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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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Andel's Blog

Station Building

I have a bit of a problem in that I want a modern looking building but with very few buildings being available outside of engine sheds or "print yourself", I've made this:       The idea is simple - a 3 sided box with a lid, a window and set of glass doors. I've also added some supporting girders and some taller girders for a sloped roof that I'll be putting on top later this week.   The last thing will be I'll paint the roof a dark black and perhaps a second grey coat on the walls.
Andel

Andel

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leopard1299's Blog

9f up date & garrett & z class!

well folks its been busy here again no news on the garrett yet as its sat in the box awaitting work! and the Z class is currently a chassis only while I wait for chris at golden arrow to work his magic dark art of casting! although ive been building or I should say repairing a rebuilt crosti 9f that i got from chris! anyway its nearly there so took a quick pic! more news soon. cheers all ian.
leopard1299

leopard1299

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RJRs Branch Lines

Guards van

No pictures I am afraid, but last night I started a new guards van. Based on the design of the 2 box vans I all ready have, but with a veranda at one end.   Perhaps someone can help me out and enlighten me as to which side a red warning lamp should be displayed. Would it be on the left / right or in the middle ?   John
johnteal

johnteal

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Gloucester Road's Blog

New street - Flats

Decided to go with the Scalescenes Low Relief Flats to fill in the hole above New Street. Feels more urban altready   The empty hole   streets and flats   Cut windows and pavement   Roughed in walls and elevators     compare these two pictures and it does seem a bit more urban   vs
Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road

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Adventures in N-gauge

IHA progress

Yes, just ten short weeks have passed since I started this blog and already I've made some progress! Go Me! High fives all round!   In truth, I did virtually no modelling at all for the first half of that period. Real life came crashing in in the shape of a family bereavement which took up all my time and didn't really leave me in the mood for wresting with tiny shards of styrene in what little spare time I did have. In the last few weeks, though, things have been getting back to normal and I'
Jim Martin

Jim Martin

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buffalo's layouts

Two steps backwards

Little to report on Loose Ends other than problems. The warping that was apparent when track laying began on the embankment module has become worse, so I will have to cut out the trackbed and replace it. Looking at the station yard module, which has sat on the shelf since the cork trackbed was glued down, reveals the source of the problem:     Cork + PVA + foam board doesn't work. Though all appeared well after initial drying of the PVA, subsequent curing of the glue and/or contraction of t
buffalo

buffalo

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Somercombe

More beer please !

Rest day today and some more work done to the brewery. The main structure now has floors and windows. Decided to add a few bits and pieces to the outside of the buildings.   As you can see from the second picture, I have bricked up a few windows to add a little more interest to it.   Another little job done today was to finish this. Bashed from a Bachmann Junior loco. New chimney, safety valves, handrails and buffers. Originally I bought this to test decoders prior to cutting the plu
JZ

JZ

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shanks522's Blog

Slow progress.

Evening all, Having little or no time to work on the layout at moment is getting quite frustrating and when i do eventually get to do some i seem to get absolutely nowhere, however, last few days i have managed to do some small jobs. First off was the ballasting on the Lower main lines with associated greenery, all that remains to do is weather the track and sort the over head wires, (think i'l wait till i'm feeling more patient). Second job was to ballast the inside of the mail terminal and l
shanks522

shanks522

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DRAG TT2 progress

The golden spike (a bit rusty)

At DRAG last night we were able to see the full track laid for the first time, thanks to excellent work by John (Re6/6), and Pete had done some of the wiring looms so we could dispense with some of the twisty wires. Only one P4 and the 00 track powered up as yet, but we did have a kind of golden spike ceremony - on the left is an old Trix Standard 5 converted to P4 by the late Nigel Hunt, and on the right some GWR thing (whose pony truck seems to have run over the golden spike and fallen off )
10800

10800

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Redgate's Modelling

Project 2010 - The Frames

Thanks to Ramrig for the loan of a tender drive brit (so the frames I make will fit the Hornby body) I now have a "comic" for the 2-8-2 frames.     It's a hybrid of 3 different sources, the Hornby Brit chassis, the original cox drawing of the 2-8-2 and Comet's Brit frames for the better front end and cylinder mountings.   Plan is to tidy it up and glue a copy to some PCB material and cut out 3 sets, drilling the pilot holes for the axles in one go to provide a jig (the 3rd copy) for the c
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Smallbridge

Tigh Charrann - I fell in Love.

