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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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Southleigh Heath Workbench

Things are beggining to come together

Since the completion of the Jaffa Cake 4-CEP, attention has turned to a more modern EMU of Kent persuasion to which end I have been accumulating Hornby Class 466 Networkers and bits thereof with a view of eventually producing a four car 465.   I know this has been done before by others and compared with the hackery that I had to employ for the 4-CEP should be at least a bit easier! Result of all this at the moment is that my test plank resembles BREL Derby works.   I had forgotten about how
John M Upton

John M Upton

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Midland Mainline

New Locomotive Centro 150/1 DMU

Today I purchased a Centro 150/1 2 Car DMU. This should fit in perfectly with the late 90s era i'm trying to recreate. It's also great because the Central Trains units were very common in the Midlands.  
Pembo

Pembo

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coombe junction - moorswater

coombe junction - moorswater - rotary dries cladding - I

Update - me again...but this time some modelling...rather than sketching ideas for the future.   Last night I started to clad the rotary dries building using some corrugated plasticard sheeting held in place with double sided tape and a wash of MEK along the bottom of the plastic. I want to try and make the building look, as it does in reality, slightly cobbled together as it clad in panels which have been patched over the years. I started buy cutting the plasticard into horizontal strips and
bcnPete

bcnPete

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Japanese Model Musings

Japanese Critters

Over the last few years a number of very small industrial shunters have appeared from Japanese manufacturers...many of which being generic enough to cover any country.   They usually come in two categories; small shunters and 'motorised chassis' with some generic body added. In the main they do not follow any particular prototype, which is useful if you are after a small industrial without the hassle of building kits.   They often get used as a very useful base for 009 models, and I have se
Claude_Dreyfus

Claude_Dreyfus

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The British Railway Stories

Episode 17X - "The Ghosts of Engines Past"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0dGzzIKWD0   My latest episode, finally complete. In the rush to get it out and onto the blog/website/facebook/twitter/etc...! I forgot the RMweb blog My apologies!   Anyway, see what you think. I've started editing the videos in iMovie, much easier than Movie Maker by far.   Until next time!
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Ultrasonic...

...is not the title of any electronic music album, but a keyword to describe this fellow:       Deutsche Bahn has two class 719 ultrasonic permanent way inspection trains in its inventory. This here is 719 001 (with the "B" car in front, which is numbered 719 501) which was delivered in 1975. This set is based on the class 614 regional DMUs, of which 42 sets were built between 1972 and 1975. The other set, 719 101, is a much different design by Plasser & Theurer which was built in 1996
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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barrowroad's Blog

Bristol Barrow Road - Lawrence Hill Junc Signal Box

A package form York Modelmaking dropped through the letter box yesterday containing the laser cut parts for Lawrence Hill Signal Junc signal box which stands at the entrance to the shed yard.   I need to familiarise myself with the kit of parts but hope to start the build over the next week.   The box opened in 1908 and a replacement 45 levr frame was put in in 1938 at the time the shed was modernised with the installation of the coaling plant and ash tower.   To wet your appetite here
barrowroad

barrowroad

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JaymzHatstand's Blog

Stock updates in 00 and 009

A quick (but rather visual) update on what I've been up to lately stock-wise...   Fisrt of all in 00;   Renumbered my Bachmann 03 to 03089 (a York machine) now awaiting weathering and a sutable runner truck   Parkside Grampus (unfitted) bought at Warley and already painted/decalled and just awaiting a load of ballast and some filth!   Parkside LNER Lowfit, found in my stash and built in an evening session, now awaiting BR paintjob   Parkside Coal Hopper, built and awaiting bo
JaymzHatstand

JaymzHatstand

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Japanese Model Musings

Introduction MA Rap:t 50000

This blog is a bit of an experiment to be honest. In the past I have posted occasional developments and releases from Japan that are either particularly striking, or either generic or useful enough to be of interest to those who do not model Japanese railways. The intention of this blog is to bring new developments and model to the attention of those that may be interested in a single location, as opposed to being scattered across the 'Overseas Modelling' section of the forum, where it may get m
Claude_Dreyfus

Claude_Dreyfus

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coombe junction - moorswater

coombe junction - moorswater - thumbs up from JV...and a little extra..

