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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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Making a start in 2mm finescale.

Well the dark nights seem to just be starting to creep in!

Well we had a wonderful holiday in Lossiemouth, Banff station well theres not much to see these days! Macduff retains some station buildings though. Top trip was Spey bay for the viaduct walk!   I've got alot of thoughts as to how I'm going to progress the hobby this year, and in the smaller scale which is essential for house-room purposes, I think I am going to be calling the 'box shifters'!   finding anyother than the easitrac plain track a right pain in the arse and the buildings are
Russ (mines a pint)

Russ (mines a pint)

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G-BOAF's Blog

"Layout" developments

Heritage Railway Centre developments.   First things first, having obtained a couple of Bargain Mk1s over the last few months, I thought it was time I did something with them, namely putting them in a 'stored awaiting restoration' state . The 'Last' Regional Railways Mk1 BSK 35452 was sheeted over (rather wasting my reasonable efforts to replicate the patch painting and OHL flashes the real thing had at the time of retirement, but saving the need to weather it!)     an Intercity BG, with
G-BOAF

G-BOAF

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Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale

One kilogramme down

Four weeks ago a back of envelope calculation indicated a requirement for circa 3.5 kg of ballast. Four bags of poppy seeds were purchased. Now four weeks later the first bag has been all used up.     My wife confirms my suspicions. Instead of four bags, the visible trackwork will probably require at least five bags. Four weeks to use one bag, 20 weeks to use five bags. A Christmas completion is still a possibility?   There have been discussions on this web site regards the optimum w
Silver Sidelines

Silver Sidelines

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The Saltney Railway

Dinghams Part3

Hook and latches.   To match the hook and loop, on the other end of vehicles there is a hook and latch. The latch is to provide a delayed coupling function. When the loop is lifted up by a magnet to uncouple, the latch is also flipped up at the same time but immediately drops again. When the loop drops after uncoupling, it will drop down on the latch rather than the hook so that vehicles can be propelled and left in a siding without having to uncouple again. To re-couple just draw away and re
Jon Fitness

Jon Fitness

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Hythe Parkway Blog

Hythe Parkway - On Tour!

Hi,   Long time since I did a post on Hythe, but it has rather taken a back seat over the past few months because of holidays and also work on my 2011 Challenge Layout, Roads A-C, as well as some other things   But, soon we realised that Hythe's next show is approaching:   17th and 18th September: RSME show - Southcote Primary School, Reading   Having had some trouble at the Abingdon show back in March with the wiring, we decided to re-make the control panel and re-wire the feeds to the
St. Simon

St. Simon

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Highclere - 2mm Finescale

Things wot I have been upto...

Hello   Its been while since my last post (and that wasnt even about railways!) so a post was due really. I always seem to end up having a modelling lull around this time of the year, after all its holiday season but even without any holidays on the horizon I still end up not doing alot! Anyway here is what I have been upto since my last post....     Firstly I have been making a few bits, there isnt any fantastic progress to report but there has been some progress. After the toad brake v
-missy-

-missy-

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OO Microlayout - "WOLDS-END"

Hornby Railmaster Automation Program

Well I still can't decide what to do with the blank baseboard, it's a nice long fiddle yard at the minute that everyone can see.   I created this to see how well it works, on an end to end layout and the answer is very well. You can slow the engines right down and have them creep up and hit the end platform under the station canopy which basically gives you a zero point to work from. Not ideal but a good work around as the feedback detectors are not yet available. Also when you run up very
traction

traction

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backofanenvelope's blog

Two plus one

Well its been a bit of a busy week what with having to find somewhere to live, meeting up with AG homies and dashing North for Railex NE. Ok so I went a little mad at the Dapol stand as you can see and I am not sure wait I am going to use the GC HST on but it looks great and the 86 also but the 67 is what I really wanted. It's a lovely model and now going to have to put in for a bulk load of drop-in wheels-sets and source some decent decoders for them.   What a great show Railex NE is and this
backofanenvelope

backofanenvelope

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Dukedog's Jottings

Steam on the Cambrian, (well almost!)