Well if you haven't cottoned on by now, I have a new love in my life. I couldn't help myself.   This is the story anyway. I was helping out at Churchrail on Saturday, and after a really enjoyable stint operating Summat Colliery, and then relieving the gentleman of Highley Unlikely for a while, the guys at Castle Trains had bought with them a Shiny New Bachmann Blue Grey 4CEP. To say I was seduced is an understatement, before I knew I had whipped out the Debit Card, and purchased the unit. Aft
wollastonblue

wollastonblue

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Summat Colliery

Churchrail Report

Well, the first exhibition of the season went really well. Thanks to Mark and crew for an excellent show which raised a good sum for the school so I'm told.   Summat behaved itself really well considering it hadn't come out from under the desk since Wycrail last year. Had the odd electrical gremlin (interboard jumper wire loose in choclate block connector) and one point microswitch was a bit reluctant to throw fully resulting in a couple of shorts in running.   Harry and #49 performed really
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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The British Railway Stories

Updates - Um...

Okay, so in essence I have planned a lot of updates (see last post) but very little has been done. In fact I am still making my way through fixing the posts in this blog which were damaged in the site move (typing has gone wacko in some posts). That said, I am hugely grateful the majority of it is still in one piece, so kudos to Andy and the Mods for a job well done - if the least I have to do is re-type a few words in each article, I am a happy bunny indeed!   I have a dissertation due at the
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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The Saltney Railway

Saltney, Walls,signals, and other bits.

In our banker siding, Steve has provided a little coaling facility to feed the bunkers and tenders of the busy bank engines. Another ex Talacre signal has been re-furbed and positioned at the LM jc; this is now the home signal coming off the incline from the GW station. More retaining wall has had its lumpy stone added ready for painting and the yard at the LM station now has a cobbled area. Steve has left a space that might as well have a big arrow with flashing lights that says "The good
Jon Fitness

Jon Fitness

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Copley Hill Works

Storm in a teacup!

The above model was my first airbrushing attempt, way back in the November of 2008, on the old RMweb. A few comments were made from an Equine member regarding the thickness and I made no attempt to disguise the fact it was a little...thick.   Okay, a LOT thick. However that being said, I had done a lot of modifications to the model, and mixed the paint colour myself. Transfers were applied, and I even detailed the cab interior and the tender. It was my first real conversion, first air brushing
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Meadow Lane, MSC Railway in P4

Exciting parcels and burnt fingers!

After placing an order about a month ago a lovely little white box was waiting for me when I got home today.   Yes at last my Judith Edge 230hp Sentinel kit has arrived. 4 weeks seems a long time, but not when you consider Charlie at DC Kits kindly ordered a P4 Black Beetle especially for me for this project.     So after pulling out the etches, the Black Beetle and the instructions I was itching to start - but reigned in my enthusiasm. First things first I checked the contents (good job
James Hilton

James Hilton

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Rose Hill, Marple in P4

First signs of spring as progress thaws?

Progress may well have slowed, but it has not stopped.   With cold weather stopping me from working on the baseboard or spraying the Pacer work has dramatically slowed on my Rose Hill project. There are some signs of life though as the station building has begun to change from primer grey to weathered brick.     I'm pleased so far - and hope to be able to show you more in a few weeks. The plan is to finish the basic colouring before adding the building fine detail - that way the brick col
James Hilton

James Hilton

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Mattington - 4mm Scale Layout

Oh no not painting!

I think the worse job on a model railway is painting - I really do not like it as it can be quite tedious at times. I have been driven out of the Mattington room by the paint smell and as I have had to use a fair bit of paint thinners it absolutly reeks in there. Just finshed doing some rust on some of the shed roofs and for a first effort I think it has come out fairly well.   Some photos of the layout that I took earlier attached
MattB

MattB

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