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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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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

KAG meeting 1st October

I managed to organise my work schedule around another visit to my 'other' area group last week to catch up on progress and do a bit more myself.   Here is Mark, Mike and Al (Pinkmouse) not getting in each others' way as the Eridge trackwork gradually gets more extensive       Chris had meanwhile pre-chaired all this rail before going on holiday - whether this is cause and effect we don't know . When he comes back we'll show him the Colin Craig FB etches that Mark bought at Scaleforum!
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

Trackwork progresses

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by pinkmouse on Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:27 pm   Yup, first board done in very fetching pink and black. __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:31 pm   pinkmouse wrote: Yup, first board done in very fetching pink and black. __________________________________________   ??? posted on Sat May 02, 2009 5:02 pm   Stead
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

Cats' cradles and coloured wires

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by London cambrian on cambrian</STRONG> on Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:38 pm   More south west and central engines were they then. Shame. mid hants are planning to turn their 'douglas' into a Black motor look alike. __________________________________________   ??? posted on Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:49 pm   London cambrian wrote: More south west and central engines w
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

Ballast and first loco movements

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:27 pm   Yes, physical work is almost complete, test trains due before the end of the year, official opening next Spring. Spa Valley will use both the down main and loop platforms. NR/Southern will sell joint tickets to Eridge and the Spa Valley and promote tourism to Groombridge Place, Tunbridge Wells etc. ______________________________________
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

Panel wiring planning

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by ian on Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:40 pm   Or a push-to-break momentary button that you push whilst changing the rotary. 15 of those would be a bit cheaper than converting to DCC __________________________________________   ??? posted on Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:38 pm   martin_wynne wrote: The simple solution is to add on-off section switches for each section, and re
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

Camping mat, supports and control panel

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by OgaugeJB on Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:25 pm   Looking good... I don't think those boards are going to bend at all..!   A quick question on the ply you are using if that's okay, as you seem to be pretty well versed on the best timber to use now, and more specifically, what NOT to use...   I see you are using 6mm russian ply, but looking on the B&Q website, I notic
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

New baseboards begin

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:49 pm   Bye bye Eridge Mark 1 (and long live Mark 2!)       __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:05 am   Some progress on baseboard construction this weekend.   Templot plan cut to give 1.5" margin from the sleeper ends and used as a template for cutting the trackbed surfaces from 6mm Rus
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Eridge Mk 2 - rebuild of a P4 layout

The decision is made

Eridge (P4) rebuilding   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Sat May 19, 2007 1:37 pm   As mentioned on the 'Eridge revisited' thread viewtopic.php?t=394" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and at the end of the 'Heckmondwike' thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2858" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; we have decided to rebuild Eridge because of unacceptable baseboard deterioration and consequent negative
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When a Thousand Flowers Bloomed

North British D6123 Parts is Parts

In the spirit of never quite completing a project before starting on another, here's my latest work bench amusement, it's going to be a D61XX Class 29:     You need two bodies to do this right since no one offers a casting of the boiler water filler hatch on the roof. The Hornby model only comes with one, the prototype had two. Not that the Hornby hatch looks very much like the prototype mind you, but you have to draw the line somewhere or you will be scratch building...   These are the
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Reinvigoration

00 roundy-roundy - Tawbridge   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by beast66606 on Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:17 pm   Captain Kernow wrote: beast66606 wrote: In signalling one can never say never just say unlikely - not sure Andrew does a range of RTP signals ... I think it would have been worked, Rod. A fixed distant would normally be provided in situations where the stop signals ahead of it would never have all been cleare
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Prevarication

00 roundy-roundy - Tawbridge   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by westrerner on Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:37 pm   I'll try and get Dave to see what happens with his spamcan and Pullmans on Epsom tonight if I remember. I'll post results. It'll definitely take 8 Bulleids and bogie van, the Pullmans I'm not so sure about. __________________________________________ Comment posted by westrerner on Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:24 am   We d
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Backdrops and invasions

00 roundy-roundy - Tawbridge   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by <H3 class=first><A href="#p313532">Re: Proposed 00 Withered Arm (or anywhere) roundy-roundy on Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:59 pm   A solution to this is to file a soldering iron bit to the shape of the wheel profile, and run it along the top of the rail. This will melt just enough plastic off the top of the chair jaws to clear the wheels. Or you could
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Consultation

