off,Sorry Petetg i have no idea what the diesel unit on you line could have been. I doubt you will ever find out.Second. He's at it again, me that is How is the mineral on the AVR spelt? C-Oil. That's right. Look out for today's error. I think the only item of motive power not looked to date is the steam railcar featured in the Aire Valley steam developments article of February 1970 article in the Railway Modeller. I think I detailed the construction problems. Possibly the
derekarthurnaylor

derekarthurnaylor

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paddock wood bay (in a boxfile)

a week of dwelling...and some thoughts for the future...

Good evening,   Can't believe this time last week I was weathering the roof canopy, painting the track and adding brute trolleys to the ends of the platform   On reflection this week, I have been giving a lot of thought to the future of PWBIAB and indeed all my layouts with our impending move back to the UK. What is clear is that we will have to cutback big time on space requirements so some layouts will have to go.   Firstly, PWB and some upgrades to it will be: replace all the cardboard
bcnPete

bcnPete

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The GC and Met in OO

"Canfield Place"

I was reading the June issue of Model Rail last night and thought the feature on modelling the London Underground was superb. The first of the trackplans in particular I found interesting, as it basically shows a station throat and a bit of a station in a space 7'6'' by 2'. It planted the germ of an idea...   My ideal model would be of Marylebone in a 'what-if' scenario of joint LNER/ Metropolitan operation. In the real world of course the ex-GC shares tracks with LU as far as Canfield Place,
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Macs Building Blog

Work Continues on MidEverford

Modelling (well model planning/ design ) has continued in the background during the last few months. Time for blogging on the other hand has been another question. Today however I have the dreaded lurgy so Im taking some time to update the progress thus far.   At the end of the last blog, there was a paper track design in place. Since then there has been a whole heap of conceptualisation progress with the trainz program. The aim of the program was to get an idea how it would look in 3D as well
rcmacchipilot

rcmacchipilot

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Northall

Jen-tug flatbed lorry

For Northall Dock I try for the first time to create the scene inside out. I asked myself the following questions: - What is the story behind Northall Dock ? - What will be the mean scene ?   The answer to the first question will be answered in another entry. The answer on the second question is: a loading scene by a warehouse.   First some background information about the used model:   In the late 1940s production of the 'Jen-Tug' began. It was a 3 ton articulated vehicle, available
Job's Modelling

Job's Modelling

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Wenlock's Blog

William Clarke style goods shed

After my etched brass diversion, I'm getting back on track and making the buildings for my 7mm GWR branch line project. I want a goods shed to compliment the station building, so something designed by William Clarke would be ideal. I also want a style of shed that's platform mounted and has a track running through it, finishing at an end loading platform. I spent sometime researching possible prototypes, the "Modelling Questions, Help and Tips" section of the forum was very useful (Thanks to all
Redgate's Modelling

Crosti #2 X-ray

I recently installed a copy of Photoshop Elements (bought as a present for SWMBO ages ago but never installed) and as I'd fitted a bigger Stay Alive capacitor to the Zimo sound chip I tought I'd have a go at doing an "X-ray" cutaway type shot to show just where everything fits.   Thanks to Andy Y for his guidance I managed a half decent image     Need to practice a LOT more with the magnetic lasso tool, I got a bit bored with it towards the rear of the tender. It would have been nice to h
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR HALL 7900 (13)

Some progress here, I have started some of the assembly whilst I am doing the lining and trying to get my head around my 0298 class.     I have manged to get the wheels, gearbox and motor installed. All went together without a hitch.     I then added the the coupling rods which just need a little tweek on the lap joint, so that they would run smoothly. The conecting rods when on, and just the drivers side giving trouble. This was just getting the vacuum put to
Adventures in N-gauge

Give us a "D"

Give us a "D"   D!   And I'll just stop right there and you can choose how this ends for yourself. I'd suggest one of the following: debacle, despondency, dire, dreadful. I think a pattern is emerging, don't you? Alternatively, you could just leave it at D, as in "D-grade: not very good".   After several months of working on the three IHAs, I'd got to the point of adding the hood supports. It was then that I noted how lardy they appeared alongside the first wagon. I know the old adage "mea
Jim Martin

Jim Martin

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What have I let myself in for??

Stuck in the starting blocks and bursting at the seams!

