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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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Dan Randall's adventures in Scale Seven

D1031 "Western Rifleman" (JLTRT)

Tuesday 3rd June 2008: I decided to do some work to the Western today. This is a direct result of seeing the progress "Druid" is making with his version of the same kit - thanks Druid!   I last did some work on my Western about six months ago, but for some reason, I forgot to post it on RMweb at the time.   Anyway, from the outset, I decided to illuminate the cabs, headcodes and marker lights. However, because certain parts will be inaccessible once the kit is built, a bit of forward planni
Dan Randall

Dan Randall

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Dan Randall's adventures in Scale Seven

Ex SR PMV (Slater's)

Sunday 6th April 2008: Most of my recent workbench activity has been focused on building a JLTRT Castle, but I fancied a change today. Fed up with removing cusps from etches and soldering bits of metal together, I decided to raid the cupboard and get stuck into some styrene instead.   I thought it was time to do some more to my Slater's PMV, which last saw the light of day last October. I had opted to bond the roof to the sides/ends, rather than fit it last. This enabled me to get a gap free f
Dan Randall

Dan Randall

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Dan Randall's adventures in Scale Seven

7028 "Cadbury Castle" (JLTRT/Mitchell)

Wednesday 26th December 2007: An all day modelling session today saw a bit more progress on the JLTRT Castle. Previous visitors may remember my attempt at modifying the Slater's wheels, specifically, trying to improve the appearance of the balance weights by incorporating a representation of the stays that pass from front to rear. This was the first one I finished....     Although pleased with the end result, I didn't relish the prospect of doing another five - repetition is not something I
Dan Randall

Dan Randall

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TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

From Bulleid to T9 Nutter?

Without realising it, I have gone a bit mad on T9's... some how I now have 7 of them:   30120 renumbered from a donor 30724 by TMC, I've recrested to it's final BR Late crest livery (TMC had it as preserved in BR Lined Black Early Crest), real coal in tender.   30288 being renumbered from 30285 on an early crest, currently being lightly weathered, front coupling pocket removed, still on workbench.   30310 as bought, except for real coal in tender.   30338 renumbered from a donor 30310, l
toboldlygo

toboldlygo

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lancer1027's Blog

Penzance Signal Box

10/01/2010   This is a progress report on my attempt at scratch building Penzance Signal Box during the 1970's. This is for my model (layout) of Penzance, which at present i havent even built my garden shed for it to go into. Soon i hope.          
lancer1027

lancer1027

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Grahame's dining room table

Byfleet bus

I've purchased an OO bus - simpy because it's one of the local busses that goes through my village; Byfleet, and as an early birthday present to myself (which is tomorrow). There's certainly some very nice model busses in OO scale.       G.
grahame

grahame

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Grahame's dining room table

Byfleet bus

I've purchased an OO bus - simpy because it's one of the local busses and goes through my village; Byfleet. There's certainly some very nice model busses in OO scale.       G.
grahame

grahame

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4mm rolling stock

LNER wagons

Slow progress over Christmas, due to other distractions (food, beer etc) but I've managed to get some LER wagons completed. I bought some old 3H LNER 6 plank wagon kits off Ebay as these seem to be well regarded. In the end they turned out to be pigs to build - the quality of the detail is first rate, but assembling them was a nightmare as the corner joins didn't mate properly and endless filing and filling was needed!   The one on the right was built as per the kit as a Darlington built examp
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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4mm rolling stock

LNER wqgons

Slow progress over Christmas, due to other distractions (food, beer etc) but I've managed to get some LER wagons completed. I bought some old 3H LNER 6 plank wagon kits off Ebay as these seem to be well regarded. In the end they turned out to be pigs to build - the quality of the detail is first rate, but assembling them was a nightmare as the corner joins didn't mate properly and endless filing and filling was needed!   The one on the right was built as per the kit as a Darlington built examp
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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4mm rolling stock

LNER wqgons

Slow progress over Christmas, due to other distractions (food, beer etc) but I've managed to get some LER wagons completed. I bought some old 3H LNER 6 plank wagon kits off Ebay as these seem to be well regarded. In the end they turned out to be pigs to build - the quality of the detail is first rate, but assembling them was a nightmare as the corner joins didn't mate properly and endless filing and filling was needed!   The one on the right was built as per the kit as a Darlington built examp
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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eetype3's Traction Blog

