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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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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

Judith Edge Ruston 48DS - ready for painting.

I've fitted the derail beams (easier than it looks), side window surrounds (filigree thin but again easier than I thought), steps and resin filler caps. I didn't use the supplied sandboxes as they were too wide and would interfere with the tails of the sprung buffers so I knocked up some from plastic. The loco now weighs 55 grams, I might try and fit a few more grams of lead in yet. Still to fit are the brakes, but I'll do that while I'm giving the body a coat of primer.   A final look at the
halfwit

halfwit

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greslet's Blog

Adding some height

Making the 300 square inch challenge look convincing is not going to be easy. How do I make such a confined space realistic? My most recent idea….add some height. Lots of layouts in my view are too flat, with nearly … <a href="http://www.railwayblog.kevinappleby.co.uk/adding-some-height-693/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">?</span></a>   Source
greslet

greslet

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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

Austerity Update.

Inspired by recent posts from 46444 I've dug out my Dapol Austerity and done a little more work on it.   The undersize dome and silly little water filler have been replaced by RT Models castings, as has the chimney as my model came with the fibreglass type that was used on underfeed stoker fitted locos. Other RT Models parts fitted so far are replacement etched bufferbeam overlays, which help reduce the overscale width of the bufferbeams, and coupling rods which complement the Gibson wheels ni
halfwit

halfwit

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The GC and Met in OO

The Battle of Jutland

Hot on the heels of the L1 comes the next loco project....   .... a BEC whitemetal 'Improved Director'.   This is a kit I bought late last year and for reasons I'm now starting to remember put in the 'I'll get round to it someday' pile.   Well today was that day and I'm starting to regret it, though I must say I do enjoy a challenge.   The first problem was a biggie.... the castings are buckled. The footplate I straightened out by gluing the splashers to it fore and aft and then appl
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Wenlock's Blog

Dean Goods

I haven't posted for a while, I'm afraid Mrs Wenlock has decided that the house needs decorating. Funny how painting walls is nowhere near as satisfying as painting models! The William Clarke goods shed has progressed to the stage where the walls are cut out, but I'm suffering from a lack of motivation to finish it. I think the time spent constucting the station building, got cutting plastic card out of my system for a while! One of the things that I love about this hobby of ours, are the number
wenlock

wenlock in Dean Goods

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The GC and Met in OO

Curved handrails

The eagle-eyed will have noticed there was something odd about the look of the newly-finished L1 in my last post.   Specifically, the curved handrail above the smokebox door, a distinctive feature of Robinson designs, was missing.   There's a reason why that has been the case on all of my models to date- I have never been able to get a curved rail I'm happy with. Either the curve I get is wrong, or the material breaks, or it just stubbornly refuses to bend. Usually leaving them off doesn
James Harrison

James Harrison

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The Farthing layouts

Low-tech coach restoration (5)

Well I finally got around to finishing my little restoration job on these old coaches.                                             Got the painting done reasonably quickly, but then followed the usual issues: “Now for the glazing. Oh wait, I’m out of Testor's. Must order some more. Now where did I order it last time? Better google it. Ah there’s RMweb, well maybe just a couple
Mikkel

Mikkel in Coaches & Browns

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On Ravensers Bookcase

Winter Wonderland

This post is partly to link back to the card Met Bo-Bo, which has certainly been on my workbench and bookcase even if it got a seperate thread of its own: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/63781-elementary-my-dear-watson/&do=findComment&comment=832586     It is now even more finished than before - the shoebeams are on, and a good deal of time was expended on the DOGA test track at Ally Pally trying to make the thing run. With very indifferent results until
Ravenser

Ravenser in Reflections

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2FS Lisa's Musing's

St Ouen JNWR - Running Around a Passenger Train

My micro layout has to fit in a footprint of 230mm by 150mm, i.e. inside a container that came filled with Raspberry Ripple Ice-cream. I want the operation, despite the small size to be prototypical. On Jersey railway the engines always had their chimneys facing west. Because of the small layout footprint the fiddleyard has to be single ended.   Below is a picture of the track layout and building on the main board.     The video, link shown below shows the sequence required to keep not tu
Lisa

Lisa

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The GC and Met in OO

The Final Details

When I last spoke about my L1 there were really only one or two bits left to work up on it.   Well I'm very pleased to say that it is now finished!- another loco out of the shops and ready for the planned layout.           I began by firmly attaching the front footplate footsteps. Previously these had been glued into position, but they kept coming adrift. Something a bit more permanent was required. I drilled 0.8mm holes very carefully into the underside of the running plate
James Harrison

James Harrison

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greslet's Blog

Baseboards are going to be a challenge!