It has been a while since I updated this blog. But a few hours spent on Skaleby West has prompted me to provide the latest news on progress / lack of progress on the layout and on the second Weston on Trent show.   Skaleby West was constructed last year. It took me nine months from starting it at the end of February, to completion for its debut at the first Weston show last November. Now my plans are to extend the scenic section by constructing a second 4ft x 1ft scenic board. Unfortunately t
andyram

andyram

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QRModeller's Workbench

Stumped

G’day everyone.   Over the past few weks, I have finished cladding the goods shed and have made a start on the roof. Basically it’s just a bit of corrugated plastic sheet cut to size and laminated to a piece of thick card (also cut to size), then repeat for the other half of the roof.           In the last two pics, the two halves of the roof are just sitting in place with friction, so I could see how dark it was inside. The parts of the foamcore where I’ve cut around the doors a
QRModeller

QRModeller

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The Cuckmere Valley Railway

Still Fiddling.... Layout, V3

So after the last two plans I've been continuing to play around, and re-reading the excellent 'An Approach to Model Railway Layout Design - Finescale in Small Spaces' book which has given me so much inspiration for this project.   With that in mind, and a nagging 'is it the best use of space' thought in the back of my head regarding 'V2', see Version 3 below.     This borrows shamelessly from Iain Rice's 'Witheridge' plan in the aforementioned tome (Page 44, and sadly I can say that witho
dseagull

dseagull

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46444's Teign Valley Blog

Pannier capers Part 2

Yesterday I received two pairs of finely etched 57xx sandbox pull rods from RT Models.   They come complete with instructions. Along with the the two external rods is an internal linkage rod as well. I'm going to omit this on this 9717 and on 5798 too. The instructions supplied are self explanatory and I added the 90 degree bend in the etch at the sandbox filler end. Following a coat of primer I brush painted some Precision GWR green to finish.   Looking at prototype photos of 57xx's it look
46444

46444

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The GC and Met in OO

I actually think this is coming along rather nicely.

Just a few 'work in progress' shots of my GCR brakevan.       So far I've managed to:   -Cut down the Hornby body by 6mm (removing a strip from the guard's central compartment, slightly offset to bring the screw-fixing more or less to the middle of the chassis and remove the lion's share of the ducket).   - Removed the 4-wheel chassis and substituted a 6-wheel one from a Hornby milk tanker.   - Fitted a strip of 2 x 2.5mm plastic strip below the hacked-up body as a foundation for t
James Harrison

James Harrison

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petertg's Blog

Plodding on and still learning the hard way

I have been writing up this contribution bit by bit for nearly a month now (editing as and when necessary), but since progress has been slow for various reasons, not all related to the layout itself, I have decided to make a post. I am an assiduous reader of almost all of the blogs and, while it is no great consolation, it is encouraging to see that more experienced modellers make mistakes and confess them. Since I am basically optimistic I refuse to give up unless I am absolutely forced to and
petertg

petertg

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derekarthurnaylor's Blog

Aire Valley Railway

Hi All. I feel a bit of an idiot as I have another correction to make (what again?).The Rocal loco, it turns out it was a tank engine. The only reason I know this is because after my last blog I dug all my bits and pieces out and there was the Railway Modeller article "Internal combustion on the Aire Valley". Well it was 47 years ago. As mentioned in the article The body was parts of the Airfix Drewery. I guess I may as well continue with the the two pairs of railcars.. No prizes for knowing wh
derekarthurnaylor

derekarthurnaylor

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The Farthing layouts

Detail hunting at Didcot

Books are good, but there are some things you only notice in real railway environments. Here's a selection of detail shots from my recent quick visit to Didcot. I know that preservation isn't the same as the actual railways, but there are still things to learn from and be inspired by, I think.     Lubricated points... I don't recall seeing that modelled, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough. It would be easy to replicate, but would it look odd in model form?    
Mikkel

Mikkel

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

GWR HALL 7900 (12)

Well a little more of this done, I have had a good time with the airbush, all of the model has turned black, I have also managed to get the red on the frames and buffer beams.       The tender chassis was assembled but I need to remove the wheels again and add a few more washers to get rid of some of the slack.           The tender has also lost its green and gone to all black. I think it looks quite smart in black. I feel it wi
AJ427s - Great Hotton

Power & Control

With all pointwork and linking trackwork finally down it was time to install point motors. I'd pondered the best method for a turnout operating mechanism for some time before coming up with my chosen solution. Many use the tried and tested sliding copper clad sleeper method but I didn't really like the look of it, finding it rather clunky looking. Instead I managed to get some thin 0.8mm copper clad from ebay. This is cut into strips about 32mm long and 3mm wide and three holes drilled, the spac
AJ427

AJ427

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Murder on the Tracks!

INTRODUCING SECTION 2 – LONDON

With so many Agatha Christie stories set in locations around London it would be impossible not to include a London section.   London is also home of Hercule Poirot and the geometrically perfect Whitehaven Mansions, where he lives. In real life Whitehaven Mansions is known as Florin Court, located in Charterhouse Square in the City of London. Those of you who have seen the ITV Poirot adaptations will already be familiar with the buildings distinctive architecture.   Other locations to be mode
iamjamie

iamjamie

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

Dapol County of Merioneth – some comparisons

Some time past I had the good fortune to ‘win’ Dapol County of Merioneth. It came from that well known auction site. The engine was ‘new’ and would need ‘running in’-this is some thirty years after it was made.   Dapol County of Merioneth – complete with original lacquer finish.   In due course the model arrived through the Post. It looked splendid –provided you like a lacquered finish. Oh and it was not a happy mover. As I suspected – no amount of ‘running in’ would improve matters. This
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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