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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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Dave Holt's Blog

Point operation question

I'm working on the point operating mechanisms for the layout just now. In the connections from the Tortoise motors to the TOU's, I'm intending to fit omega loops or Z sections to allow for any over-travel of the motor output bar (I'm using the Exactoscale conversion units). Any suggestions about suitable wire gauge and approximate dimensions to be sufficiently flexible not to wreck the TOU/switch blade actuators but still hold the switch blades hard against the stock rails?   Cheers,   Dave.
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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Inspired by Botley - Closed

Some thoughts on Bridges

This post will make a lot more sense to those who have a copy of 'Bridges for Modellers' by L.V. Wood........   I've been spending some time today thinking about what to do with the 3 bridges on the layout.   For the bridge at the platform end I have decided to go with something very similar to the prototype at Botley, in having an arch bridge of brick construction with no wing walls. As with the prototype the gap between the inside of the arch and the edge of the platform will be quite tig
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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2ManySpams' Blog

Treneglos in Hornby Mag Year Book

Last week we had the proofs through from Mike Wild at Hornby Mag for the Treneglos article that will be appearing in their 2nd Year Book. He's done a nice job and found a few new photo angles on the old girl. Just had to submit some captions and a few minor corrections. Now all that's left is waiting for publication!   October update: I've just spotted the first adverts for the 2nd Hornby Yearbookand it looks like Treneglos will be in pride of place on the cover. The blurb on the Ian Allan we
2ManySpams

2ManySpams

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DRAG TT2 progress

Superelevation strips

You can see the 'run out' of the Tillig superelevation strip. It starts at a point halfway along the transition curve and works very well in high speed 'push along' mode! If you are going to try this, when gluing the track to the strip with PVA glue (plenty needed), a lot of weight will be needed during the drying time, as the inner edge has a tendancy to lift if you don't!   Meanwhile a few more snaps of progress. More edging fitted and painting.
Re6/6

Re6/6

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coombe junction - moorswater

coombe junction - Backscene 2

Update - a little progress last night with board 3 as I have now laid the cork sheet below the trackbed. Unfortunately I cannot lay the track as am awaiting delivery of a new soldering iron and solder from the UK - giving myself the benefit of the doubt, I am guessing my soldering started to deteriorate from poor to absolutely shocking, possibly due to the only solder that I can find here was probably meant for joining water pipes together <img src='http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/public/sty
bcnPete

bcnPete

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RJRs Branch Lines

Introducing the 45mm garden Railway

Having gone to the trouble of indexing my blog I discovered I had no entries for the garden section of the empire. So decided it was about time the big stuff got a starting post. As the weather has got colder and wetter it is far to say the garden has really taken a back burner in the priority list, but during the summer it was the only thing on the list !!   I have always liked the idea of using the garden, my return to model railways was with an On30 garden line, which became a OO garden lin
johnteal

johnteal

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Ramblings from the Man Cave

Beginning with baseboards and a bit of history

I planned to model a larger station on the line, but did not want to compress any of the track plan so settling for one of the smaller stations (although one with plenty of goods traffic) made for a much better option. The only wall longer than 10' in our house is in the living room and that is out of bounds for model trains. On top of this I have a small car, and if the layout was going to be portable then it had to be compact.   I took the track plan from a map in a book and increased the si
richbrummitt

richbrummitt

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Ramblings from the Man Cave

An introduction

I thought best to introduce what is to follow.   I intend to keep the thread up to date with what is happening across my workbench (wherever that is in house or garden) but the primary reason for getting on with it now was to allow others to see how my layout Littlemore* is progressing towards that ever closer date in June when the 2mm Scale Association is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary in Oxford with a 2 day expo.   I have kept a record of my completed (or near completed) rolling stock
richbrummitt

richbrummitt

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Fen End Pit's Blog

Bradwell Brake

One of the most enjoyable bits of stock construction over the last year was this Dave Bradwell Brakevan chassis kit. Paired with the body of an airfix/Dapol kit I was very pleased with the result. The chassis kit is ??16 and was very well designed and etched. The etch looked fiendish at first glance but I found the step-by-step instructions very good. While it took a lot of time and concentration to put together it was extremely satisfying.     I suspect there might be a Dave Bradwell J39 c
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Fen End Pit's Blog

Empire Goods Warehouse

I've started another substantial building on the layout, this time it is the railway owned goods warehouse. The idea is that this is a building with the track at viaduct level and a road entrance at ground level. The upper floors being used for storage. Construction is based around the use of Scalescenes brick paper and arches together with Brassmaster's etched windows.     Please let me know what you think. I'm wondering if I can find a way to write 'Great Eastern Railway' in the brick wor
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Class 03 Update

