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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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lancer1027's Blog

O gauge workbench- PZ Signal Box

The first pic is 80thou plasticard marked and cut to size     The next few pics are of various state of the build. Please excuse the quality of pics i'm not that good with a camara.               I hope to do some more work later , including taking some pics. PS if anyone has any interior pics that you could share it would be much appreciated.   Rob
lancer1027

lancer1027

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Sandhills' 2010 Challenge Blog

Taking the plunge with a test run !

Put together the last of the 5 structures last night & this morning but then I faced a bit of a dilemma ?   Do I place and fix all the structures then build the scenary around them or do I try and put the scenary around the footprints of the buildings then place them at the end.   After much debating I decided on the first option and spent this morning sticking everything down !   I realise working in tight spots and around the buildings isnt going to be easy but this is a challenge an
Sandhills

Sandhills

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

Current State of Play

Well Christmas has been and gone and here is an update of sorts:   City Of Truro   Virtually all of the detail parts have been fitted as have the etched plates.     It's currently being run in on my layout.   30865 Sir John Hawkins   Finish and filthy     T9 30718   Should have some numbers & crests on to go with it's etched numberplate, then it will have a trip to the paintshop or maybe prior to that.   34014 Budleigh Salterton   Bionic Bulleid has been rebuilt, just
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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bmthtrains' N gauge projects

Bothersome Trains!

Well my replacement Dapol 156 arrived over Christmas, so I have been running it in today, and so far so good - but then the last one started okay and went nuts shortly after! The 67 however, I am giving up on - I am no mechanic, and whatever is wrong with it is probably easily fixable if you know how, but as I don't its incredibly frustrating. I've taken the body off and guessing the pick ups aren't working right, have bend the strips downwards so they make better contact, and its improved sligh
bmthtrains - David

bmthtrains - David

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RJRs Branch Lines

Website Update

Just as an aside to the modelling updates I have made a start on updating my website for the new year ! It is still a work in progress but I aim to get it complete by the end of 2009 !!   It can be found here (www.rjrmodels.webs.com)   John
johnteal

johnteal

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Chris's Blog - 4mm Weathering & Detailing.

Freightliner HHA

Knowing that I've got a box full of stock to weather, I thought I would fill an hour or 2 weathering a Bachmann Freightliner HHA. Background reading was in the form of Nigel Burkins book on modifying 4mm scale wagons- which produced some prototype photos to work from.   To start off with I mixed some Matt Black and some Varnish on a scrap CD case with a hint of MIG Black Smoke added in to the mix and applied lightly with a cotton bud and sponge at first to build up the base layer on the bodys
Chris56057

Chris56057

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The Fatadder's Modern Workbench

Class 59s - A Start on the research

This thread is going to detail the work on my Class 59 fleet, this is split into two periods: locos for 1998 and for 2003. Along with some links to some prototype photos   1998: 59001# - Revised Foster Yeoman http://tcrailwaycollection.fotopic.net/p51427951.html   59004 - Original Foster Yeoman (with pre 98 OHLE flashes) http://tcrailwaycollection.fotopic.net/p51427956.html   59001* - Revised ARC http://seawallthrash.fotopic.net/p1021355.html     59102* - Original ARC pre '98 OHLE
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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Somercombe

Upgrading my ED

Before I took the chassis over for milling I gave it a quick test run. All working fine . Buffer beams and detailing are now fixed to the body. Still trying to work out the best way for fixing the body to the chassis, but this is a minor worry. A later job will be to fit etched grills and wire handrails. Anyone know if Shawplan do them, I can't find any conversion kits on their website, the fittings page was last updated on 24 February 2004 .   I have now found what I need at M.G.Sharp. A1 mod
JZ

