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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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noctilux2's Blog

Kidmore N Gauge Layouts

I have now added a new layout to my "Kidmore" series of micro N gauge layouts.   "Kidmore Depot", as yet uncompleted, may be seen at www.kidmorengauge.weebly.com. The layout in it's uncompleted form had its first outing at the open day of the Berkshire Area Group of the N Gauge Society.   I expect to be starting a new semi-permanent layout in May which will break my own self-imposed standard of not building layouts greater in size than 4 sq ft, this will be simply called "Kidmore". The l
noctilux2

noctilux2

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Redgate's Modelling

Now, where's the Satin Varnish ......

Loco body all lined out and I've picked out some of the pipework in very much the same way as Hornby do on their current Britannias - although I've used a light grey for the lagging rather than white. I think this looks more subtle.       Yes, this is the deflector that got superglue over it and needed rubbing back and respraying as revealed on one of my status updates Those Narrow Planet plates do look the dogs     And finally, a quick shot of the cab showing the cream roof a
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Sean Needham's Blog

Got so tempted...

After a suggestion by bcnPete the other day, I nearly did go down the easitrac route, but... At the moment, I'm just going to use up the 80 that I've knocking around, and get my skills back up to snuff before I dive in to anything else. I'm hoping that the other half doesn't realise that this one that's on the workbench at the moment is not the last one to be built. So much the temptation, I've already been lurking around in the 2mm Finescale and wondering "what if?"   Another thing that did
SeanNeedham

SeanNeedham

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backofanenvelope's blog

PLN: Bishopthorpe Lane N.E.R - Plan 1

So after some manic days at work feeling to tired to do anything I finally got to play a bit with Templot and have firstly done the non 3 way version but feel this is not as elegant as the 3 way one that I roughly tried out, so some more playing with is needed to make this fit the area unless I go for the 3way challenge. It all needs tidying up and the timbers shoving etc, but the starting point has been made. Comments on any possible improvements greatfully accepted.   I have which will be a
backofanenvelope

backofanenvelope

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

A new era?

As another Bulleid sits completed 34082 615 Squadron and another is about to be given the one over 34055 Fighter Pilot, something else has arrived to be given the Toboldlygo treatment and it isn't Southern....   More on that in a bit here's another view of 615 Squadron     Right I've always had a soft spot for A4's and yes I've owned one before. Now another one sits in my intray..   Keep yer eyes peeled for updates...
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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Chris Nevard's Blog

I'm alright Jack....

nevard_110413_brewhouseQ_IMG_9709_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Brewhouse Quay: This is what happens when the over ambitious new kid upsets the union shop steward - especially as they have a car, something that few of your working men at the time could afford to buy, suggesting some sucking up to the management or such.     The real reason for this post is that early today I bought out Addlestone Model's entire stock of Peco barrels. They had 2 packs.   These come moulded i
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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Scanman's Upton Dene Blog

A Very British Bulldog - 8 1/2 hours in

After a couple of days sorting out problems with various family members I managed to get a few hours to myself today.   I spent some time pondering the chassis issue (whether to separate or not) and perusing the building instructions, with some regret I've decided it's not really practicable. There is so much pipework etc that encases the wheels that to resolve it would mean iether cutting through the undergear at strategic points (in which case it would probably be very vulnerable to damage)
scanman

scanman

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The 891mm Project

Bug Colours

I have managed to secure what is quite a rare beast...a non military vehicle kit in 1/35 scale, ideal for the time period and setting for the 891 project.   The Type 11 (or is that "two"?) Beetle is one of a series produced by what I believe is a French Company no longer in existence called Aeroplast.       I have not paid much for the kit (which is complete) and therefore if the quality is a bit off the mark then so what...it would be a nice little project to work on and improve.   An
Bristol_Rich

Bristol_Rich

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Hundred of Chagford Tramway

Chagford - Layout Design 2

Hi All   Once the final layout size was determined, I then started to design the track layout.   At the initial stages I had decided the the main line curve would be 190mm radius. An arc of this radius was drawn on the front of the baseboard, using a ruler type compass. Templates for the various points were produced, complete with sleeper centrelines, using templot.     The point templates were laid out as shown in the photograph above. This allowed the lengths of the loop and si
Lisa

Lisa

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Hundred of Chagford Tramway

Chagford - Layout Design

Hi All   I started to build Chagford before I stared blogging. So in this entry I will attempt to start to fill in the missing story.   Initially the layout was conceived as a circular layout rather in the style of Mark Fielder's Pizza and the baseboard was built as a circular board. But it soon became obvious that most containers are rectangular, and not having a car and using public transport, the baseboard was trimmed to make it fit.     The size of the layout is increase by using t
Lisa

Lisa

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Get a high backscene to cover those kebab stains

nevard_110412_brewhouseQ_IMG_9686_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Brewhouse Quay: The stone on the Scenecraft Oak Hill Brewery buildings out of the box is very light and correct for such a building when new. But a 100 or so years on and the Bath stone will have darkened with algae and pollution; to address this, the stonework has been dry brushed with various Humbrol matt enamels and darker washes to help blend theme in with the areas of the scene. Since taking this snap
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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Sean Needham's Blog

Time to find some double sided tape...