With a new computer to get to know, modelling's taken a bit of a back seat. Until now that is.   I've been flush glazing the 03, adding a new horn (!) transfers etc and getting things pretty much ready for the final weathering. Just the AJ's to fit and lamp lenses to add from epoxy or PVA. Photos attached now that I've sussed the down load on the mac (which I have to say is being an absolute pleasure - I can see why people love them so much). Not pictured are a couple of Grampuses (Grampii?) w
ullypug

ullypug

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NickL2008's Blog

73118 progression and a look back

73118 has progressed well its hard to beleive that the year will be over now in just over half a month! I think 2009 has been a good year for models for me, the introduction of some models has been quite pleasing!   my old workbench thread is here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24431&p=497015&hilit=+158757#p497015 to show that im not a three model wonder its hard to beleive my detailing work wasnt as good as it is now; compare the pictures of 73107, to 73118
NickL2008

NickL2008

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Grahame's dining room table

Farish class 47

Having read on another forum of an increasing number of the new class 47s failing and having to be returned I quickly got out my three recent purchases for a full running-in session and more thorough check up. Previously I had really only unpacked them for a quick look and photo call and a once around a test track circuit. However, they are now running around and around a small test track to run them in and fortunatelly all three 47s (and a new class 24) seem to have performed pretty well straig
grahame

grahame

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Redgate's Modelling

Golden Arrow Crosti - Back in Black

Whohoo! apart from shed and numberplates it's about done. Still need to add coal, take a little off the tender weight to get the body to sit right down and the power wires betwixt loco and tender need re-soldering but basically it's ready for weathering     The loco will have an extensive photoshoot before hand-over to it's owner, I'll post some here
RedgateModels

RedgateModels

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Our 2010 Challenge Layout

Let the Games Begin!

Hello Folks,   Just by way of a quick update, I've got all three boards now cut and prepared, I've covered them in a couple of coats of PVA to seal the MDF tops and edges, and I've marked out the fiddle yard "barrier" line. And i've dared to join two of the 3 boards together!   Now, in conjunction with the post about Carlisle station in the Prototyping thread, time to start squeezing it all in
Graham Kendall

Graham Kendall

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

Surely not a GWR Loco?

I'm afraid it is. A very nice one at that, NRM's City of Truro to be precise and no I'm not going to weather it!!! First impressions are that she certainly has as presence about her and looks stunning in her GWR livery. A bit surprising to see that she's not fitted with sprung buffers and a slightly naff looking coal load, but it doesn't detract from a superb model.     Still got to add the details to her and give her a good run in, she'll keep me amused until the other-half finally gets he
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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clarkea1's Blog

More progress on the industrial 3F and a Thomas Hill Vanguard

I've pretty much finished the main work on the 3F now. In the photos taken of it in industrial use, you can still see the BR smokebox number and the overhead line warning flashes, so these have been added using Fox transfers. This was my first time using the Fox transfers, and I must say how impressed I am - you can barely make out any carrier film and the detail is excellent. The only downside was having to buy a whole sheet of 100 or so smokebox numbers of which I wanted just one! I have a
clarkea1

clarkea1

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Inspired by Botley - Closed

No progress, but more thinking...

Everything is still going very slowly with the layout, again mostly down to the fact that I wont pay over the top postage just to buy a single jar of flux..... End result - I cant do any track laying.....   I have made a start on building the bufferstop for the branch platform, using an old mainly trains brass kit. So far I have binned the majority of it leaving me with the two sides, along with a left over length of bullhead rail. This said the side castings are still rather crude, so im get
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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Red Baron's Blog

RBML a few more pics...

yes i know the track work is shonky... it is just "plonked" to get general "idea of what will be... my next "event" will eb be building my own platforms to replace the old Hornby items... which given I have the modelling skills of a 1 legged cat will be interesting.  
Red Baron

Red Baron

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Red Baron's Blog

RBML - Ribble Bank Main Line

RBML   24 ft x 12 ft Attic based roundy roundy.   DCC : Hornby Elite.   Approx era / region : mostly sectorisation / private odd "heratige workings" area best defined as UK though strange mix of NSE / WCML / S+C pervades.   boards layed in 1990.   dormant mess for too long so Dad and myself decided to JFDI and get it sorted - as young neice is showing an interest in trains so it would be rude not to encourage her.
Red Baron

Red Baron

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