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Progress at last

With the continuing problems with my Dynamis controller (See the entries on the DCC forum) I decided to spend the day working on some scenery. It's amazing just how much you can get done once the temptation to run a few shunting operations is removed. Using some Wills kits I've managed to build a bridge for the right hand end of the layout, connected to a series of arches. It really has brought that end of the layout to life. I've calculated that I've spent about £20 excluding glues and paints e

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Dynamis & Coal Stage

I haven't posted any updates for a while, I've been a busy boy, but here's a round-up of what I've been up to model railway wise for the last few weeks...   I've upgraded from a Bachman EZ-Command (it gave me the bug but can't cope with my expanding roster!) to a Dynamis system. In it's basic form it's not the most complex of systems, but I do feel it's a simple step from what I had to what can be expanded to quite a complex system. And at just £98.00 at Cheltenham Model Centre, it was a barg

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Platform 1

Well, it might be platform 2, it's hard to tell at his stage. Spent the day building components and finally two platform sides for the first of the two platforms on this main station. I'd tried using a Metcalfe set an wasn't overly happy with the final result. I tried making a bespoke one, which I was happier with, but not delighted, so downloaded the Scalescenes platform kit. I'm happy with everything here with the exception of the edging stones which come pre-printed with a white edge: I'm rea

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Hornby 2800 - WOW, and a little more progress.

Took delivery this week of the new Hornby 2800, NRM version. It's awesome, the level of detail is beyond anything I've ever seen in an RTR model, my only complaint is that the regulator arm is silver instead of red. (Don't argue with me on this, I'm a shareholder in one! Check out www.gwr2807.co.uk ) It was tremendously fiddly to put a chip in, had to use a Hornby chip rather than a Bachman one: Hornby have cleverly designed it so that only the more expensive chips fit, which is a blow as I have

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A new workbench

Spent most of my spare time yesterday building a workbench for the shed. No more taking a set of measurements in the shed, running across the garden in the rain to build a piece of scenery and then having to run back because I've missed a measurement. Finally I'll be able to measure, build, test fit and final without getting soaked through to the skin. I'll probably save a few bob in shoe leather as well.   Did some test running of the loco yard with mixed results. I need to build some form of

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Starting in the middle

My name is Mike Morgan, I work full time, I'm a District Councillor and father of two teenage children; when I get 5 minutes spare I enjoy building model railways. I've called this blog starting in the middle, not because I stand in the middle of an oval circuit, but because I've already made some progress towards building my layout.   It all started when I was 14. I'd had a bad year, spending a few weeks in hospital having my appendix removed, then a few weeks with an unidentified gastric pr

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