JZ

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Calle de la Coronacion

Calle de la Coronacion A CRM On30 Module

I have been given a part built Module that a member OF CRM now does not have time to finish here are some pics                 Behind the coaches is a strip of land that i am thinking of putting a row of timber building on If anyone has any ideas as to what else i can do to it please say    
mozzer models

mozzer models

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RJRs Branch Lines

Orange Growers trucks

Had some modeling time today so concentrated on getting some details on the Orange Growers Module. With an exhibition now less than a month away I need to !!!   First off the space at the front. I really want to keep an open looking feel so low detail was the plan.   A Corgi pickup truck was called into action. Some heavy weathering. Additional details in the back and some home made pallets to give this...               Finally the old Ford at the back has had some weathe
johnteal

johnteal

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barrowroad's Blog

Sand Dryer front elevation

More progress this afternoon with the front elevation of the sand dryer now complete. There are two 'I' girders above the window which I chose to fabricate from two pieces of brass section soldered together. The larger girder was cut and shaped from a piece of 4mm square section brass tube whilst the smaller one was cut from 3mm wide channel section.   Once finished the construction followed that of the end wall posted yesterday, with the only additional work required being the forming of the
barrowroad

barrowroad

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Sunday on Leipzig's rails

Well, today we were having beautiful weather again, and I made good use of it . So, without much preamble - here's what I got:       While stopping by at Central Station I first captured 101 058 while she was shunting in to collect her InterCity.         I then rode out to Miltitz at the western end of tram lines 8 and 15. While there, I snapped NGT12 car 1214 "Lyon" taking a break on the outer track of the reversing loop before heading back to Meusdorf on line 15.         O
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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Doveston Works

Viva la Digital Revolution

Evening all,   I got my E-Z Command replaced today and I LOVE IT Likewise, I've replaced the Hornby Decoders with Bachmann ones (which are cheaper and at least work with the system).   I only have one picture at the moment of my little DCC test set but it does the job. I've managed to chip the following:   Peppercorn A1 No.60163 Tornado BR Class 50 No. 50013 Agincourt GWR Grange Class No.6818 Hardwick Grange BR Standard 4 No.80136   I'm also running it with the standard Bachmann DC
trainfan

trainfan

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Pugsley's Workbench

The time consuming bit and project creep

There are probably more time consuming bits to come but doing the detailing bits is going to be the most time consuming part of the whole project, it certainly has been in the case of the DTS I've been focusing on today, even more time consuming than removing all the raised detail!     The first pic is here to highlight just how much of a difference the windows make. Admittedly it is additional expense on top of a rather expensive kit, but the difference is amazing - they really transform
Pugsley

Pugsley

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Hythe Parkway Blog

Hythe Parkway - Cassettes

Hi Guys,   Just popped down to Homebase to get some wood for the cassettes for the new fiddle yard.   We also got in got into 7cm wide strips to form the cassettes, perfectly Straight. I took 5 minutes for them to cut when It would of taken us a hour (and we wouldn't get it straight! ). We are going to cut it down into the lengths we need! Plus we got some Aluminum angle for the sides   Here's a plan for the cassettes:     Comments welcome!   Simon
St. Simon

St. Simon

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Seasons Greetings

Hope Santa brought you all what you wanted. I was fortunate in that he brought me the new Lightmoor Press book about the Cheddar Valley and East Somerset line aka the Strawberry Line. A thoroughly recommended read. It has rekindled my interest in a long held ambition to build a layout of one of the stations on the Cheddar Valley, mainly because they're so close to home. As I've muttered before, I very nearly built Congresbury with the junction for the Wrington Vale Light Rly before I eventually
ullypug

ullypug

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The Fatadder's Modern Workbench

66705 and 57008 Varnishing

Still failing to update the previous post on my 66s with a photo of the remaining locos, but I've been working on 66705 again. As previously mentioned I had noticed that the flag transfer had started to lift, in order to fix this I started by running a thumb nail down each of the grooves to force the transfer back into place before giving the whole loco a coat of matt varnish. On past performance the varnish will now take a couple of days to dry before I can put it back together again. The end r
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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43179's workbench

Vitrains class 47

Goodafternoon - Just before christmas i treated myself to (another) Vitrains 47 - as my loca shop had them on special offer - so it was hard to resist. I came away this time with the RES version. I decided not to change the name or number , and finish off the loco with as many of the supplied Vitrains bits as possible , rather than changing them for other parts - in order to get my moneys worth, and to see just what results you get from vitrains - I have lots of vitrains 47s already but they
43179

43179

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Coombe Barton

And at last we get started - stock building.

