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  • SouthernRegionSteam

    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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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

The loco yard

As someone said, Summer is next year! In the meantime the ballast has reached the loco yard:     Where there are to be buildings I have glued a piece of cardboard down to the board prior to ballasting. The cardboard is cut ever so slightly smaller than the building footprint so that it doesn't show beneath the finished building. I also took the opportunity to make a 'concrete' floor for the engine sheds.   Here is the footprint for the old Superquick shed:     And here the footpr
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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Dukedog's Jottings

My Mogul has "Had it"

My old Bachmann Collett mogul has finally bit the dust!   One of the rear driving wheels has decided to fall to bits.   I'm a little bit upset because when it was running it was a good runner, and I spent quite a bit of effort in "tarting it up"     Now I have to decide what to do.   I have looked around for a replacement chassis without much success, so the way I see it I have three options.   1 scrap it   2 hold out for the chance to obtain a Bachmann chassis from some where.  
Dukedog

Dukedog

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Matloughe's Modelling Miscellany

LT Acton Shuttle "Ginny" (Part 2a) Photos

Apologies but Photobucket was being un-cooperative last night, so I couldn't link in the photos to my description.   On bogies at both ends, this is the trailing bogie. I will need to glue on a whitemetal shoebeam at some point as well.   Motored end; the body is just resting on the pivot here so one axle isn't in contact with the rails - once it is screwed down at the correct location this will not happen.   Apologise, blurry undersize. The RH Trailing bogie has had the whitemetal
Matloughe

Matloughe

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Ropley - D-Day

Hi all.   Looks like the PW gang have moved in!     After a few trials, I've settled on the treemendus Normandy earth powder for the ballast on the main line. First the area is sprayed with Railmatch sleeper grime, the rail painted and then the ballast is fixed in place with Kleer.   Track laying in the yard is now mostly complete with just the one point left to build, so a more comprehensive update is coming soon!   Tom.
TomE

TomE

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Will's workbench

Iceberg wrangling

Falkenstein Tunnel by Will Vale, on Flickr   I'm afraid these entries are a little dull, but it's nice to have a record of things as they happen. I've been piecing together the landscape at the left-hand end of the layout, which is a pastiche of two real locations - the Falkenstein tunnel (see the gallery at the lower right here) and the bridge over the Engenbachdobel. In real life they're the other way around.   I'm trying to use cheaper, lighter expanded polystyrene for the smoothly-contou
Will Vale

Will Vale

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chriswild's Blog

Testing testing

The JMA's continue (slowly) to materialise, i've built all the bogies to the same pattern shown in my previous blog. Once the frames were soldered up i gave them a good running session to see that everything was working and running properly. This seemed to go well so i added all the detail that i had been creating, such as brake detail, dampers etc. After this, ( which has admittedly taken since the last update!) they got another run or two After this things went a bit downhill, one or two b
chriswild

chriswild

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Video of miniature chain shunting

Chain shunting a wagon at Brewhouse Quay onto the wagon turntable, the turntable then rotates and the wagon is pulled clear.   A wagon with more drag would probably produce a better effect - something else to add to the pile of things to be done.   In real life shunting like this would be done with rope with chain only on the the very ends, but sadly law of physics give fine thread too much memory to be practical for such a small model.   Sorry, I have no idea how to embed a clip...
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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SPT's Blog

T gauge glasgow central

My latest layout plan is to create Glasgow Central in T- gauge. I know it is a big project and I might have 'bitten off more than I can chew', but if I start now I might be finished in five years time!
SPT

SPT

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Pugsley's Workbench

I don't believe it!

Said in best Victor Meldrew voice, as the first bogies is now 95% complete and all appears to work as intended!   The sideframes aren't glued in place yet, merely held in place by the spring pressure and the location of the axleboxes/equalising beams, but it performed successfully in a few hand propelled tests last night. I can run the bogie over an obstruction of 1.5-2mm, with all other wheels remaining in contact with the ground as demonstrated in these pics:     The bottle of flux w
Pugsley

Pugsley

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Matloughe's Modelling Miscellany

LT Acton Shuttle "Ginny" (Part 2)

Good Afternoon,   I have done some more work on Ginny, one of the benefits of being unemployed is lots of spare time - downside is no real money to spend on doing something you want to do like modelling. where I left off is the main body had been cleaned of flash & test fitted to make sure it is fine; since then I have cleaned up the resin motor bogie shroud that was clean of flash snipped the Spud's axles and fitted the resin shroud as well.   The trailing bogie however caused me a sig
Matloughe

Matloughe

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The Farthing layouts

Progress on "The depot"

After a less than glorious summer (too much work, too much rain) it's time to get the autumn modelling season going. The past weekend saw a bit of progress on "The depot".   As some may recall, the depot can be viewed from both the inside and the outside. These are the three outside walls, now approaching completion.     Still need to add downpipes etc once the roof is fixed on.     I’ve used a photo of Windsor goods depot as inspiration
Mikkel

Mikkel

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Dukedog's Blog

Bold as Brass!

