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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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The Saltney Railway

Time for an update..

Yes I know…. It’s been a while. I seem too busy building stuff to be writing about it, although not as busy as Steve’s been…   There’s a popular myth that the only water troughs in a Tunnel were at Standedge on the ex LNW transpennine route…not quite; Some have been discovered in a tunnel near Saltney….   Made from plastic channel and constructed “in situ”, the many support brackets were glued down as the channel was laid. The planking (provided to stop the water from washing the ballast aw
Jon Fitness

Jon Fitness

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grandborough

desicion time

Its time to get my bum into gear cos Missy has made me find my mojo ( it had fallen under the layout) So I have started work on the project plan for the layout simple really 1 Clear off the junk i have "stored" on Grandborough by 28th Nov 2. Complete the GWR branch line track 30th Nov 4. Have a working point 5th dec 3. Prep the order for the 10 wagons i plan on having and 4 coachesand complete to running the 1P 10th dec 4. Have the 2 LMS platform tracks laid 23rd dec This will le
nigelb

nigelb

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The Gingerbread Line

Progress - sort of ...

It's now about 9 months since my initial blog entry, describing plans for a 2mm reconstruction of Market Drayton (on the Wellington to Crewe GWR line) around 1905, and nothing has been reported since then.   Broadly work has fallen into two categories - armchair modelling (research and planning), and building some of the rolling stock that I want for the layout.   On the planning side I now have track plans and drawings of the buildings at various dates, so that I can interpolate and produce
Gingerbread

Gingerbread

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Singleton Railway / Ashford International alternate scheme

Progress and Changes

Hello and welcome once again to my blog,   There has been much progress and some changes since my last entry in June.   Since the last blog I have completed the following: Industrial building scenes (Metcalfe Brewery, Warehouse, Factory, Gatehouse, Boilerhouse) ​     Track Works on the lower level Siding Arrangement and layout on the 2nd level Wiring up of Gaugemaster Model Q controller Tunnel Portals Main Station Building         Th
Venator

Venator

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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

DS1169 part 1

DS1169 was a Ruston 48DS, one of two owned by British Railways (the other one was built to 3' gauge and worked at Beeston sleeper works). Originally supplied to Bristol Aviation Company it was taken into BTC stock in 1948 and used for shunting civil engineering stock at Folkestone, then it spent a period working at Broad Clyst sleeper depot before moving to Yeovil in 1962. It was withdrawn in 1971. Info taken from 'The Diesel Shunter' by Colin Marsden.   I've been asked to build a model of thi
halfwit

halfwit

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Somewhere in Germany

To exhibit or not? And a try-out of DCC Concepts Stay-Alive

I've had my house in Cheltenham since September, and Bad Horn has pride of place in the living room. It's running reasonably well, and survived the journey from New Zealand very nicely- the only damage was a wire that had come away. Now I'm fairly settled, aside from the question of the next project, I'm undecided on whether or not to exhibit or not. Bad Horn is very easy to transport, fitting in the boot of a family sized car and only needs three people to make a full day/weekend of running
Taigatrommel

Taigatrommel

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General - Muz's modelling mastications

Blog – Not Crimson or Maroon but Ruby!

Regular readers to my blog will have often noticed me refer to the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society, This year sees its 40th Anniversary and to that end we held an open day for members, family and a few friends at our clubrooms yesterday. I have been a member of the society since the age of 15 now some 27 years ago and during that time have been exhibition manager (Wycrail) and also chairman. During this time membership has steadily increased from fewer than 20 to now over 60 ran
Graham_Muz

Graham_Muz

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The Cadian 8th Trench Railway

Scenery Takes Shape

After another 3 sessions we have got a bit further, with the shape of the basic hills and features done. These are made from scrap insulation board from a skip, which was glued with no more nails. On the track side of things it has all been wired and is awaiting a coat of paint on the rails and some point operating switches underneath before a final test and ballast. The young people have done over half the soldering, both of droppers and setting up the power to each track section. Though cont
devondynosoar118

devondynosoar118

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Ropley - Keeping up with the times?

One of the problems in modelling the contemporary scene, and in particular prototype locations, is that over the past few years the railway infrastructure in the UK has changed beyond all recognition in many places within a relatively short period of time. Old infrastructure is realigned, removed or new constructed meaning the modeller is often forced to pick one moment in time to recreate through which they can then run their less period restricted stock.   Whilst Ropley was in the planning s
TomE

TomE

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Skaleby

A little bit more progress.

With preparation for the impending birth of our first child, I have had precious little modelling time. But I did find some time to work on the small engine shed area. The track was laid on a cork base rather than on the Gaugemaster foam ballast as before. I want to hand ballast this area with a darker tone of scatter material to represent the ash, coal and general shed area dirt. I used rolled up newspaper, covered in a layer of plaster bandage to create some small contours to the ground in o
andyram

andyram

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Marble Rose & Silverfox

Final Version of track plan

<p>i have added the final track plan at this stage </p> <p>the next plan (that will be new, ) will come 2013.</p> <p> </p> <p>it has a yard for shunting</p> <p>also the lner of silver </p> <p>fox is no more and will be lms silverfox</p>     ^ sorry, it logged me off
Prodigy

Prodigy

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Churchill8F's Blog

Incomplete Projects

Well, everyone has them. In fact, some have a few more than others do. Then I'm sat writing this whilst documenting projects I have started and still have left to do, most of which could have been done ages ago.     Yet another project I started but never completed. The loco you see above is one such project of mine, from back in 2009. It's one that never got completed, and as such it's sat in it's box, where it's been since applying that British Railways transfer. The pugs are
Churchill8F

