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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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Nile_Griffith's Mk 3 Shunter Blog

Bogies!

The only really serious bit of modelling is converting the bogies from being that of a 158 to those found on a Mk3.   Being particularly experienced in contemplating my navel. Spending time contemplating the make up of the bogies and routes to a final result where a piece of cake. making my mind up on the final process was a different matter altogether.   But in a condensed form...... This is what I did   Firstly the 158 wheels are too small. So a bag of Bach'y coach wheels where purchased
Nile_Griffith

Nile_Griffith

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Nile_Griffith's Mk 3 Shunter Blog

Theirs a box of bits on the table

Right! back to that thing.   The reason for this blog is a small hope that it might provide the necessary push to those who like me......... have steered clear of some of the more varieties of plastic surgery, done with apparent ease, by some of the modellers on here.   Give me some bit's of wire and a bit of electrical current to tame and guide into certain devices and components and I'm as happy as a taxman in April!   But I have to admit to a degree of trepidation when it comes to fettl
Nile_Griffith

Nile_Griffith

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Nile_Griffith's Mk 3 Shunter Blog

I have an idea born out of frustration.

OK now here's a thing. Not a big thing, but a thing non the less (I'll Kill bloody Uma Thurman).   One of my particular pet hates are model Loco motors that in operation sound like they are just slowly grinding themselves to death, or at best could be described as sounding like a manic "Kenwood Chef" hell bent on self destruction. Audible noise seems to be directly proportional to lack of motive power in those models whose noise level exceeds a calm murmur it would seem. I can cope with a slig
Nile_Griffith

Nile_Griffith

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Ramblings from the Man Cave

Leg Problems No More. Stability Success

I now have the legs complete with stays and locking pins and I've had a clearout to allow the 'layout' to be installed in it's displayed state within the hobby room for work on the track and scenics. All the legs have adjustable feet on now too to compensate for uneven floors and my inability to cut eight legs to precisely the same length!   I fitted a lower brace to the outer legs, improving stability, that meant the cassette ends had to be shortened a little. This was carefully calculated th
richbrummitt

richbrummitt

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Trains in spring

On my way back from the doctor I shot two quick photos just outside Bad Soden Station ...       ...first of HLB (Hessische Landesbahn) DMU VT 205 or 648 405 working the 83562 service to Frankfurt-Höchst - travel time on this line is just 9 minutes. The 648 is an Alstom LINT 41 type unit.         The S3 line has been equipped with class 423 EMUs this past weekend - meaning that the older 420s will largely be restricted to the S7, S8 and S9 lines until the current franchise for the
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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Highworth

Garden path and garage door!

For most of the time I've been building Highworth I was accessing the garage through the main "up and over" door. As the railway was pretty much circular this meant that to get to the freezer we all needed to limbo under two baseboards then do the return journey clutching frozen food! Not ideal, but it kept us fit.   The major disadvantage was that whenever I was working on the layout it was exposed to the elements. That made it almost impossible to do anything through the winter months.  
AndyB

AndyB

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AllScales' Gerlos Blog

Sticking point not stuck...

Some good news... Fiddling about with the point last night, I noticed that if I made the point motor move the point then it does work! So it should just be a case of taking that off the board and drilling the hole out a bit to make it work both ways.
AllScales

AllScales

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leopard1299's Blog

9f bashing update!

well folks had some time this afternoon to bash ahead with a little more work on the rebuilt crosti 9f! got the front t plate in and smokebox hand rail then found id run out of the right size wire! so off to hunt round the shed and found some that may do the trick so will see how it turns out over the next few days! so just had a few spare mins to take a few pics so here you go!    
leopard1299

leopard1299

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Fen End Pit's Blog

Class 15 - sticking little bits on!

I've spent the evening fitting the various pipes to the buffer beam on the Class 15. Quite fiddly, but worthwhile. Having thinned down the sandboxes they are on too. I've opted for a freight headcode and think adding the disks to the nose really brings the loco to life.   Now I must get around to ordering a chip, but every time I think about it during the day somebody asks me to do something at work!     I think I'm going to trim back the coupling holder to fit an Alex Jackson hook in. It
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Meadow Lane, MSC Railway in P4

I made this... Sentinel chassis 'finished'

As you'll be aware Meadow Lane is about firsts for me - so including P4, track building and fully scratchbuilt buildings I'm also trying to build my own etched brass kit.   I've shown you guys the early progress but wanted to get a bit further before I posted anything else. I'm now in a position where the chassis is 'finished' for now - it's taken about 10 or so hours for me to get this far over a month or so and I can honestly say I'm chuffed to bits. To be honest it's one of the only things
James Hilton

James Hilton

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vulcanbomber's Blog

Gasworks

With the changes to the layout I had a space to fill at the far end under the window. Then I read "Gas Lane" article in the Hornby Magazine Nov 2009. So this is my take on it     The shed holding the purifier and washer is scratch built and I'm awaiting bits to finish the roof   View of the retort house with it's coal pile, which took ages to get right, I'm still in the process of the building the coke stage         Very much work in progress as you can see   Will write up
vulcanbomber

vulcanbomber

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Cul Uisge - Kyle in 4 feet - 4mm/OO