A week or so ago I read Chris Nevard's Blog entry where he had made some nice non working lighting columns for his Brewhouse Quay layout. I was so impressed (and commented so at the time) that I knew then I just had to have some like that for Pen Y Bont.   Now the hard bit! I wanted mine to be working lights, so I spent some time thinking about how to do it and came up with this idea.   Brass is one of my favourite choices for modelling material. It is stronger than plastic, light, and eas
Dukedog

Dukedog

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Thanks!

nevard_110918_MRL_DSC_3766_WEB, a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr.   Thank you to all who popped by to say "Hi" at Model Rail Live over the weekend at Barrow Hill Round House whilst exhibiting Brewhouse Quay for it's inaugural outing. I've never been to a show quite like this with indoor and out door exhibits. This made an unusual mix to appeal to fans of all railways whether miniature or full sized. It also made a great day out for families with the addition of train rides and even face painti
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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SPT's Blog

Electrification

In contemporary layout's people don't use overhead wires for electical current anymore, probably because of live wire issues over the layout, making it more risky to change point's manually and dring maintenance. Also, I think, because of the lack of avaliability of catenary masts; there doesn't seem to be much on offer in UK. There is little to no choice, either you chose Dapol or electron probably the only companies to sell in the mainstream market in oo/ho gauge.
SPT

SPT

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Layout - Fisherton Sarum

A view from the line #2. The Shed at Fisherton Sarum itself

The shed opened in 1901 at Salisbury was the fourth to be built and replaced the two older sheds that were near the Station itself (on what then became the west yard) that were together known as Fisherton shed (Fisherton Street being the name of the road next to the station, and forms one of the reasons for my layout being called what it is). Just in case you were wondering, the first shed (of the four) was located at the original Salisbury Milford terminus.   The London and South Western Rail
Graham_Muz

Graham_Muz

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Captain Electra's Blog

A proper EMU in N

I've rebuilt the Class 310 into a blue-grey 312, with a new TS and PMS. Roof vents and end buffers are from ABS, pantograph from Dapol and the end is from N-Train.   The PMS has the transformer and resistor banks salvaged from an old Class 325 chassis moulding and other components from Mk2 underframes. It's not quite there yet but looks OK for now. A little tidying up is needed on the ends and they need glazing...working up the courage!   Brings back happy memories of my spotting days as a
Adam1701D

Adam1701D

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Summat Colliery

Boston Show

This weekend gone was Summat Colliery's first time out since the Member's Day in July and what a great weekend it was.   The show was held in Stickney Village Hall in Lincolnshire and just at the edge of my limit for a show without accommodation, so it was an early start and quite a few miles under my belt in the Scooby (not all bad then )   Summat performed brilliantly as usual, most problems were caused by operator error (me) in the main. Can't thank my two helpers over the weekend enough
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Paul's GWR Blog

Rolling Stock

Dear All,   If I can get this to work properly this is the first entry of an occasional series relating to the building of a small GWR layout in OO gauge. A few key facts are as follows:   It will be OO gauge but I plan on using handbuilt trackwork (soldered or fully chaired pointwork, not sure yet)   Set is the late 1920's/early 1930's it will be pure GWR, set in Wiltshire, possibly with a hint of the old Midland and Souther Western Junction Railway in it.   It will be a branch terminus
PUASHP

PUASHP

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Clevedon update and dabbling with a 7mm tractor

Evening. It's been a while hasn't it?   Fear not, the silence doesn't indicate lack of layout activity, just the ongoing and rather mundane electrical wiring of Clevedon WC&PR. The second board is now done. I linked the two together for the first time on Saturday and we had trains running. Just the third one to go. I couldn't bring myself to post photos of the rats nest of wiring, but I have attached a shot of the underboard turnout operating unit involving an Exactoscale mounting plate an
ullypug

ullypug

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Hythe Parkway Blog

Hythe Parkway - Reading Show report

Hi,   Have returned home and unpacked from the R.S.M.E's Reading Show over the weekend, so can give you all a report on it!   A slight bad Omen came on Friday Afternoon, having got ready and stood at the bus stop for the 17:00 bus in to Wycombe to collect the Van, but come 17:15 it still hadn't come, so with fear of not being on time to collect it, we had to drive into town to fetch the van.   But we managed to do it and got up to the clubrooms of the HW&DMRS where Hythe has been set u
St. Simon

St. Simon

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

2 kg down

This week has seen lots of rain so there has been lots of progress with the ballasting:     On the mainline the ballast has reached the main station. 'Upstairs' ballasting has progressed in both directions, towards the branch terminus:     - and some more at the junction:     A back breaking task reaching across the layout. This week has seen the second 1 kg bag of seed used. Must be approaching half of the visible trackwork. Still on target for a Christmas completion
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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Turin 60's Blog

New Small Layout & other things...

Well a month has easily passed since The Wiltshire Group show at Pewsey and NSL's debut. Running up to the show I was having some doubts about how insane I would be driven by the limited operating potential of having only 5 wagons! However I can report that as the layout is as much for talking about as it is operating the potential for insanity was not as great as I feared.   However, as is always the case what worked well enough at home decided to misbehave on arrival at Pewsey! Yes the "Hoff
Turin 60

Turin 60

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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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