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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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Buckjumper's Blog

Highland fish.

The Highland Railway's Diagram 12 fish truck was the earliest of three types of open wagon for transporting fish in passenger-rated trains. There seems to be some uncertainty as to the exact livery - some speculate it was painted in goods red, others in passenger green - of course it's possible that they appeared in both if the type was moved from the wagon register to the NPCS register (or whatever it was that the Highland used to differentiate stock).     I was impressed with Pete Armstro
Buckjumper

Buckjumper

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Highclere - 2mm Finescale

Highclere @ Abingdon - A Retrospective

Hello.   Today Highclere reached another milestone. For a while I have been beavering away on the layout to get the rest of the track finished for the layout in the form of the fiddleyard and the curved end boards to change the layout into a complete circle (or roundy roundy). As I havent enough room at home to set the whole layout up an ideal oppertunity came to try things out in the shape of the 2012 Abingdon and District MRC annual show where I agreed to take the layout to so I could test e
-missy-

-missy-

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Ouse Viaduct/Balcombe/Lewes project

Pavilions finished structurally

The 'great lift' is now finished, with the addition of the final 2mm at the bases of the pavilions, and I have also put all the moulding detail around the tops of the pavilion columns - at least as far as practicability allows. I had previously done this on one of them, but that got trashed when I separated the roof slab to add the 2mm in there, so it's just as well I hadn't done them all before.   This is what I'm referring to:     Anyway, it's useful to show again how I did it.   Mai
10800

10800

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Show visits 2016

Mansfield

I must have a very understanding wife! Five shows in five weekends! Mind you I am taking her out for a meal this evening in return for today's "pass out" to the Mansfield show!   I have never been to this event before and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. The venue was a bit hard to find, not knowing Mansfield very well and I did drive past it once. Never mind! I got there in the end. The show is on two floors in lots of different rooms in the St Peter's Church Centre. It is a bit like a
andyram

andyram

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Almere Road TMD

Lightly weathering the Hornby 20 Ton Brake Van (Almere Road TMD Wagon Stock Update 2)

Hi folks. I thought I might share with you my latest weathering project, the BR 20 Ton Brake Van by Hornby.   I purchased this model a month or two back and from the start I got it for a reason... Primarily to pull behind my Break-Down Crane. Yesterday I got round to the 'griming it up'   I began by giving giving the model a quick rinse with tap water to aid adhesion of the paint. After it was fully dry, I moved on to what I normally do to brake van / van roofs. I have a very good method wh
Ydna

Ydna

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

2mmFS GWR Metro Tank (Part 2)

A little more progress with the Metro Tank, this time with the Boiler and Smokebox.   The Boiler itself is simply a length of 11/32" Round Brass Tube, cut slightly overlength (finished size 35.4mm long), and the ends sanded off so that they were perpendicular to the outside of the tube. This was done by carefully rubbing the end on a piece of emery, and every now and again checking against an engineers square on a flat piece of glass (tube standing on it's end and the square offered up to it,
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

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Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

So what comes next.

So with LSWR 735 coming to the end of its build, I have to decide what to do next.   My wife has got me a compressor for my birthday, just got to wait for it to arrive from North America. should be at the end of the month. When it comes I will get on with the painting of Buffalo, and 735, plus what ever else is completed.   I have a choice, of a LMS Ivatt 2mt that is three quarters done, this is a kit that was bought abused and needed some TLC. Then there is a LMS 3031 with a round top boi
N15class

N15class

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Southern Electric workbench

Next project - a pair of 204HP shunters.