Back again, and still a Luddite

Hello again   Just to prove that I am still alive, here's my first post to my new blog - here's hoping that it's all working as it should. I have to confess a certain aura of the Luddite when learning how to conform to the new order; I find it quite complex compared to the previous RMWeb but I'm sure that I'll get used to it in time.   I've decided to blog my "locomotives" thread and "layout" thread separately; "Southwich" is still very much alive but somewhat denuded since I decided that
eetype3

eetype3

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Cornish_Rail's Blog

Hayle Wharf and projects

Hello i thought i would finally Start one of these blogs i've been trying to decide on where to base my new exibithion layout after the learning curve of my last layout brook road. I was toying wiv a few ideas but wanted a layout with local history i was talking to a fellow member of hayle who had buillt many moons ago a layout based on newham quay that after getting over apost crimbo flu it cam to me nobody had modeled hayle wharfs so i set about planing away i hope to include a working sa
Cornish_Rail

Cornish_Rail

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GWMark's Workbench Blog

Back to GT3

Well, the New Year period has enabled me some time to get back to doing a bit of loco building. The project, a resin GT3 from Golden Arrow with the detailing etches from Bill Bedford and Ian (macgeordie) of RMWeb. Progress has been slow until now, as with most of my builds, being interrupted by other projects, electronics modules for club layouts and the general things in life that take away our time. However since getting home from a Christmas visiting my mother I have built the buffer beam, ca
GWMark

GWMark

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lancer1027's Blog

PZ Signal Box up-date

These are the next few pics of progress. They show the first stages of painting the brickwork. I have given the mortar its first coat and the bricks have had the first stage. Next will be a slightly different shade of brick colour. This will be done several times to create the different colour/texture of the bricks. Once this has been done then i will give the mortar a slightly different texture at various places , so that it is not a uniform colour. Then i will paint the concrete lintels. Once
lancer1027

lancer1027

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lancer1027's Blog

PZ Signal Box up-date

These are a few of the first stages of painting the brick work. I have done the mortar and the first covering of brick. This will be repeated several times to (hopefully) create to right look for the different colours of brick. Once i have done this i will then add a different colour/texture to the mortar in various places. Then i will paint the concrete lintels.   Rob
lancer1027

lancer1027

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Markmiller2008's Blog

Further Progress to Resolve and 73204

Hi All   47769 "Resolve" has had further work done , now that i purchased some Matt Black paint to finish the other headcode box and the Black patches over the VT logo.     73204 " Janice" has had a Craftsman Detailing Kit fitted and yellow ends repainted to the right shade of Warning Yellow. (If anyone has a spare one of the curved jumper cable for a 73 please PM me its shed one on the other end)     Anyone wishing to see any of my locos or Millbenton Lane , the next outing for th
Markmiller2008

Markmiller2008

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Will J's Random Adventures in N Gauge

The Return of 'Superpannier'.... almost

Well, it is a year since I picked up a rather unloved 'Grafar' Pannier, and set about chopping up a Dapol Ivatt chassis to convert it into the charming, if rather brutal looking, 1500 class pannier.   Alongside the facelifted Minitrix Ivatt 2-6-0 (which uses buffer beams and smokebox from the donor Dapol tank engine) I seem to be running 'rehab' for old N gauge models that have been overshadowed by the recent rapid improvement in the scale!   The thread began, back in the day, with http://w
Will J

Will J

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CHRIS WORKBENCH.

Changes

Hello Folks, I have started a Layout thread in the normal place, so this will just be my thoughts and some of the goings on at the NYMR, such as I am very pleased to say that the Black 5, 45428 Eric treacy has passed her steam test with flying colours. many regards Chris
CHRIS LNER

CHRIS LNER

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RJRs Branch Lines

New Video, from RJR (Happy New Year)

Happy New Year to all !!!   Our house full of party guests have now left and we are still wide awake. So here is the video I compiled this afternoon from a running session this morning.   My Lap top didn't like processing the 6min film in HD so the quality is not as good as I would like but it gives a good idea of the two On30 modules in action (more or less ready for the Crewe Exhibition this month0   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsYBNyUDJnY   I also managed to meet my goal of getti
johnteal

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