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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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Using up holiday

a resin kit from an ex about two years ago, this is a SAR diagram aa28 kitchen car (which should be paired with a suitable diner from memory... I am still trying to work out what goes where on the inside, details being sketchy to say the least, its since been primed, in readiness for a grey/gulf red paint job.   onto the banger blue projects, I picked up a 15 quid lima 31 and a bachy 46 up at cheltenham, the latter being ex pallet lane stock (cheers dan).     on the peak I have tried to t
modfather

modfather

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Northgate Baseboard construction Pictures

Hi and thanks for tuning in again!   These pics and designs have been taken/drawn over a few months (said it would be slow). This is the design of the boards and how they will all connect up:     As you can see there will be 6 boards, the scenic side will be 8' by 18" with the run round and fiddle yard a bit bigger. I have built just the 2 scenic boards so far and will not build the rest until I have figured out where to store all the boards.     First few cuts, using a slotting bla
cutting42

cutting42

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2-Bil update 28/10/2009

I'm still plodding away with the roof. This is the current state of play: The ventillators are some very nice NNK castings. The periscopes are from Branchlines, and the electrical cabling is a mixture of plastic rod and wire (mainly steel guitar wire, with some brass for the short cross cables) on Southern Pride turned supports.   There's still quite a lot to do on the roof, but having drawings and some decent photos helps quite a lot compared to the EPB.
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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2-Bil - rescued from the old forum

EMU workbench   by pete_mcfarlane   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________ Comment posted by number6 on Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:13 pm   Enjoying your rapid progress as usual Pete! As Dave says the bowing of the BIL is the biggest pain - make sure you make the floor rigid or it will go banana shaped before you can say "roof conduit".   Is the unpowered pick-up bogie basically the same design as the powered but just without motors? I used a spare pair of white m
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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MLV and 2-EPB - more stuff rescued from the old forum

EMU workbench   by pete_mcfarlane   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:25 pm   edmac wrote: Looks great Pete , hows the EPB coming along ?   Ed No progress on the EPB I'm afraid. Far too many projects on the go at once __________________________________________ Comment posted by ferries2008 on Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:22 am   Morning, So what are your other projects,are they all 3rd.rail? __________________
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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MLV and 2-EPB - rescued from the old forum

EMU workbench   by pete_mcfarlane   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:49 pm   A couple of DC Kits EMUs on my work bench.   The MLV was bought at Wakefield a couple of weeks ago. Basic construction is now complete (in 2 weeks, which must be a record for me).     Now awaiting underframe and end details. I'm planning on using the Southern Pride underframe mouldings in place of the etches that comes with the kit.
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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Episode 12: "Hawk the Hunter!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7oaN7CLgJg&feature=fvw Air Date:   20th December 2008   These are the stories they tell... Hawk the Western Pannier tank is enjoying his second stay at Copley Hill - shunting trucks with Gronk the diesel was fun. But when a train of vans goes missing, can the shunter turn hunter and find the thief...!   "This Episode has been dedicated to the memory of a legendary film maker. Oliver Postgate, 1925-2008"   I was rather devastated when I
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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DC Kits class 71 - rescued from the old forum

DC Kits Class 71   by pete_mcfarlane   original page on Old RMweb __________________________________________   ??? posted on Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:42 am   Finished my Class 71 this evening. I bought it at the Derby show in April 2006, so this must be one of my quickest builds ever Apologies for the slightly ropey pictures but I'm still working out how to take photos of models with my ancient digital camera.   It's a DC kits resin body and whitemetal bogies. This is a really good kit -
pete_mcfarlane

pete_mcfarlane

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Episode 11: "Hawk Eyed!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRUJqdbu6VU   Air Date:   17th August 2008   These are the stories they tell...   It is the start of a new order on British Railways...the advent of the diesel locomotives. Gronk, the new diesel shunter, and Hawk, the western pannier tank, run into a spot of bother with the shunting...   If I may make a confession...I love my 94xx pannier tank. I bought it on a whim a very long time ago, and when its motor died out some time after shooting Episod
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Signature haulage

Balcombe would see these as the main traction on fasts (which wouldn't stop!) http://semgorgu.ipower.com/gallery/6pul_1.html as well as Brighton Belles.   Semi fasts and stoppers would be   http://semgorgu.ipower.com/gallery/4lav.html and http://semgorgu.ipower.com/gallery/2bil_01.html   Whilst Newhaven boat trains and freights would be either steam-hauled or with Bulleid's CC1/2 and 20003 Booster electrics such as (first two pictures, actually in Balcombe yard): http://semgorgu.i
10800