Update - Modelling work is continuing tonight on the dries with first attempts at cladding the rotary dries building - am hoping to continue tomorrow evening and will post some pics on progress. Meanwhile... I made brief mention last week that I had finally managed to track down author and railway photographer John Vaughan, whose knowledge and photographic record of cornish branch lines is vast and enviable. Having compiled a numer of books by John for reference purposes, particularly china cla
bcnPete

bcnPete

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macgeordie's Blog

LMS/BR Dynamometer car 3

I've finally managed to get somewhere with this project. I started it over a year ago but it has taken much longer than I expected. I decided to build Dynamometer car 3 after I completed the Brake coaches for the Mobile Test Unit train last year, here is a link to that workbench thread if anybody is interested. http://www.rmweb.co....t=29552&start=0   I had been using Dynamometer car 1 which was a Stevenson carriages kit, but later found a few pics showing DP1 and the Fell on the S&C u
macgeordie

macgeordie

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Mattington - 4mm Scale Layout

Double track done!

So finally there I was about 2 weeks ago, a double track model railway around the room - about time! :)I changed all the pointwork from streamline insulfrog to streamline electrofrog (livefrog) to remove the shortcircuiting problem I have been having with all Hornby engines but tbh I had to change the entire trackwork anyway. All points have point motors and microswitches operating the polarity changes   The station is nearly finished, I still have to do some tweaks to the brick courses at the
MattB

MattB

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Chris Nevard's Blog

Wallpaper for Wednesday

In the late summer of 1964 Ivatt Class 2 tank No. 41248 slows for Catcott Burtle with the 2pm service from Evercreech Junction to Highbridge. Note the gleaming ex-works Hawksworth brake composite passenger coach and the Southern Railway bogie parcels van for cheese, cider and another perishables.   The coach is my most recent item of rolling stock, and it will of course be weathered in due course. I intend to add a yellow band above the first class section. A single Hawksworth coach and a
Chris Nevard

Chris Nevard

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RJRs Branch Lines

Tug Boat

When you have a train barge ...     you really need a Push tug.. So out with the plasti-card my Dad had emailed me a site with lots of different types HERE             John    
johnteal

johnteal

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halfwit's Wondrous Wagons!

Parkside Dundas 16T Mineral

These four have been on my workbench for a couple of weeks now. They are the Parkside kit for a BR diagram 1/108 mineral wagon, slightly modified. A pic;     I've used MJT rocking w-irons to compensate, perhaps not necessary in EM but I felt like using them;     I had a problem with the first wagon that I built this way (on the left in the picture above) in that the w-irons were attached onto the wagon floor and when the solebars were offered up the bearing hole in the axlebox was too
halfwit

halfwit

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Highclere - 2mm Finescale

My Warley

Hello   I had the pleasure of helping out on Stephen Harris' 2mm FS layout Ynysarwed Sidings yesterday at the NEC / Warley show. In my eyes its probably the best 2mm / N layout around when it comes to the quality of the engines and rolling stock. Its one of my insperational layouts and I always feel honoured when Stephen askes me to help run it at shows.   I always enjoy going to Warley, I love talking to people there, both traders and fellow members. This year was a bit special as the 2mm
-missy-

-missy-

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halfwit's Wondrous Wagons!

Intro and converting a Bachmann 14ton tank to EM.

I thought I'd start another blog to cover my wagon building. I don't build many so don't expect regular updates. I prefer to kit build but I do occasionally convert a RTR wagon to EM, RTR wagons being horribly good and difficult to resist. Some of the content of this blog will be pretty basic to a lot of you I'm afraid but hopefully I'll post something of interest at some stage! I'm not a wagon expert or great modeller, if anyone has any constructive criticism I'd be interested to hear it.  
halfwit

halfwit

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

railjet!