When developing a micro layout every millimetre matters. The initial placement of track onto the plan looked ok, and I tried items of rolling stock to check siding lengths and clearances. Then I looked at a Seep point motor and … <a href="http://www.railwayblog.kevinappleby.co.uk/baseboards-are-going-to-be-a-challenge-690/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">?</span></a>   Source
greslet

greslet

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Redgate's Modelling

Alexander Class 15 - now with sound!

I've been making a few postings over the forum over the last few days asking for help with horn sounds etc for the class 15 and thanks to the preservation society's voutube channel I have managed to capture and chop around using Audacity to give me a couple of horn sounds. These were added to a standard ESU 16 cylinder diesel project.   I know that it will not sound anything like the real thing, apart from the fact it's a disesel but hey, until the real thing is restoreed to running this is t
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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St Ouen JNWR

St Ouen JNWR - Layout Planning II

Layout Planning I - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11232-st-ouen-jnwr-layout-planning/   Building a Sequence - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11376-st-ouen-jnwr-building-a-sequence/   Detailed Design   When designing a very small layout, planning is much more critical than for larger layouts. I use a CAD package call Templot, then the template is printed out full size. The lengths of the sidings etc. can be chec
Lisa

Lisa

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Father Dougal's Blog

Is that snow Ted?

Is that snow?   No Dougal, this is a well known oven cleaner- it might strip the paint off or it might melt the plastic.   Don't like the look of these, Any image showing a hand melting is not good. Time will tell if we have a paint free model- or a bubbling pool of yellow plastic. Dougal
Father Dougal

Father Dougal

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The GC and Met in OO

This one looks a go-er....

Because the snow is finally beginning to melt the Royal Mail have managed to make their way up to my house today. Bringing with them *another* book about the Metropolitan Railway and a Hornby Patriot bodyshell (£3.99 from ebay- bargain!).   No sooner had I got the package open then down comes my copy of 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' by A C Hancox and I quickly turn to page 25...   ... and lay the Hornby bodyshell on the 4mm drawing on that page of Great Central Railway #1097 'Immingham'.  
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Building a 2mm Clayton

The next stage

Session 2   Thanks for all the comments for my first entry, they are very encouraging. I am working on how to power it and thanks for the suggested reading all very useful and inspiring.   So after building a card platform with number 1 son (8 years old) for his Thomas and Friends garage layout, its 10*7 tail chaser with engine shed, turntable controlled with a JMRI powered Raspberry Pi, Hornby Elite and phones and Ipad for control. It keeps the boys happy (and dad), but thats maybe anothe
shed64a

shed64a

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AllScales' Gerlos Blog

Hamburg here we come!

This years summer (whenever that might arrive) has on it two important items: A visit to Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg Visit most of the main narrow gauge lines in Wales Currently the plan is to visit the Miniatur Wunderland shortly after Easter. I'm getting my shopping list ready now, and a list of Hamburg Model shops...   I'm well aware of the shop opening hours too... ;-) So we are flying out on Thursday night...
AllScales

AllScales

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The GC and Met in OO

Any colour you like, so long as it's....

