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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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SRman's Workbench Blog

A number of projects pushed forward in the last two weeks

I have been completeing or pushing a few projects further forward in the last couple of weeks, besides the layout progress in preparation for a BRMA meeting at my place on Saturday 18th August.   One project was to fit headcodes to the Dapol/Kernow class 22. I chose some Heljan Western headcodes to fit inside the headcode boxes, which entailed removing the cab interiors by cutting the glue until they loosened sufficiently to take out (thanks Rick/gwiwer for the heads up on doing this). This pi
SRman

SRman

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Copley Hill Works

"The Last Atlantic"

It's getting more and more difficult these days to write blogs. Not because I don't want to, but because modelling time is at an all time premium, and there are many projects still outstanding.   One which I have finally got around to finishing off is my model of 62822, the last London & North Eastern Railway Atlantic working by 1950. I have found dozens of photographs of this engine in Grantham, King's Cross, Doncaster, even York, but for a long time any shots of the engine in the Leeds a
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Barry Ten's S&D blog

The green, green grass of home

I love hanging basket liner - it's the best thing ever. While I accept that it is best viewed as a basis for further texturing, rather than an end in its own right, its sufficiently grassy looking, in its natural state, to fool my eye into thinking that some definite progress is being made. Rather than endless hours faffing around with glue, paint and Kermit-coloured scatter materials, you can cover dozens of square inches of model landscape in seconds, giving that instant gratification of seein
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Penmaenmawr station and sidings in 7mm c.1995

Ballasting and signal box shots.

A few spare minutes at the end of todays session allowed me to take some snaps so that you can see what's going on (and what's not!). Some photographs of the signal box were available on Fotopic before it went under, so I'm posting a few pics here in case anybody may be interested. View towards the station showing the North Wales Coast mainline disappear into the distant clutter. Just off to the right is the entrance to the ballast sidings.   The box has yet to be fitted with fire buc
Howard Smith

Howard Smith

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paddock wood bay (in a boxfile)

boxing clever?...

Good evening,   Time for an update on PWIAB. In short, the original idea was for the layout to be exhibited in May 2014...but this was far far away so it has been brought forward to May 2013   After much sketching again at 35,000ft en route to UK recently for our week in sunny changeable Cornwall, thought was given to the baseboards as I wanted to get these underway before crimble. Particularly, lessons learnt from Kyle when it used to reside in a boxfile. This time a decision was made not
bcnPete

bcnPete

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Engine Wood

Running-in, on circle of P4 'set track'

I've no objection to rolling roads, and I do use one myself, but I do like to give locos a good running in on track as well. A few years ago, I made up a circle of P4 sectional track, using identical curved lengths of flexitrack (SMP, in this case), with the curve held in place by some copper clad sleepers soldered in place. Fishplates were also soldered on, and the result is a 7' 6" diameter circle of track, that can be dismantled into 16 seperate curved sections for storage.   It takes a whi
Captain Kernow

Captain Kernow

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Sylvian Tennant's archive of pants!

Oil tanks finished, finally?

Right so finally, (I hope) my tanker train is ready to roll. I was a bit annoyed with some of the older club members when I first brought my tanker train which at the time was complete. I had spent alot of hard work and time into getting them ready. I will admit to using the same wheels as the kits which was a mistake since they didn't go well with the smp track. But I felt that their critisam wasn't very constructive unlike other memebers whyo were happy to dish out advice. Anyway, b****y rant
Sylvian Tennant

Sylvian Tennant

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Stock for Brent 1947 GWR

Weathering an open wagon

Last night I had a bit of a play weathering a foster yeoman liveried 5 plank, trying to get a finish suitable for cheddar   I've used various greys and browns to faid and distress the paint, and give a dusty finish you would expect on an old mineral wagon A few replacement planks need more coats in different shades to complete the effect   I also still want to add rust to the metal work, and a bit more distressing around the diagonal metal work   Of course as with every other wagon I own
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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greslet's Blog

Any Waverley Route Fans in East Midlands?

There is a talk on the Waverley Route at Bassetlaw Railway Society on Wednesday August 22nd at 7;30pm The talk will be given by BNNRS club member Ben Eckersley. This is sure to be of interest to any Waverley fans … <a href="http://www.railwayblog.kevinappleby.co.uk/any-waverley-route-fans-in-east-midlands-524/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>   Source
greslet

greslet

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Snitzl's Main Blog

Control Panel.

Construction for Snitzl - Control Panel   The Control Panel front for Snitzl is made from 2mm polycarbonate, trade name Lexan. This material is extremely tough and is used for bullet proofing armoured vehicles and tanks, its also really nice to machine, drill file etc. Cab Control, which dates back to the early 50's is the method used on Snitzl and is explained in many books. Connections are  made by two D sockets mounted at the end of each board and looped through a tag strip with all
snitzl

snitzl in Electrics

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brunel's Blog

Bachmann EMU running probs

Hi I wonder if anyone else has had poor running downhill with the Bachmann CEP & EPB? They stop-start their way down a 1 in 40 gradient, and Bachmann acknowledges the problem saying I need a feedback controller! All my other stock including Bachmann and Hornby run perfectly downhill on both a 50-year old H&M Duette and a Morley Vector. Anyone else know anything please or better still, has found an answer. Thanks and good luck. Brunel
brunel

brunel

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daveblueozzie's Blog

Im running out of running room.