After much umming and ahing about track plans, and location, I've finally come up with something... Which wasn't easy given the space I'd got and what my motive power pool currently is (mainly NSE branded diesels and a couple of multiple units).   The idea is a bit real world, but a lot of artistic license involved, and whilst the plan below had plenty of settrack pieces, most of the straights are going to be put together using lengths of flexi-track.       After thinking through where w
SeanNeedham

SeanNeedham

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Chris's Blog [ oldtrent ]

1F underway again

Greetings once more from sunny Bedford.   I had a day off to look after the grandsons today, so after I'd taken them on a train ride to Millbrook and for lunch at the Forest Centre near there, I took some time when they'd gone home to revisit my 1F project; which, as described elsewhere, has ( more or less) a body but no workings. (I have also been working on writing very long sentences) .   Work today:     This shows the state of play with the little tank engine, with the chassis und
Chrislock

Chrislock

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Getting there...

nevard_110412_brewhouseQ_IMG_9689_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Brewhouse Quay: A overall view taken under natural daylight, but Photoshopped to hide my patio and unpainted timber. In due course the diorama/layout shell will be painted black, so the effect in a dark room shouldn't be too different. That is the only computer manipulation - the actual layout is 'as is'.   I am still undecided what to place on the extreme right, but it's likely to be another building. I was
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Some old bull for Tuesday

nevard_110411_brewhouseQ_IMG_9681_postcard_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Last night another quick dig through Ian Locksmith's print collection revealed another photo of the Brewhouse Quay on the edge of Bath. Judging by the angle, this one appears to have been taken from another canal boat and from the time around 1952 when the brewery had a major rebuild to get rid of the wartime damage - the barge to the left being used as a water-born skip.   Note the wharf side cran
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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Blacklade Artamon Square

Mind the Gap......

The trouble with lists is that they show you up.   So how far have I actually got with my ambitious list of jobs? Well.....   5 out of 6 points have had their drive wire replaced with 0.9mm wire . The other seems to work ok anyway. This has pretty well cured the problem of point blades not closing fully. One point , where the commercially available offset drive Tortoise mounting has been used (possibly from Exactoscale?) is still slightly uncertain , perhaps because I've not replaced the fin
Ravenser

Ravenser

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Making a start in 2mm finescale.

Ballachulish- Lead us not into temptation.

Spent a few days in the vacinity of the Ballachulish branch last week, a fair amount of which can now be cycled and walked along. Strangely this did not provide the same lure as looking at pics of the old railway operating.   This is an unusal phenomenon for me as I often find visiting the sites prove to be more interesting than the old photos. I think I might have come to the conclusion that because of the location in relation to the 'tourist traps' of the West Coast may have dulled the attr
Russ (mines a pint)

Russ (mines a pint)

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General - Muz's modelling mastications

Bulleid’s on Display at Taunton, and also something for the sleepy film buffs…

As part of the RMweb SWAGLand meet at Taunton this coming Sunday (17/04) there will be a table top display of a variety of Bulleid locomotives and Roilling stock. Also on show will be a recently nearly finished Southern Cinema coach and also the elusive Bulleid ‘Inspection Saloon’ or sleeper coach 100s along with other Bulleid rolling stock.   Bullied pacific’s will present in force displaying a range of conditions that the engines could be found in during the 1946 to 1949 period. Th
Graham_Muz

Graham_Muz

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Hundred of Chagford Tramway

Chagford - Building 2mm Trainset Curves

Hi All   I use lead free solder, unlike most modellers who I know who bought several rolls of lead solder when lead free was introduced. This requires a higher temperature of 370° and since the pcb sleeper supplied by the 2mm Association are designed it requires very careful soldering, if you are not going to have the copper coming away from the base material. I use 9% Phosphoric Acid flux to ensure the sleeper is very clean and therefor I get a good quality solder joint.      
Lisa

Lisa

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Chris's Blog [ oldtrent ]

Rebuilding a chassis.

Hallo again.   I have been looking at the 0-6-0 goods engine which would not traverse my pointwork. It was suggested it might be a back to back issue, so that was indeed my starting point. Unfortunately, the existing chassis couldn't be narrowed to allow the b2b's to be lessened a tad ( I was aiming for around 0.2mm), so I was forced to remake it from scratch. I have just taken delivery of a strip of 0.3 phosphor-bronze, so I thought I would try working with that. Here is a photo of the fi
Chrislock

Chrislock

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Killybegs' Blog

I wish the trees in the garden would grow as fast (but not the weeds)!

Spent a few hours today planting trees and undergrowth on Abergynolwyn, just enough to fill the background in the photograph! However, I'm now running out of leaves and because I foolishly didn't put the labels back in the various bags when they were first opened some time ago, I will have to wait for Railex when, hopefully, I can pop along to Greenscenes to match up my samples.
Killybegs

Killybegs

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