Stock Building   Well, I've been buying, now all I have to do is build it.   Partially completed, left over from the last time I was modelling, are a Churchward 45xx, and a 14xx on a Perseverance chassis, and complete (00) Mainline 57xx and 2251 Collett goods. eBay has provided me with another 14xx body and bits, eBay also provided me with another Airfix autocoach. I can now build both an A30 and an A28 version. At Warley from Dart Castings I collected a Frogmore AA3 brake van.   The 57xx
Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

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Sandhills' 2010 Challenge Blog

6 down & 33 to go !

Late night session at the workbench last night saw the first 6 Redland PGA's weathered to a grubby state.     Time wise on the board the wagons would have been very close to the overhauls that saw them painted white & rebranded with the LaFarge logo so thats my excuse for the distressed Redland look !!     Not seen any ballast loads for PGA's before so going to have a crack at filling the inside on some examples with packing, then a layer of fresh grey stone on the top.     9
Sandhills

Sandhills

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    • Keith Addenbrooke
      Episode 8: Am I 'brave' enough?

      By Keith Addenbrooke · Posted

      For anyone interested in seeing how the Ontario layout in the Pilentum video linked into the blog post was built, there's a thread here on a Benelux modelling Forum (in Dutch).  Build photos reveal how the layout goes together, as @AndyB highlights.  Very informative.   I have no connection with the builder, or with Beneluxspoor.net - everything I've linked to is in the public domain, Keith.  
    • Erudhalion
      GRC&W 10T End Door Wagons - A Typology

      By Erudhalion · Posted

      Unfortunately I don't have my copies of the S&W books by Ian Pope et al. at hand, only the scans I made of the wagon photos, mainly from vol.1 and 2. Luckily, many are dated GRC&W works pics, most from about 1890 to the mid 1910s, so presumably the 10t and 12t wagons were the newer kind being produced. There must have been many older, smaller wagons in use at the time, as the photos of Lydney yard in (I think) 1908 at the beginning of vol. 5 show what appear to me mostly 8t mineral wagon
    • MikeOxon
      GRC&W 10T End Door Wagons - A Typology

      By MikeOxon · Posted

      Noting that you "have been building stock appropriate for the Forest of Dean in the early '20s.", I am interest to see that the use of larger wagons persisted in the area from much earlier Broad Gauge (BG) Days.    In my own blog,  I have written about BG wagons built for carrying both coal and pig iron down through the Haie Tunnel to the dock at Bullo Pill.  Ian Pope et al quote an incident from 1863, when a train of 70 wagons broke free and led to a ‘pile up’, said to be 15 wagons hi
    • Keith Addenbrooke
      Episode 8: Am I 'brave' enough?

      By Keith Addenbrooke · Posted

      Thanks Andy, some good pointers as always.  I think the picture in my blog post of the abbreviated mainline DB train illustrates your point about train length very well.  Fortunately I also have a couple of railcars:   Epoche I:       and Epoche III / IV:     As for goods or freight trains, this is only 20" long in OO and could be used to generate ideas too:       I do need to give some further thought
    • Keith Addenbrooke
      Episode 8: Am I 'brave' enough?

      By Keith Addenbrooke · Posted

      Thanks Mark, re-reading my old stuff reminds me that you suggested I try building a photo plank back then - looks like it could still happen, Keith:    

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