....black, as the saying goes....       If there is one thing that can make or break a model it is undoubtedly the paint job and finishing. I always brush paint my models using enamels or a mix of enamels and acrylics, generally from the Humbrol range though I will happily buy and use Revell paints if that is what the local model shop has in stock.   One thing I have found is that it always pays to thin down the paint at least a little before brushing it on. Firstly this lessens th
James Harrison

James Harrison

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Southern tank engines - Spoiled for choice

Southern tank engines - spoiled for choice

With the SR USA tank due out this year and hopefully the O2, the Bachmann E4 within the next two years and various tank engines with different identity's including the 4mt 2-6-4 which I believe is going to be no. 80121 (a Southern allocated loco - ideal!) , I am having difficulty wondering what would be the most suitable addition to my Southern region south coast layout - im generally spolit for choice! I have found the USA tanks quite interesting and the detail that will be on them sounds extre
StuMN35005

StuMN35005

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greslet's Blog

Another great Waverley Route book

One of the latest titles in Middleton Press’ Scottish Main Lines series covers the Waverley between Hawick & Galashields. Needless to say it has just arrived on my bookshelf and makes a great companion to the Carlisle to Hawick volume … <a href="http://www.railwayblog.kevinappleby.co.uk/another-great-waverley-route-book-697/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">?</span></a>   Source
greslet

greslet

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AllScales' Gerlos Blog

Test outing

So now LinksUberDorf has had a private outing to be seen by some friends. The big 0-8-0 Mh.6 won't go around one of the curves, this means the back to back points may need shifting The inside of the loop storage track is a bit short The rolling stock waddles a bit in places, maybe a little solder filler, or some girding disc required As this weekend was also the Ally Pally show, I had an HPA (Horrendous Purchasing Accident). In this case an On30 Forney 2-4-4 with DCC and sound at a
AllScales

AllScales

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

8Fs – Heavy goods engines - the Hornby O1

The new Hornby O1 seems to have been well received. With my roots in the north east of England I would have preferred a Q6 or maybe a Q7. However they are not as yet available so I have invested in an O1 to complement my WD 8F. My Ian Allan Shed Book confirms that I ‘spotted’ two of the four O1s allocated to Tyne Dock. I am guessing that I would have seen these engines passing around the outside of Newcastle Central I can imagine heading north on a freight bound for Edinburgh.     First imp
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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46444's Blog

Following Halfwit's advice and completing an Hornby J94 industrial conversion

In one one of my last post's concerning stock for Juniper Hill-my Northamptonshire Ironstone micro-layout I posted some pictures of the Hornby J94/Hunslet I'm working on called 'Cranford'.   Paul (Halfwit) suggested I could improve around the injectors by cutting and drilling away excess plastic as he had done. I think he mentioned Chris Nevard had done something similiar.   The easy way out would be to just cut them off and use some RT cast injectors but I went with Paul's advice and was im
46444

46444

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    • PaternosterRow
      Kyle - an update...and a visit at last...

      By PaternosterRow · Posted

      Hi Pete, excellent entry.  Can’t wait to see more updates.  Nice to hear from you again and note that you are enjoying getting out and about up in Scotland. It’s a beautiful part of the world up there - I spent a summer back in the 90’s walking and camping from Glasgow to John O Groats.  Never got to Kyle as I went up the straight chain of Lochs from Glencoe to Inverness and then North form there etc.  it’s surprising how similar to Scotland this part of world I am now in is - winter here with t
    • Neal Ball
      Autocoach upgrade

      By Neal Ball · Posted

      Maybe with the new bottle, I should have sent it back…
    • MikeOxon
      A Tender for Viper

      By MikeOxon · Posted

      Thank you Annie - I really enjoy re-creating these early engines.  It would have been impossible if the young Edward Lane had not taken a liking to them in the yard at Swindon.  By then, most of them had been superseded by later designs, such as Firefly, but he must have had a sense of 'history'.
    • The Fatadder
      Autocoach upgrade

      By The Fatadder · Posted

      If the IPA is not removing paint, a good trick is to warm it up which makes it more effective.   Though like you say after a number of uses it does loose its potency, I recently had to change mine after it got to the point where it was barely touching the paint 
    • MikeOxon
      A Tender for Viper

      By MikeOxon · Posted

      Thank you Chris - I think it's lovely too!  The Lane drawing was probably made in around 1848, ten years after this engine was delivered and after its time on the South Devon. As my final sentence suggested, I am now looking hard at 'Ajax' which had similar-looking solid wheels.

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