Cul Uisge - Kyle in 4 feet - Station Building 3

In response to requests to show progress on the station building, I thought I'd better get on with the station building   The window frames have now been fitted and look OK - not brilliant but I'll live with it. The glazing will be added once the building has been weathered.   The main roof structure is now in place as is the canopy structure. The roof will be covered with slate plasticard once I get some so for now I have painted it dark grey to see if I am on the right lines. The canopy
backwaterscotland

backwaterscotland

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Highworth

Highworth

This is my second layout in "00" since returning to the hobby. The first was a shunting plank which left little opportunity for sitting back and watching trains go "round and round".   So, my wife, seeing the problem, suggested I fill the whole garage with a model railway to suit. "Highworth" is the result - and is very much a work in progress.   Being in my mid-40s, BR Blue Era is my thing.   The basic plan is a compressed oval of track - it looks like double track, but isn't. Off the
AndyB

AndyB

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Grahame's dining room table

NSE class 47

Some slow progress on the painting of this loco. White upper bodyside stripe, orange cant rail line, logos, number, lettering, etc., still to be done;     Nothing much on the class 50, although that will be done in large loco livery - a lot easier than NSE And a bit more done this afternoon (but still the orange cant line to do, paint the door handles, front grips and hi-intensitry light lens, replace the cab handrails, re-assemble and weather........)     G.
grahame

grahame

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Killybegs' Blog

Bruckless Junction update

Spent the weekend back in the UK to take a trip on the Help for Heroes Steam Special so didn't get the ballasting of the depot tidied up until today. It didn't turn out too badly but looks a bit clean at the moment but that will be addressed in the future. Carriage sidings will be next, then I can get on with ballasting the running lines.
Killybegs

Killybegs

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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

OOn3 Ruston 48DS - n.g.footplate and body.

I've finally started soldering together the bodywork for the narrow gauge loco. The frame sides, bufferbeams and footplate are made from .016" brass to measurements taken from the Irchester loco. The frame is 12'9" long by 5' wide on the n.g. loco, the standard gauge loco has frames 11'4" long by 6'10" wide (measurements taken from the Chasewater loco). The cab and bonnet dimensions are the same on both locos, which are featured in my gallery. A scale rule proved very usefull when marking out th
halfwit

halfwit

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Stroudie's Blog

MoD Vans

Wanted to try and capture the MoD trains found around Didcot Yard, so made a start with three Bachmann VGAs...   More on my website, here  
Stroudie

Stroudie

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Stroudie's Blog

Colas Rail 57002

Modelling is a bit politically sensitive at the moment - I'm meant to be helping the Mrs getting the place ready for a house move - but she's away, so time to get a bit of sanity in the workshop!   Just finished DRS 57002. Colas branding from Precision Labels and replacement numbersets from Lancaster City Models....   More information on my website, here    
Stroudie

Stroudie

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vulcanbomber's Blog

Viaduct

I had a corner of the layout to fill, so i decided to build a viaduct on a curve.     Again as before it was built as a module in my garage and then moved into the house   The viaduct is built with a plywood shell and then covered in wills coarse stone sheets, with slater's plasticard for the arches   I've found that you can use a warm soldering iron to melt the coarse sheets on the joins to hid them       The watermill is from the wills craftsmaster kits    
vulcanbomber

vulcanbomber

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Grahame's dining room table

Track for the London Bridge project

For my London Bridge project I’m obviously wanting to use the best looking N gauge track possible. And now I think I’ve finally decided on the way to go. For the plain track I’ll be using the 2mmSA Easitrack which is easy and quick to put together and has the benefits of;   * Being able to run my N gauge stock on it without any re-wheeling. * Concrete and wooden sleeper and flat-bottom and bull-head rail options available. * Has finer low profile height code 40 rail. * Has more accura
grahame

grahame

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'Heyside', 7mm Scale Layout, BR Late 50s/Early 60s

Warehouse End Rebuild

Hi   It's been a while since the last update, and, as ever, a lot is happening that is uninteresting - point motors, baseboard ends, rail alignment, wiring, DCC - but we have now started to redevelop the scenic side at the end that underwent the massive rebuild.   We managed to work out how to separate and incorporate some of Trevor's original buildings which we were unable to use as designed as we had to shorten the layout, but which we feel will fit in well and enhance the urban feel we a
dikitriki

dikitriki

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43179's workbench

Extreme class 50s again

Goodevening - heres that 50 with the big logo again - and infront of it is the second set of Extreme Etches - Brian really does spoil us! A complete new panel is provided for the roof grille, as the panel on the model is not positioned quite correctly, and neither is the big round hole in it! Also included is a new roof fan , with a lovely detailed hub the mesh - ive never seen anything like it not only does it have the weave etched into it , but also the 'wiggle' on all the stra
43179

43179

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