Just got home after a week spent at Barmouth. One of our days out consisted of a visit to the Fairbourne railway. Not much is ever seen about this delightful little 12.25 inch gauge line but, it has a charm all of it's own.   The driver is a lady! and a good job she made of things too! We were subject to a half hour delay due to the preceding train becoming derailed at the Barmouth Ferry end of the line. It was interesting to see the breakdown train hauled by this tiny Hunslet locom
Dukedog

Dukedog

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On Ravensers Bookcase

Safety Valve

This is by way of a moan... I'm trying to sort out various bits-and-pieces jobs, and one is to replace the Bachmann/ESU 3 function 21 pin decoder in the 150 , which doesn't support advanced consisting, with a rather expensive TCS 1344 21-pin decoder that does. I have no need whatsoever for 6 functions - it was just that 21 pin decoders are few and far between, and a DMU that won't work in multiple is rather a nuisence on a layout where operational interest is supposed to be boosted by joining an
Ravenser

Ravenser

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The Saltney Railway

Dinghams Part 2

Making the loops   There are 2 sizes of hooks and loops, and the shorter ones are for short buffered vehicles so I tend not to use them. Clean up the loop with the scratchbrush and run a 0.8mm drill through all 3 holes. (Pic12) The instructions recommend a 0.9mm drill but the idea is to have a nice free pivot but without too much slop or side play so a 0.8mm waggled about in the holes does the trick. Bend the dropper down at 90Ëšas close to the pivot holes as possible (Pic 13) Try to avoi
Jon Fitness

Jon Fitness

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Captain Electra's Blog

Class 310 EMU in N

Currently progressing across the workbench is a 3-car Class 310 EMU in Regional Railways livery. The basis is the venerable Farish Mk2 coach, with cast ends from Bob Davis of N Train and my own vinyl sides.   The MBS was fun to build - the Dapol Stone Faively pantograph and roof bits from a Farish 90 shell make all the difference.     Here's the complete BTDS shell...     I still need to knock up some underframes using bits from the original Mk2 and whatever I can find in by "bits bo
Adam1701D

Adam1701D

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Old Film of Brewhouse Quay

[media=''] [/media]  I have just found an old 50ft spool of standard 8mm Agfachrome of Sentinel 'Mendip' arriving and shunting a brake van along the Marriott, Dent & Foster Brewery sidings at Brewhouse Quay around 1956.   I'm currently suffering audio problems with this clip - select 240p if you cannot hear anything!   Edit: Here's the clean version
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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ess1uk's Layout Ruby Road and other waffle Blog

electricary, how do i do it? Help

now thing that's bothering me is how to wire this up. at the moment it is simple, loop with one Dc controler. When I add the inner loop i'll need a second controller, no problem. insulate at the points where the loops meet and run 2 trains no problems. the sidings off to the shed and where i want to put a fuel point are my problem. a third controller? how to do it?   last time i did this was with Zero 1 so have rough idea what to do for DCC so will probaly wire for th
ess1uk

ess1uk

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ess1uk's Layout Ruby Road and other waffle Blog

to track plan or not? improving the trainset.

Now as the trainset came with a trakmat included i've been using this on the floor for the few times the train has made it out of the box. I have plenty of old rusty track and a few old points left over from childhood plus the new track from the set. Trouble is i don't have enough track to do anything good at the moment so have been playing at different layouts each time i set up. basically just trying to lay enough track to make sidings for the wagons and single coach. now wondering if to j
ess1uk

ess1uk

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ess1uk's Layout Ruby Road and other waffle Blog

Here we go, 1980s layout under construction.

I thought i'd join in and document my slow voyage from OO train set to model. This is going to be a slow evolution so bear with me. So starting with a Hornby train set picked up from Argos Clearance for £40 and bits and bobs from my childhood trainsets left at my Dad's. The plan is to enable my daughter Ruby and I to run all my old stock from when i was a kid, plus what ever else i pick up along the way. Then in time it will become a more serious model based around the late 1
ess1uk

ess1uk

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Liphook & District MRC Blog

Another Count-Down

This week we are on the final stretch before Yamanouchi Oshika's next outing. The layout has been the centre of much activity, as testament to this rather unusual view showing work taking place on the layout!     And indeed, progress there has been. First up is the area behind the motorway flyover. As mentioned previously, this area was an unsatisfactory piece of black hardboard, used to display flyers and the like. This has now gone...replaced by landscape.   This landscape is intended t
Claude_Dreyfus

Claude_Dreyfus

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Killybegs' Blog

Farewell Clinkerford

This weekend Clinkerford was put up for the last time at home to be checked over for its final outing to Manchester in October, after which it passes into new ownership. A sad day! I couldn't resist the temptation to take a few last shots, mostly from the side the punters don't see. Hope you enjoy them. See you in Manchester.
Killybegs

Killybegs

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Engine Wood

Callow Lane signalbox - nearly there

Having replaced the missing finial on the roof, the only major job remaining is to affix the down pipe to the guttering, which I will probably do later today.   In the meantime, a visit by some friends prompted the chance for a little 'play' on the layout, so with the other buildings temporarily put in place, I thought it would be a good chance to take some photos of the signal box in it's proper location:                
Captain Kernow

Captain Kernow

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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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