Hello all!   On my way to the city this morning I was told that an ÖBB railjet formation is currently in Frankfurt for staff training as there will be weekendly railjet services from Frankfurt to Budapest via Stuttgart, Munich and Vienna from December onwards. I then proceeded to take a pair of snapshots across the fence...           Zooming in, the locomotive turned out to be 1116 229, which is one of the 2nd batch of 1116s refitted for railjet service. This batch of twenty locos was
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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Whitemarsh Yard

Railex 2010

We had a good show at the weekend, although operating Whitemarsh meant I didn't have much time to do anything else - quite a shock after showing roundy-roundy layouts the last couple of years.     First of all, let me offer thanks to my dad for operating Igelfeld and Tanis, and Micky for bringing us lunch on both days, and giving me a quick break from Whitemarsh to eat it. Also thanks to Kev and Rich for making trips to the coffee room on my behalf!    I was pretty panicky the week befor
Will Vale

Will Vale

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barrowroad's Blog

Bristol Barrow Road - Ash Disposal Pits - Update 2

I have been unable to attach any photos to my blog for the past few days - hence the lack of any recent update. It appears to have reverted to the original attachment format so I shall take the opportunity to add some photos of the latest progress.   These photos show my chosen method of fixing the panels to the top surface of the pit walls using brass screws. I am pleased with the result.     Here are a few shots of the panels in position in relation to the shed building.  
barrowroad

barrowroad

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Roding Reach

Cheap 'n' cheerful point control

I think it was the recent Model Rail which did a feature on N-gauge layout design.   Rule 1: No turnouts on bridges - there's nowhere to put the point motor.     Here's a work around. And it's cheap and seems reliable enough.   Components: Short length of plastic rod, 1 x track pin, 2 x cable tie stick feet. Elastoplast.   1. Drill a hole underneath the point in line with the tie bar. 2. Drop a track pin through the hole in the tie-bar. 3. Thread a plastic rod through the 2 stic
AndyB

AndyB

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Colwyn Bay Goods - 2mm Finescale

Colwyn Catch Up

Just a quick post to show the on going progress of the layout. All track work is currently in place and the 3 way installation is still on going. I'm quite happy with it so far, in comparison to the link below;   http://www.2d53.co.u...ynbay/s2378.jpg   (Thanks to Dave Plimmer www.2d53.co.uk)     Anyway, back to the grind stone...
Bryn

Bryn

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

      By MikeOxon · Posted

      FWIW I prefer two words: motor car   The English language is fickle and others might take a different view   Mike
    • ian
      Episode 1: Waiting for a Train

      By ian · Posted

      That's the beastie.
    • Keith Addenbrooke
      Episode 1: Waiting for a Train

      By Keith Addenbrooke · Posted

      Hi @ian, thanks for this.  My guess is you may be thinking of this one mentioned by @F-UnitMad and @2E Sub Shed in a recent thread of mine on American HO modelling (apparently almost two years ago!!!):     Operationally this is always a good way to get extra mileage from a plan with a continuous run (literally, if you want).  There was a lot to like about Chris' plan, he even ran short double deck Chicago commuter trains for a passenger service (the first time I'd come across the
    • ChrisN
      Edwardian motorcars (2): British Ford T Late 1912

      By ChrisN · Posted

      From Jimbo Wales big bag of trivia   This page Car - Wikipedia   and the following paragraph.   Etymology The English word car is believed to originate from Latin carrus/carrum "wheeled vehicle" or (via Old North French) Middle English carre "two-wheeled cart", both of which in turn derive from Gaulish karros "chariot".[20][21] It originally referred to any wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, such as a cart, carriage, or wagon.[22][23] "Motor car", attested from
    • ian
      Episode 1: Waiting for a Train

      By ian · Posted

      Either scheme workd well. Me being me I'd go for the two station approach on the basis of added play value.   Way back when Chris Ellis did an N scale project layout in Scale/Model Trains based on a CNW line.   The basic outline was like this:   Trains arrived on the layout from the FY/Ext (which was also the route to extend the layout in future if you wished) then travelled through station B to terminate at station A.   The cunning bit was that you

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