10800

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Episode 10: "The Legacy of Gadwall"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESLD-Y7c_Nk   Air Date:   4th July 2008   These are the stories they tell...   A few weeks after Scott's outburst, Stephen decides that now is the time to reveal the truth behind Sir Ralph's name...and the tragic story that follows... Stories from before the second world war, and the tragedy of the war and its effects on the railways of Britain, and the loss of a brother are recounted by Stephen, and finally, Scott sees, that the engine before him, i
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Episode 9: Birds of a Feather!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztps7k3iISE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIerCm2KPJw&feature=response_watch Air Date:   6th April 2008   These are the stories they tell...   Scott and Sir Ralph argue over the rights and wrongs of missing headlamps...and when Scott pulls a train with the wrong headcode, as does Sir Ralph, Scott decides: now is the time to reveal Sir Ralph's infamy..   Episode Nine and Episode Eight were made one after the other, so the similarities i
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Episode 8: "Scott and the Herring Gull"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEVLLYwFJw&feature=channel  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5KTw7ti4c&feature=channel Air Date:   25th March 2008   These are the stories they tell...   A bright blue pacific, of class A3 arrives at the yard: his name is Flying Scotsman, but he prefers to be called Scott and is rather put out when he discovers he is not as famous as he thinks he is! Then Sir Ralph arrives, and leaves in terror at the sight of Scott! To which, a mystery b
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Episode 7: "Christmas, 1952"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUz5QzX5fLg&feature=related Air Date:   23rd December 2007   These are the stories they tell...   In which Tavish and Sir Ralph learn why keeping the railway lines clear of snow is important...   This episode is one of the shortest episodes in the series. This is not a reflection on the vast amount of planning, set adaptation, filming, editing, animating and lastly stressing that went into it!   Tavish the J39 was chosen as the story's mai
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Episode 6: "Goodbye Stephen The Green Engine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGDheG8rK0g  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afx6KPpdsKE&feature=related Air Date:   24th September 2007   These are the stories they tell...   In which Stephen talks to another engine, and hears of the Modernization Plan in the making. Meanwhile, Herbert is late with his passenger train, leaving only Stephen to take the fast goods train that evening...   Of the original six scripts aired, this was the darkest script. With hushed whisper
S.A.C Martin

S.A.C Martin

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Here we go.....

I'm afraid I've not got to grips with the new form of rmweb yet. For me it's like going into the local supermarket and finding most of the shelves have been rearranged; very disconcerting. So much so that I sent an email to Andy last night asking how to unsubscribe from all this hassle. His diplomatic reply made me wonder if I can use the changes on rmweb to my advantage.   So rather than grumble about things as I so often do, I thought I'd be constructive and actually get some modelling done.
Peter Kazmierczak

Peter Kazmierczak

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Some oldies

Whilst sorting out the photo albums I found these, they are all pre 1906 (:icon_wave: Buckjumper, Mikkel) stock any questions fire away The first two wagons are from WEP kits modified with sprung axleguards         Something Broad Gauge - a tilt wagon from a BGS kit       An E26 from CPL side with slaters bogies, the rest is scratchbuilt       Finally that rarest of things a finished project!! this coach is 20 years old I didn't know about the inner brown lining on
28ten

28ten

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Retaining Walls taking shape

Today's efforts have seen progres on the retaining walls that will run around the edge of the small diesel shed area. These are obviously a Scalescenes kit. I did buy a Scalescenes Diesel Depot but I have entirely lost patience with it - I'm sure they are good when finished but there is just far too much cutting of cardboard for my liking. Anyway back to the retaining walls; they still require a fair bit of cutting but since they take shape much quicker it is easier (for me at least) to maintain
pauln

pauln

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Pacesetting... (excuse the pun)

The Hornby Pacer is an aging model with an appalling mechanism. However despite it's age and mechanical inadequacies I think it really captures the look of the prototype really really well, and am interested to see how it will respond to some gentle improvements.   Rose Hill is a slow burn project - and I've settled on no specific stock purchases (although if successful I may splash out on a 101 and 150!!) and so my original Pacer was dug out from Mum and Dad's a few weeks ago for evaluation
James Hilton

James Hilton

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Summer Progress

So bringing the blog up to date after very little progress over the summer due to work and hols. Ballasting of the two main lines is complete at last as is most of the carriage sidings trackwork.   I was rather taken by a Virgin Voyager advertised for sale here on RMweb so I now have yet another piece of rolling stock that doesn't really fit with the geography .... but it will do for fun until the layout is finished.     A couple of years back at Warley I bought a very cheap Heljan plasti
pauln

pauln

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Missys Q1 Chop Shop Part II

Hello   After removing the huge joint inbetween the engine and tender for a smaller, finer brass one I was left with a huge hole and a rather blank cab so tonight I quickly put together a kind of cab just so it doesnt look as blank. Its not prototypical or anything and it was quickly glued together but hopefully it fills the gap ok. The new joint is now going through the firebox door.   BEFORE...   AFTER...   Next is the tender...   Missy
-missy-

-missy-

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Railcar's chassis

Following a question I have shown my simple chassis arrangements. Its not going to please the rivet counters but then again I do not think they would use a MTK kit. The seats are old MTK ones for a DMU so are not quite correct.   The main part of the chassis is a piece of PCB board,I then soldered 2 coach W irons to it. I made a motor mount from some brass sheet and added a DC10 motor with 30/1 Romford gears. I added 2 square bits of brassbetween the W irons for added stiffness. 8ba bolts so
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hayfield

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