Churchill8F

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Davyjcrow's "00" Blog

CEP Refurb Part 4

The etch arrived this week and PPD have indeed done a fantastic job!       The etch contains the following pieces to assist with the conversion; - Headlights (fold up to box shape) - Large hopper windows with insert (as per tomstaf's suggestion) - Large fixed windows - Medium fixed windows - Small fixed windows - Bodysides for guard's compartment - Inner and outer plating for corridor connector   Here are some close ups of the large hopper window, this has come out really nicely I
davyjcrow

davyjcrow

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GWMark's Workbench Blog

Railbus returns

In the last few days I have returned to a stalled project, my Dapol Railbus. The interior has been painted, and some passenger have been painted and added.     I have also painted the lining on the doors and the kick plates. Glazing has been added and the Railbus put back together in the hope I might get to run it at the club open day tomorrow. Unfortunately I have yet to find a crew that will fit in the rather confined cabs, so it has host drivers at the moment. Also I need to add windscre
GWMark

GWMark

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Southern steam

Chivers SECR J Class - (lack of) progress

I've spent quite a bit of time on the J this week, but have struggled to get a smooth running chassis. The coupling rods bind for no obvious reason - despite all the usual remedies such as opening out the holes in the rods. I've also checked the wheels are correctly quartered, the chassis is square with all wheels touching the track etc etc.   After a few hours of this, I'm starting to suspect there's something fundamentally wrong with the rods., probably through my hamfisted assembly althoug
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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RichardS' Blog

The Best Laid Plans

The track plan for The Nanslor Railway as mentioned before is simple. But it combines a continuous run and the opportunity for shunting if desired. In fact both the stage and storage sections allow shunting and run round facilities.   This picture of the track plan also shows the baseboards.   This plan was prepared using AnyRail. This software package allows a free trial version to be used but with a limitation of 50 items on the plan. For simple sketch plans this is an ideal app.
RichardS

RichardS

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RichardS' Blog

Wood and track and wires - it must be a model railway!

The model railway I am making is to a scale of 4mm and uses track to a gauge of 16.5mm (OO). There are two parts to the model 'the scenic stage' and the storage area (fiddle-yard).   Portable, the whole comprises 9 boards measuring 1000mm x 600mm; the overall dimensions being 3000 by 1800. This just fits into my 'Railway Parlour' which is a section of my garage that I have fitted out.   The track layout on the scenic stage is deliberately simple. A single circuit with a single branch comp
RichardS

RichardS

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Dave at Honley Tank's Blog

More J10 Progress Pics

I did those extra pics tonight, mainly so they are almost in the same post, but it will be difficult to post them tomorrow.   This one shows the running chassis and the transmission. The torque arm that figured in an earlier post is no longer required. Its job is actually done by the relation of the motor casing with the back of the boiler once the body is seated on the chassis. Within the firebox, the motor actually sits more vertically than in this photo.     This fuzzy excuse for a ph
Dave at Honley Tank

Dave at Honley Tank

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

Something Western this way comes.....

After lord know's how many renamings/renumberings of Southern Region Locos, I'm doing one with a distinctly Western flavour. Upcoming is a 6800 Grange class 6870 Bodicote Grange ​to be precise. A suitable donor has been requisitioned, just got to acquire the plates   In the meantime 34031 Torrington's tender is completely modified and currently awaiting it's next stage of painting, I'll post a picture of it shortly in it's before painting form. Once finished I'll get the engine all renumber
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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Dave at Honley Tank's Blog

Looks like a J10

Some progress this week; it’s beginning to look a bit like a J10:       The running plate has now received the cab, and with the saddle and the spectacle plate now fixed to the running plate, it is possible to mount the boiler/smokebox/firebox unit in its final position.             For the csb system to work, the body must have a fair weight. The calculations assumed a final weight of 200 grams. Accordingly a ballast weight of 2mm lead sheet was rolled and this is fixed to two tu
Dave at Honley Tank

Dave at Honley Tank

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Redgate's Modelling

Duke of Gloucester - All Lined Out

Yes,   I've finally got round to finishing the lining on the Duke of Gloucester - prompted by Narrow Planet sending me the proof for the plates which have now been paid for and will be away at the etchers soon.   As soon as the plates are painted and in place the whole loco will be varnished then I can get it back together for an ex-works photo shoot. It will probably get a "2 weeks into service" weathering after that.   I also have a DJH example in for refurbish, well, rebuild chassis wis
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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kyle of lochalsh

this and that...

Good morning,   Progress has been a little set back of late having lost this week to Man flu some kind of 'cold weather induced' sickness.   However, finally brought some paints (and a decent tiny paintbrush) for painting the station building. Armed with a screen-grab of MP's visit to KoL on my phone I tried to best match up the different greys and the blue from the Humbrol rack of tins in one of the model shops. Not sure how popular Humbrol paints are in Spain...but some of the colours on t
bcnPete

bcnPete

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    • 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
    • bcnPete
      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
    • gwr517
      Edwardian motorcars (2): British Ford T Late 1912

      By gwr517 · Posted

      No but a modeller freind has owned and restored 3 early T models. Also I was draged to many Veteran car rallys in the 1960's. My dad being a fan.I have owned 50 cars and 24 m/cycles but only one car and one m/cycle were vintage, a1925 Bullnose Morris and a 1926 AJS bike. I have riden a few veteran bikes in rallys though., great fun.

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