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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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Milford Dock

Milford Dock(the old pages)

Its not big,its not clever but it is Welsh!Now Milford Dock   by slow8dirty   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:51 pm   Hi all fairly new poster so go gentle, just worked out how to upload images so i thought id bore you all with a few ropey pics of my ropey N Gauge effort. Not a lot to see yet(currently working on point motors and isolations) would you believe this is the result of 15 months work! Only my secon
slow8dirty

slow8dirty

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Adam's part-time modelling

Birmingham Bedford: 2

The only modelling I have actually managed to do in the last few weeks comes in the form of completing and priming this Austin box van. The light wasn't really up to work in progress shots, not that a touch of filling and rubbing down makes impressive viewing! It does reveal my approach to priming/run down/undercoat however. With resin kits this is quite important as however good the castings are, the odd pinhole bubble is all but inevitable, so after a (very) thorough wash, a thin coat of grey
Adam

Adam

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D400's Modern Image Workbench

Old RMWeb Page 2

OMMIWB: Nose Jobs!   by D400   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:28 pm   Just a quick update - I have tracked down some Shawplan steps so hopefully it will be properly "finished" very soon. Also, although I have used etched plates, John Peck at Precision Labels has completed a full D400 set including metallic finish builders, leasing and RAIL magazine plates. If your interested in set contact John at http://www.pr
D400

D400

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4mm/00 Falcon Brass ROD 30xx GWR Top Feed Variant.

4mm/00 Falcon Brass ROD, building the firebox.

Well the house is coming along but we currently don't have a roof as the roofers are unable to start re slating due to the weather so we only have a draughty piece of green felt covering the roof. Even with all the disruption as well as working on the house my self in the evenings I'm still making time to work on the ROD.   The firebox took a bit of work but really wasn't difficult and with a bit of patience went together OK. The first picture shows the firebox wrapper and the two formers, t
5XP

5XP

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D400's Modern Image Workbench

Old RMWeb Page 1

OMMIWB: Nose Jobs!   by D400   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:08 pm   Okay first a confession,   Despite being a steam era modeller all my life, I have to say I developed an increasing interest in ??????????¬?…???Modern Image??????????¬?‚?? traction and scene over the last few years ??????????¬???‚¬?“ particularly the sectorisation era from 1987 to 1994 ??????????¬???‚¬?“ although I??????????¬???????m not sure
D400

D400

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Journal of a modelling philanderer

Barclay rods done. Much swearing and breaking of tiny drills.

I finally completed the coupling and connecting rods for the 7mm Barclay tank which I am attempting to complete. The history of this loco was that it was purchased on this forum as part of a job lot which comprised of the Barclay, some Peco track, a Marcway point, two Slaters wagons and a Connoisseur NE 4 wheel brake (all 7mm). The kits have all been started, but I think that the person in question (no longer on this forum I believe) perhaps decided that it was all a bit much for him and gave up
PhilH

PhilH

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OO Microlayout - "WOLDS-END"

Warehouse and frog switching

Well, progress has been a little slow, but needed to adapt the Scalescenes warehouse a little, the complete structure is now built and on the layout. This needed to be built first so I could work out where the track would need to be placed to go into it.   I have left the back of the warehouse as blank card on the outside but on the inside have finished it off, this is so that when you look through thr front of it you can see the back wall as block work.   In reality there is a great hole
traction

traction

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Dikitriki's 7mm Scale Workbench

7mm Scale Aspinall Saddle Tank, Basic Build

Hi   I've had a little time between the layout work to progress the Aspinall saddle tank, aided by the 2 days demonstrating at the BRM show in Peterborough, and took some photos this morning in the decent light.   The first one shows the basic chassis, milled frames and rods, and general battleship construction. I'm not compensating or springing this one.     The next three show some details on the chassis - Laurie Griffin brake hangers, shoes and spreaders, and Warren Shephard springs.
dikitriki

dikitriki

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Worsdell forever's Layouts

WagRep (Teesside) Ltd

WagRep (Teesside) Ltd.   N Gauge ??“ Privatisation. This is my first attempt at both N gauge and modern traction. The main reason for building the layout was that a large retailer was selling Dapol Freightliner 66's for ??39, which turned out to be an expensive loco as it ran well and I decided I needed somewhere to run it. I also wanted to see if it was possible to have a reliable shunting layout in N, something that I haven't seen since the late Andy Calvet's 'Nether Stowey', I ran that for
Worsdell forever

Worsdell forever

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New layout and a change of scale

Deadwater Burn - before work started on extending the layout.

As the layout progressed certain angles became favourites on RmWeb, I was genuinely suprised at how well received what was little more than a scenic test track was received. Rescuing few of the better pics, before we move onto the next scenic board!               Whilst not forgetting the 'mousemat' option LOL !   Some early shots prior to completion:    
Russ (mines a pint)

Russ (mines a pint)

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All things DaveC46026

A stranger pays a flying visit - WD 2-8-0

Hello All   Just as a quick test to ensure I can upload images I thought I'd post a few of the latest loco of the workbench - A weathered Bachmann 2-8-0 No. 90566 for a client that made a brief visit to Thorn Yard to ensure the running was correct and to pose for Photographs!!!   Regards   Dave  
DaveC46026

DaveC46026

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Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton - The Signalling

