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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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Sailor Charon's Blog

6862 Derwent Grange part 2.

Well, I now have the parts. I have the body, and the chassis... And at first sight, the boiler is a tad too long. Maybe a mm or two, as the back of the smokebox should line up with the back of the cylinders. That probably means moving the chimney back a little also. But all in all, nothing like as bad as I'd worried. I guess the next thing to do is to check a reliable website to get the proper length to help decide.   Oh yes, photos. So far, I have 1 halfway acceptable picture of the Mink C.
Sailor Charon

Sailor Charon

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Fourgig East

The Components So Far

Had another play last night arranging all the bits I have so far made. Here's a few pics for your enjoyment.         SWMBO took one look at the items littering her new kitchen floor and said "Ooooh, Ivor The Engine"   Can seee what she means though. Now, how do I convert the Pug, a sound chip would be good   "Par par!"
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Embankment Road - The Rolling Stock

Sprinting pt 2, Exhausting work!

Work continues with the Sprinters, both of which have gained new exhaust pipes to improve appearances. The first photo shows the work done to the 150, 1.2mm brass rod bent to shape, with the finest wire in my toolbox wrapped round and soldered to make the supports. The plastic underframes have needed to have a little bit of material removed to allow the exhaust to wrap round and pass into the bodyshell. They will be painted silver and heat stain colour and glued on once the model is painted.
Steadfast

Steadfast

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Paxton Road's workbench

More large scale fun...

This G-scale stuff is quite addictive and I'm finding that you can get as good a finish as 4mm...   Part of me wonders whether to 'thin' and 'focus' the 4mm stuff sooner rather than later?   Anyhow, this blog is about recent progress on the G-scale project, the EJ&KLR. I've 90% completed the brake van and started on the shunter. First up let's talk about the LGB post van that's been modified into this brake van. I've refurbished the lighting circuits, modified the body by removing the ho
James Hilton

James Hilton

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Will J's Random Adventures in N Gauge

Micro Railcars: Class 139 on show, plus even smaller models!

Introducing the Mark IV, or was it Mark III (er... anyway) version of my quest to make an N Gauge People Mover, or Class 139 to give it its full title! I have been very much inspired by Missy's Flying Banana model, I suppose I just need to decide on a shorter fruit with more green and grey bits for a nickname, answers on a postcard......     It will be appearing, complete with side graphics that I must get and print... on Wyre Forest MRC's 'Kinlet Wharf' layout at the Leamington and Warwick
Will J

Will J

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grandborough

progress begins

The base board bridging bits are here and now in place   And I have spend a pleasant evening playing around with the easi trac turnout operating units the pics will show how I fitted the first one This took about an hour of cutting and fettling the unit. still was a lil off centre i think next one i will drill hole and offer up the tie bar to get the rectangular hoe smaller.   Now its time to lay sleepers and start track laying.. Slight bit of good news ......... i can h
nigelb

nigelb

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Somewhere in Germany

A minor progress report

Steinrücken is history. The upper level and all sheet material is removed, leaving me with just bare frames. I've placed an order for Sommerfeldt's instruction booklet, as getting to the prototype from here involves a lot of expense and time! I shall start by building a test scene to see how happy I am with Sommerfeldt's "Profi" components, which have a contact wire with a diameter of 0.5mm (20 thou)- I know I'm happy with the look of 16 thou (0.4mm) as used by Andi Dell, so whether that ext
Taigatrommel

Taigatrommel

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Jack's Work Bench (Butcher's Slab)

Penwithick - Rolling Stock 2

I thought I would post an update on work I've done in the New Year.   I have been bending and soldering wire to make up the various details on the "Clay Tiger". The brake pipes and walk ways are an approximation and not exact as I tend to pertain to the Jack Ray philosophy of a recognisable model of the prototype running within a credible context, or something to that effect....   I have attached various bits of brass work; Wire and a mixture of scavenged TPM parts. Buffers are still on t
Rods_of_Revolution

Rods_of_Revolution

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

January Update

A New Year and time for a brief update.   First up my second Schools renaming/renumbering is complete (picture posted in my gallery) 30919 Harrow is a welcome newcomer to my fleet.   The etched smokebox numberplate finally arrived from Fox Transfers for my Q1 33040 and that's now been fitted.   Currently completed and awaiting photographs is my reworked Rebuilt Battle of Britain 34089 602 Squadron this will be put up for auction on ebay at some point. This loco was intended for my ex-clien
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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Layout - Fisherton Sarum

Fisherton Sarum to host the 1948 Locomotive exchanges this weekend (during the Astolat show 15/01/11)

This coming Saturday (15/01/11) at the Astolat model railway Exhibition in Guildford Fisherton Sarum will be hosting some of the locomotives seen on the Southern Railway (yes I know technically it was a region by then) during the locomotive exchanges held during April and June 1948.   In the immediate aftermath of the formation of British Railways the newly formed Regions were generally allowed to continue the locomotive build programmes that had already been approved and put in place by the p
Graham_Muz

Graham_Muz

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The Farthing layouts

HO figures for an OO layout

Here's a brief illustrated write-up on my recent experiences with modified and detailed HO figures for Farthing.   My normal source of figures is to backdate OO whitemetal figures from Monty's and other ranges (see this separate blog entry). But this can be time consuming, and for pre-grouping modellers the options are limited. Like others before me I have therefore been attracted to the large German HO ranges, and especially Preiser who have a small series of figures from the Vi
Mikkel

Mikkel

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Pugsley's Workbench

Low fidelity?