In 1986 I was take to the NRM for the first time as a birthday treat, and I bought this book in the shop. Brian Haresnape's BR fleet survey volume 7. For somebody who occasionally glimpsed an 08, this book was full of odd little diesel shunters crying out to be modelled. Obviosuly I didn't have the money or skills to do it back then (the less said about an attempt at a cardboard LMS jackshaft shunter, the better), so only now am I finally getting round to doing it.   Two obvious candidates
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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Southern steam

Chivers SECR J Class - primed

I'm not a very "clean" modeller. Some people seem to be able to models that look immaculate even when unpainted. Mine, on the other hand, are covered in blobs of superglue and badly sanded down filler. I've sprayed the J with a light coat of Tamiya grey, which has exposed all of these rough bits. I'm leaving it to harden overnight, and then I'll make a start on rubbing it down and getting rid of the mess. I'd normally use red oxide on a loco, but the grey is intended to make it easier to
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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Almere Road TMD

Almere Road TMD Wagon Stock Update

Thought i might take the chance to introduce you to some of my stock that isn't in the 'Locomotive' category. Obviously the layout is a TMD, and very small one at that, meaning that there isn't a lot of space for wagons to sit a round. However, I have been working on weather one or two of my wagons to show off on the layout from time to time. It gives the 08 Shunter something to 'shunt' I suppose and is a change from just a crowd of Locos refueling. So, below I've attached a few pictures of my l
Ydna

Ydna

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Buckjumper's Blog

GW goods wagons part 2; The AA7 ‘Toad’ brake vans.

Twelve examples of the Great Western’s 13 ton AA7 brake vans were built between 1897 and 1898 to Lot 206 for working the company’s trains from Acton over the Metropolitan and (for a short stretch between Farringdon Street and Aldersgate Street) the Widened Lines to Smithfield – they were numbered in the series 56985-96. Essentially they were a short version of the AA3 vans with a 9ft wheelbase, measuring 16ft over headstocks with a proportionally smaller verandah than the larger vans.  
Buckjumper

Buckjumper

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Southern steam

J class update - ready for the paint shop

I started this model last November, and just over 3 months later it's ready for painting, and I missed a month of so of modelling time due to Christmas/New Year/Skiing/amateur Pantomime (stage crew before you ask, not playing the Dame). Given that the I3 is still not finished, after 9 years, I'm impressed by my rate of progress on the J.     Tonight saw it being given a good scrub, and brass parts painted with etch primer.     Next steps are to undercoat and the rub down until I've got
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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Copley Hill Works

"Identity change! 60028 Walter K. Whigham"

The deed is done! 60034 Lord Faringdon (the mistake of the last blog entry) has been swiftly changed back to single chimney form, and renamed and renumbered as 60028 Walter K. Whigham, thus filling another gap in my stocklist, and correcting the embarrassing mistake of last time!   All in an evening's work, and I can breathe a sigh of relief. Spare Hornby A4 chimney fitted, Gamesworkshop "green putty" and Humbrol Plastic Filler used to fix the smokebox, Archer's Rivets to reline any areas affe
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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greslet's Blog

Hexham – Hawick

newly published through Middleton Press this should be of great interest to waverley fans The book covers the Border Counties Railway all the way from the junction with the Newcastle and carlisle Railway just west of Hexham all the way … Continue reading →   Source
greslet

greslet

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Barry Ten's Blog

You've been framed - improving the Hornby King

The Hornby King is not that bad a model, really - it looks the part from most angles, has some very fine detail, and runs superbly. Perhaps some manufacturer will announce a new version, but for the time being the Hornby one is what we've got to work with. The big let-down, for my money, is in the side-on view, which is particularly an issue with my layout set at eye-level. The excessive gap between the front frames and the bogie is distracting, and an ugly throw-back to the tender-drive model o
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Legomanbiffo's sound Blog

Back to the future

How long back do you think you would have to go to have seen a 60, followed by a 56, followed by a 37, going up the Lickey in the space of 15 minutes? 5 years, 10 years? Try two days! Many thanks to my pal Mark for alerting me to that one. It's a shame the weather wasn't great for pictures but the trip was worth it just for the listening pleasure.   In the sound lab the 73 is just about finished and about to be 'beta tested'. As with the real thing you can switch between diesel and electric on
legomanbiffo

legomanbiffo

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Box in a box

'The Truth Is Out There..... somewhere!'