Full Signalling   In a small Great Western branch line terminus full signalling is something of a rarity. Moretonhampstead is one example where there's a full signal box Princetown's another. Other branches operated with porters acting as signalmen using various ground frames, local to or remote from the turnouts.   So I've decided to make things difficult for myself and specify full signalling with working ground signals. The diagram indicates what's proposed.     There's the home an
Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

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OK_WB - North British 225hp 0-4-0DH

Buffer beams

Continuing with the footplate the next addition is the buffer beams.   These are made up of several layers laminated together. The front buffer beam is made up of five layers [8a-e] while the rear buffer beam is made up of 4 layers [9a-d]. the reasoning for the front buffer beam being thicker is so that more weight is added to the front of the loco. A lump of lead might have been easier and more effective?   Do not remove any of the parts from the fret just yet as there are half-etched rive
Kenton

Kenton

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buffalo's workbench

Dean goods - ready for primer

Now that all the Buffalo and 48XX pages have been brought over from the old RMweb, it is time to introduce something else that has been on my workbench for a while. This is a Martin Finney Dean Goods kit with matching 2500 gallon tender. This was my first brass kit, started early this year before the Buffalo arrived. At that point, the major brass components had been assembled into a reasonable likeness of one from the early, narrow footplate, lots with an S4 boiler around 1900-1905. As this wil
buffalo

buffalo

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great northern's Blog

New forum......new layout

Well, it seems appropriate in this nice shiny new place to talk about my new project to replace Peterborough, which some people will rememeber from the old forum. First though, a recap of the reasons why the old layout had to go, as quite a few people have expressed surprise at my decision to rip it up. So,these are the reasons for its demise.   Location. A very nice loft, but a loft all the same, so hot in summer, cold in winter. Access- via ladder. Getting harder as I get older, and it wo
great northern

great northern

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backofanenvelope's blog

3MM: Infolinks

Came across this site on my travels, and has some very interesting info on scratch building chassis's for 3mm and some nice looking stock. Have downloaded the 3mm society app form and am going to stick in the post on Monday postal strike allowing..
backofanenvelope

backofanenvelope

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My inept fumblings in N gauge and other associated stories

blow me, it actually works !

Today has been a good day. The house is clean, had friends round for lunch and my wife makes a mean cheese cake, London Irish are top of the premiership and my "puffer bottle" does indeed produce grass with a far better texture than scatter, and it took no time what so ever.   My test piece consisted of a 15cm by 15cm area of neat PVA on card, some Jarvis static grass and the said puffer bottle.   The biggest challenge was actually getting the bag of scatter into the bottle without covering
pirouets

pirouets

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Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton - The Plan

So here's the plan.   It's 14 ft x 2 ft. There is a 2ft x 2 ft town extension at the right hand end, but this is purely scenic. Four 3ft 6 in by 2ft boards, but the end of the fiddle yard will have a short single track extension to enable a run round there without excessive handling. However for cattle fairs the extension may be as long as 3ft. I'll be detailing this later.   The track is completely flat, but the illusion of the third dimension comes from the track crossing the river valley
Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

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6 x 4 starter layout

Point control

Hi all,   Here are some more snaps of my progress with the point operation. I've tried a dowel and pin into a block method as that was using materials I had to hand. I am very pleased with the results and the 'feel' is good, not too tight/stiff. Too much effort would have been a bit much for the pin over time I feel.   Here is the effort to transfer the motion through 90 degrees:   And here are the more straight forward points at the end of the platforms. Notice the block into which I dr
jamest

jamest

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The Farthing layouts

Simple structures for "The bay"

In keeping with my happy-go-lucky approach, the buildings and structures for "The bay" were kit-bashed, scratch-built or otherwise put together using whatever materials, kits and parts I came across (you realize of course that this so-called "approach" is really just an excuse for my limited modelling skills). The parcels & cloak room seen above is loosely based on the wonderful wooden building style so typical of Didcot station. This was done by scoring the cut-to-shape plasticard sides and
Mikkel

Mikkel in Structures

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Brackhampton Snow Hill

70 footers - the saga continues

I have been a busy bee today and have got the carcases for both the 70 ft brake third and the corridor all third roughly cut out and glued together.   The brake is made up from three of the Hornby 57 ft brake thirds - it could probably be more economically done, the only real difference is that the luggage compartment is bigger - having three sets of double doors and a greater space between them. However nothing has been wasted as the bits left obver from the compartments from two of the brak
rovex

rovex

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Gloucester Road's Blog

Gloucester Road - playing

My sons A4 Seagull made an appearance today. My son is nuts over steam traction where as my other boy loves diesels, so we have charter trains often pulled by Seagull. Our last two visits to England we have gone to the NRM in York where we sit infront of Mallard for ages. When we purchased Seagull we were going to runumber and name it Mallard, but he seems happy to leave Seagull alone.   Seagull waiting in Brimsley   Leaving Upper Brimsley     Arriving in Gloucester Road
Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road

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    • Mikkel
      Episode 8: Am I 'brave' enough?

      By Mikkel · Posted

      Some interesting reflections, Keith.   I like your comparative shots with the same baseboard but different stations and trains, quite thought provoking. As you say, it really highlights how different things can appear.   Visually the "Schönberg" and "Kirchbach" versions are pleasing and would make lovely layouts, but if you're looking for a challenge I think it would be quite novel to see if your large grain structures etc could be incorporated in a small space.    
    • LMSfan72
      Class 73/9 - development of a body shell or kit......

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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

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