Good morning, I wonder if someone could advise me on the process of posting a video on RM Web, . I`ve watched several on here with interest and some quite lengthy ones but I`m afraid all my attempts end in failure, probably because they are too long. Is it a case of trial and error till you get down to the max 30Mb or is there another way?
Many thanks, Jim.
Evening all, After a considerable number of years I decided to have a look at a Jamieson Coronation kit that I`d stripped some time ago for a re-paint. I built it it probably back in the early seventies and it`s powered by a Romford Bulldog motor. I`ve had it running again on DC to make sure it still worked and have now fitted a decoder to run it on DCC. I find some of the older models a challenge to try and bring them nearer the running capabilities of newer models. I need to put a bit more det
Just wanted to say what a pleasure it was to read the article by Tony Wright on David Jenkinson in the latest edition of the BRM magazine. Those of us of a certain age would remember the name very well. My very first attempt at scratchbuiding was two twelve wheel LMS sleeping cars following construction tecniques he described in a series of articles in the Railway Modeller magazine in the late sixties. At one point the series stopped and he wrote articles later explaining that he`d changed to 7
Afternoon all, I haven`t posted for a while ( although once or twice on the hints and tips forum ) as most of what i`ve been up to is basically starting to try and add general clutter around the yard, but it needs a great deal more yet. A while ago I bought a turntable drive from locomotech and I find it works well. Very easy to fit, with nice slow running. I use the mark one eyeball to line up tracks as I only have four tracks to bother about! The turntable is a modified Peco. Handrails all reb
While walking round the local garden centre recently and seeing all these different diffusers on display I wondered when we might get one that smells of steam smoke and hot oil! Extra atmosphere when watching a railway video but not sure how other occupants of the house would take it.
Jim.
I arrived at a point on the layout where I needed water columns, eight of them. Not being able to find anything suitable on the market the only thing to do was to have a go at making them myself. Not having drawings at all I used pictures in books and magazines for reference regarding the height and length of overarm etc. The problem there is that the pictures can`t show you everything. They were all built in plasticard using tube for the columns, rod for the overarm and microstrip for the flang
A Happy New Year to everyone, hope all goes well in 2017. My thanks to all those who helped with answers to my numerous questions last year. How much progress in this coming year? Well for me, it`s going to be a case of trying to complete several kits that have been sitting around waiting to be built for longer than i`d like. With prices being what they are for new rtr items i just thought, for the time being, complete what you`ve already got for a change. So , hopefully, a set of four Stevenso
Afternoon all, With all the usual things going on in the year ( and a few extras ) modelling has been a wee bit on the slow side but one or two things have been managed. The one thing i wanted to try and complete was my water tower. I managed to get started back in April and it`s been slow progress since but apart from making some dummy lights i`ve just about finished it. Hopefully i can manage to add a couple of pictures at the end of this blog. I took inspiration from watching Ian in his Camde
Morning all, Due to a lot of family commitments ( and me being a slow builder), progress has not been as quick as i would have liked so far this year. I've made a start on a water tower and have looked into scratch building some half relief buildings using the shell of the buildings made from the backing board on the clip on type picture frames from The Range shop. The board is 2mm thick MDF so should be a good surface for applying the embossed plasticard too. I looked for Daler board but no one
Afternoon all,
While waiting for a ballasting session to dry properly i`ve been looking at converting a Bachman loco (The Ranger ) to DCC..As this has quite a heav chassis i`m wondering on which decoder to try and fit.
At the moment i`ve used Hornbys R8249 decoders in most of my other locos but i`m not sure, with my limited dcc knowledge, whether this would be suitable.
My layout is a simple end to end mpd favouring good slow running so there is not going to be any heavy loads being pulled.
Hi all,
Somewhat slow progress through this year. The engine shed is virtually complete, just a couple of ladders to make ( from brass rod ) up the outsides of the wall and a bit more weathering.
Earlier on in the year i added some internal detail to the shed and also fitted lights. The four corner platforms were also made using plasticard for the platforms and brass rod for the handrails. Everything plugs into it`s position so can be stored easily to prevent any accidents when not in use
Th
Hi everyone, it`s been a while since i was last on here, mainly because i`ve been trying to progress on my shed roof.
It`s been steady but due to the number of bits of plastic that needed cutting, glueing and painting it`s taken longer than i thought.
At present the smoke outlets are complete along with my representation of the toplights. I only had some internal pictures to go by and this is what i turned them into.
I`m going to put drain covers in what i hope would be an appropriate positio
Hi everyone, as it`s throwing it down outside and i couldn`t do what i wanted to today i thought i`d take a few pictures of a model i built some years ago that might be of interest. It`s 90% scratch built in Nickel Silver and Brass, the bits i didn`t make being the chimney, top feed and dome ( white metal castings) lubricators on the running plate, the wheels ( Romford and Ultrascale), buffers, couplings, and i made some of the valve gear.Everything else is scratchbuilt. It`s 4mm scale, 16.5mm
Afternoon all,
I have on my layout a Peco turntable which at present is operated by handwheel directly through the side of the baseboard. I`ve tried different types of power sources but none gave a smooth rotation, it tending to be rather jerky. Disconnection from the worm and wheel seems to be an improvement. My question is, has anyone any experience in using the motor/gearbox combination by Igarashi as found in the Expo catalogue?.
Also from Expo, i was given one of their airbrushes ,Code AB
Hi everyone,
Just found my way on to the site. Presently building a model of Camden MPD with modified track plan owing to the usual space restrictions in 00 gauge. Started from scratch in the garage 4 yrs ago as a solo modeller so progress is fairly slow. To date, the track is laid and wired for DCC operation.Some ballasting has been done. All points and diamond crossings are hand built using copperclad sleepers and code 75 rail. I started to build a reduced size engine last year but that was a