Just back from the most frustrating site visit ever! Some people have commented on the depth of the cutting at this pont. It's more like God wielded an axe! The situation is worsened by the fact thatr the railway boundary is demarcated by 2m-high 'anti-climb' fencing and worse, it's set well back from the cutting's edge. Even the undergrowth got in the way...   There is absolutley no view of the portal from the cutting sides, and any attempt to take one from Pootley Road Bridge (a mere 800
scanman

scanman

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Dukedog's Blog

Morfa Bach Update 01/03/2012 (Going Green!)

Time for the weekly update!   Things are starting to turn green on Morfa Bach.     Some trees and grass tufts have been added to the tunnel end of the layout. The plate layer's hut has been scratch built from Plasticard and fixed in position. To the right of the hut can be seen the next batch of scree to be painted, I haven't mentioned what I am using for the scree, so for those interested it is budgie grit from the pet shop and crushed red slate from the front garden. It just needs p
Dukedog

Dukedog

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Black Hat and Jenny

Jenswell - GCR visits, model buildings and the scenic layout expanded

A couple of weeks ago we visited the Great Central Railway at Rothley station in Leicestershire. The station is run as it was in 1912 with gas lights and coal fires. The station staff made us very welcome and were happy to answer all our (mainly Jenn's) questions. As I've mentioned before, Jenn is hot on social history and how people actually lived and do things. We were very impressed with the set-up there and spent much of the day just exploring a relatively small station. At some point w
Chris_nicole

Chris_nicole

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Heworth Sidings

Heworth Sidings - Update - 29/02/2012

Hi,   We've had a good week of progress on the layout, with some work at the weekend (while attending our club meet) and a few nights this week. The extra effort put in by the group has allowed us to meet our first milestone and have the track laid by the end of Feb (even if we did need that extra day as it's a leap year).   As usual I've included some pictures of the layout below:   A Freightliner 66 with 16 HHAs sitting on the Up Line (taken at the club meeting).   Looking at the lay
Vonzack

Vonzack

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    • Western Star
      Kyle - an update...and a visit at last...

      By Western Star · Posted

      So can Kyle in 7mm be booked for Basingstoke in 2031?   Seriously.   Rgds, Graham
    • john new
      Painting some Dapol/Kitmaster workmen.

      By john new · Posted

      Next step completed after the six needed for a track gang have been painted and their foot pedestals clipped off. They will be fitted to the club layout (Axford) as a spot sleepering gang.   First lesson learnt by the experience - it will be easier in future to trim the foot block and drill for the pins before doing the painting.   The reason for the track gang is the l/hand divergent track on this board no longer goes anywhere as it now feeds a single entry sector plate. The
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      Making Mountains

      By bcnPete · Posted

      This is fabulous Mike.   Thanks for sharing your techniques and it looks stunning in the setting - as Mikkel says, my kinda place!   A nice story and I do hope that they have success.   Love it in BR blue mode too 😀
    • gwr517
      Edwardian motorcars (2): British Ford T Late 1912

      By gwr517 · Posted

      Thankyou for the info.I want a British car but French or American would be OK. My "Dr" from Motley End could do with one of those modern contraptions! Railway modelling causes us all to be very aware of every aspect of life in our chosen era. Its part of the attraction. I could give your Postman a lesson or two in handling parcels also!
    • Mikkel
      Edwardian motorcars (2): British Ford T Late 1912

      By Mikkel · Posted

      Thank you Chris and Mike for the input on wording, "motor cars" it is then.   Douglas those 1960s car rallys sound good. There's an annual vintage fair here in Denmark that we sometimes go to. Here's a 1926 Ford T from a couple of years ago.       Returning to the DAPR 3D prints, I have been in touch with Ben of DAPR. He says that they are still available if you enquire. He also has them with the roof drawn up, and in pickup versions.   He says he co

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