00 roundy-roundy - Tawbridge   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:25 pm   It's a nice idea Alan, but doesn't feature in the plans at the moment __________________________________________ Comment posted by Captain Kernow on Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:12 pm   But Rod....... just think how nice it would be to have a cute little signalbox and a couple of working signals.... (interchangeable, to suit different c
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Inspiration

00 roundy-roundy - Tawbridge   by 10800   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:09 pm   It's all Hornby's fault , coupled with an approaching birthday (making me more time conscious, not because of presents potential), where I live, and my attraction to all things of the green tendency. And maybe the Hull boys' recent layout project. I'm giving consideration - serious consideration - to building a relatively small roun
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Tawbridge 00 Roundy-Roundy

Introduction

This blog will document the planning, deliberations, prevarications, and hopefully construction and operation of a 00 roundy roundy layout for me to play with (occasionally) at home - when the kitchen/dining room is available for me to put it up. The fact that we have had the kitchen recently rebuilt so it is now the largest room in the house is of course entirely coincidental .   First off is to import the pages from the old RMWeb using Martin Wynne's brilliant little device (see elsewhere
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The West Mersea Branch - Essex, June 1946.

West Mersea - progress to July 2009

The West Mersea Branch - 1946 Essex in ScaleSeven   by buckjumper   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:59 pm   Good to see I've drawn you out of the woodwork. I'd missed your earlier post until now - thanks to the link to your site, I'll keep an eye on it.   Dave R wrote: Not sure if we could get away with one partly buried in the embankment allotments as the kit is only 1:48 scale; and the 830kg Amolite warhea
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The West Mersea Branch - Essex, June 1946.

West Mersea - progress at the loco yard

The West Mersea Branch - 1946 Essex in ScaleSeven   by buckjumper   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by 3 link on Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:14 pm   Thanks for that info Adrian , that's got the old brain ticking ( could be expensive ). __________________________________________ Comment posted by flubrush on Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:18 am   3 link wrote: I model in 0 gauge fs and up to now have been using C&L for my sleepers. Where do y
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The West Mersea Branch - Essex, June 1946.

West Mersea - progress on building mock-ups.

The West Mersea Branch - 1946 Essex in ScaleSeven   by buckjumper   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:28 am   Sorry, another point I missed - those aren't beach huts but businesses which thrive off the railway - cobblers, estate agent, coal merchants etc.   IIRC (and I could be wrong!) I believe they are replicas of businesses located in sheds which were once by the side of the railway somewhere like Gospel Oak
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The West Mersea Branch - Essex, June 1946.

West Mersea: Grassed up.

The West Mersea Branch - 1946 Essex in ScaleSeven   by buckjumper   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by 28ten on Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:04 am   A bump any updates or new pictures? __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:57 pm   Oops - yep. I didn't take my camera along for a couple of months, and by August the layout was looking like this.   The door to the garden was opened for (ap
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The West Mersea Branch - Essex, June 1946.

West Mersea in S7: the beginnings.

The West Mersea Branch - 1946 Essex in ScaleSeven   by buckjumper   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:30 pm   This thread began way back on RMWeb2 and was migrated to later incarnations. As the layout is still under construction I thought it worthwhile to dump it over here to the all-singing, all-dancing RMweb X.0.1.   Here's a pr?©cis of the story so far.   The project is the brainchild of Peter Hunt, propriet
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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Weston WCPR updated

Photos attached to my gallery of the WC&PR layout. Really starting to think about next major station up the line, Clevedon.   I am looking forward to doing a real place again. I can get the station at Clevedon and the 8 road loco/carriage shed into 9ft without compression. I'll also be able to finish the rolling stock list namely Manning Wardle No 5 and the Taff Vale Coach.   It's been a strange week. I left Scaleforum feeling a but ambivalent about the whole modelling thing. Activity th
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2ManySpams' Blog

Thinking etched brass windows

Building model buildings.... the hardest part has to be finding the windows for them. Once you start to look you realise there is no such thing as a standard style or even standard sizes. A friend from Stafford club once gave me some sound advice... don't start building a building until you have the windows.   Foolishly i put my hand up to help a fellow modeller create some buildings for his St Blazey layout. I also said that I'd size all the windows from the photos he'd taken and either find
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