As a complete beginner to the model train hobby I am learning all the time what to do and what not to do. And the mistakes I already have done. I built what I thought was a decent enough layout for my trains in DCC, 2 x roundy roundy tracks and at a lower level, I suppose what you would call a shunting yard, recently I have kinda moved away from the steam engines to the diesel engines and have bought 5 second hand locos over the last few months and fitted them with decoders, they all run smashi
daveblueozzie

daveblueozzie

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Dave Holt's Blog

Delph - Electrics testing continues

Following initial function testing of the control panel, I have connected up the panel and two boards to check a bit more, including the yard controller connection points. To my consternation, feeds to the second board (the one with the coal drops) and the DC input were completely dead. Everything on the first (station) board appeared to be reasonably OK (see later) and the DCC input and local point operation/LED's on the second board worked. A slight sense of panic set in as I frantically check
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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Dave Holt's Blog

Delph - D2008 coach completed

The part finished ex-LMS D2008 vestibule brake 3rd has been completed to partner the D1916 version already done. As before, the bulk of the work was done by Coachman, leaving me to make the interior and finish off. The D2008 is a bit unusual because it has only 51/2 seating bays but an even smaller brake compartment than the D1916, which has 6 bays. This must have resulted in very generous leg room for excursion passengerd who chose to sit in this type of coach. Here's a shot of the complete co
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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8752's Blog

Are they shows or are they shopping malls?

I often go to model shows, despite my wife`s raised eyebrows, my main interest being to get ideas and generally be inspired by the layouts displayed. Lately layouts seem to be taking a backseat to trade stands. At the recent Wells show it was proudly announced that there would be 12 layouts and 19 trade stands!! I am all for some trade support, and often buy from these stands, but trade stands seem to taking over. I realise that it helps with the cost of putting on the show but when there are fe
8752

8752

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AJ427s - Great Hotton

An Ivatt N1 for Heathley Kirkgate - Part 3

A busy time at work so little time to model and post any updates.           Further filling and sanding of the 3d printed model has proved to me that a complete single part body is perhaps not the best way to go about it so I'm currently investigating a 'flat-pack' kit type of solution which I will reveal in the 3d printing and cad forum soon. The partially smoothed model is shown here.               However, I still needed to prove the model will work on the Hornby chassis. Lo
AJ427

AJ427

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Ropley - Dub Dee

Hi all.   Firstly apologies for the lack of updates recently. Various things have conspired to prevent much visible progress with the layout since the last entry here so there isn’t much more to show at present.   That said, the tree factory is slowly churning out more examples for along the top of the embankment, meaning that once the ground work is completed, it will be a fairly quick task to get them all planted in position.  Also all of the wood for the first fiddle yard has been acquire
TomE

TomE

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Redgate's Modelling

O Gauge Sentinel - Lining Done

Well, I wimped out on using the lining pen and resorted to HMRS sheet 22 - I will find time to practice with the pen sometime, but didn't want to delay this build any longer and I had a spare used sheet lying around ...     Buffer beam red next then out with the satin varnish
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Barry Ten's S&D blog

Hot swappable scenery

Here's a bit more work on the scenic landforms at the northern end of the summer module. I've been doing scenery the same way, more or less, for about ten years now - establish basic contours with card or MDF profiles, fill in with expanded or extruded polystyrene where possible, and then cover the whole lot in plaster. I find it quick and easy, if messy along the way, but very satisfying. The other thing going for this method is that it produces very lightweight and dimensionally stable scenery
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Legomanbiffo's sound Blog

Basil Brush(es)

Ha ha ha ha ha, boom boom! He's not just a puppet, he's a British icon! The Tweed jacket, the refined accent, the toothy grin, the razor-sharp wit. Remember his constant interruptions that would cause 'Mr Roy' to grab him round the snout?! I'm laughing now just thinking about it. Pure TV heaven.   On the subject of brushes the most recent task has been upgrading the 92 project to v4 standards. I've yet to do a full recording session with one so a little artistic license has been used along wit
legomanbiffo

legomanbiffo

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

Remediating Resin Structures – Notably Hornby Skaledale and Bachmann Scenecraft

The starting point for this Blog entry is the Bachmann Coaling Stage:     This was bought in full knowledge that the steps were in pieces and would need sticking back together. I used ‘Super Glue’. A couple of the joins are still visible but not in my opinion sufficiently obvious as to need immediate repainting.   What was more obvious was the twisted and warped loading chute. This had to be fixed!   The chute is separated from the rest of the loading stage by pushing out the ‘hinge
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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