Who needs expensive decals when you've got paper and blu-tack?     I've started another project to give me a break from the 37, I thought it was about time I indulged in a spot of wagonry. Besides, now slow progress is being made on Bisley Jct, I really could do with some stock for the oil terminal!   The plan is for 8 wagons initially. All will be fitted with S-Kits walkways, and various detail differences in chassis in terms of strengthening ribs, handbrake locations etc will be re
Pugsley

Pugsley

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The 891mm Project

Shedded...Continued.

Progress is slow.   Having been hampered by the supply of cardboard and plasticard over the snowy Christmas period, only recently have I been able to return and continue the build of the shed.   Some time has been spent trying to find prototype images of the shed to identify the type of wooden panelling used in the construction of the shed. Unfortunatly, I have not been able to find any, so taking inspiration from a number of traditional Swedish wood construction buildings, I have replicate
Bristol_Rich

Bristol_Rich

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

A happy coincidence!

I guess sometimes these things are just meant to happen!   It was necessary to swap the 4MT i bought just before Christmas after it developed an aversion to going backwards. A fairly critical requirement for the Ropley project! The only available replacement was the smaller tender version, which turns out is what I should have picked up in the first place! During more research for the project I now see that the 4MT based at the Mid Hants has the smaller tender, and so the model will now just n
TomE

TomE

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Fourgig East

Waiting Shelter Pimped

Well, it had to be done really, even though the average show punter will never see it.   Waiting Shelter has been improved using a stretched front from the Small Station Building kit, you can just see where I've cut the overlays at the planking joins to stretch the doorway.     I've also dressed it up with signs etc from the station kit to match. The sticky out Way Out sign is double sided and the advert board inside had to be shrunk (well only enlarged by 140%) to fit as this shelter has
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Fourgig East

Trackwork Done

Found a little window of opportunity last night, SWMBO out at a meeting and #1 son happily playing with his Lego (#2 asleep), so out came the solder and flux and I now have this ready for some baseboards!       I used the full yard length of rail and will make little cuts in the railhead where the joins should be before painting. I'm going to get the airbrush out to spray the PP weathered wood onto the sleepers then hand paint the rust to the sides of the rail - another first for me B)
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Barry Ten's Blog

Centenary restaurant first and third cars

I've sort of finished the restaurant third, so here's a shot of it running in a train next to the restaurant first. They were orientated this way, with the pantry end of the third adjoining the kitchen end of the first. The other cars are bog-standard Hornby and Airfix centenaries, still with "Beclawat" windows. (Beclawat are still in business, by the way).     There are (as is always the case with me) a few little jobs to do but for now the coaches look finished enough to sit in a rake, an
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Barry Ten's S&D blog

Spring module

Over the weekend I took the opportunity to tidy up the fascia of the Spring module. There has been a lighting rig in place for a year or so, but I had not added a drop-down pelmet to screen the tube since I couldn't work out an easy way to attach it in such a way that I would be able to access the light fitting for maintenance/replacement. Eventually the penny dropped (doh!) and I was able to arrange a very simple system. The next task will be to paint it a nice neutral green or grey colour.  
Barry Ten

Barry Ten

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Highclere - 2mm Finescale

Update

Hello   Its about time for a quick update. Things havent really gone as well as I would like but I am still getting a few things done...   1. Q1 Revisited.   I never managed to get the Q1 to run well enough the first time around to be totally happy with it, so after finishing the 42/52xx I made a start reworking a few bits.     I 'salvaged' a couple of gears from a tiny servo I had in a box and decided to redo the little reduction box I originally fitted to the engine to lower the dr
-missy-

-missy-

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Countdown to the Weekend

nevard_110103_catcott_IMG_8887_01_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Catcott’s first outing in well over a year is now just a few days’ ways. The railway has been set up with a view to giving it and up and under to hopefully ensure a hassle free experience for the public and for me.Jobs so far have been to tidy up the reeds along the front and to relay one of the fiddle yard sidings that had gone out of gauge due to me being too tight with the amount of copper clad used. Later this
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Ropley planning continues

Hi all.   Planning continues for the Ropley shed project. After seemingly looking at every photo of Ropley on the net, I noticed a few changes which were not included in the original plan drawn from Google Earth. The main alteration is the addition of the recently built (then subsequently rebuilt following fire) carriage & wagon shed and the extra line installed. The station loop also appears to have been extended at some point.   So, V2.0 of the plan has now been drawn up and looks so
TomE

TomE

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Summer Saturday Over Mendip!

nevard_110109_pines_DSC_20926_BW_web, originally uploaded by nevardmedia.   Acclaimed West Country snapper Ivan Locksmith with his Rollieflex and a roll Kodak Tri-X captured this photo of the Cleethorpes to Exeter pounding up the Mendip slopes near Masbury ably hauled by 40564 and 53809 in August 1959. On summer Saturdays Bath shed was frequently short of motive power, so a SDJR 7F heavy freight locomotive was often rostered on to assist over the Mendips and was always marshalled on the inside
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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