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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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Brunel Gauge Workshop/Showcase

Fowler's Ghost

Today's entry features an unconventional locomotive, something you probably wouldn't have in mind when asked about the Broad Gauge. That would be Fowler's Ghost! A Fireless 2-4-0 Outside Cylinder Locomotive to be put to service in the Metropolitan Railway, when it was still operating Broad Gauge.   I have built it like a 'conventional' steam locomotive, using coal instead of fire bricks as its main fuel. I've also made it feature a quite odd livery for a GWR locomotive, whic
isambird

isambird in Great Western Railway

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SWAN HILL

The modeller's apprentice - Swan Hill to Vineyard Hill

The modeller's apprentice - October 2023   Phase 1 [incomplete]:  the layout model ends with a short viaduct at the right hand end,     Phase 2:  the semi-external [car port] type structure is complete and the layout is to be extended through the wall to Vineyard Hill.      Phase 2: there is room for a yard at the right hand end - about 7', which is a bit short.  It can be extended further if needs be into an adjacent shed: maybe it will, maybe it wo
kitpw

kitpw in Swan Hill

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APT-Q: DVT Scratch-build

APT-S DVT - profile testing

before making the entire model, I went to check if the cutaway profile was correct enough to proceed, since I am aiming for it to match current APT-P models on the market.   The idea was to print a small hollowed out section to compare. Here I put a TBF against it to see the profile, and it seems to be slightly taller than what its supposed to be.   Plus, I also realized that the ends of the bottom part of the TBF and the whole bottom section of the NDM is m
BrakeCoach

BrakeCoach in DVT building process

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Brunel Gauge Workshop/Showcase

Freelanced Designs by Me

For today's blog entry, I will be presenting all my freelanced BG designs from old to new!   Please note, I am not very smart on locomotive specifications and whatnot so some stuff may not make much sense. These are just for fun :) -- -- This is my newest freelanced design, inspired by the LBSCR 0-4-0WT (Well Tank), aswell as the GWR Raven Class, one of the only locomotives to have outside cylinders during their broad gauge states! No class name yet as I
isambird

isambird in Freelanced Designs

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kyle of lochalsh

Kyle - St Neots

Evening all,   Kyle was invited to the one day St Neots show yesterday. Jackie and I had been trying to find a date when there were no clashes after a few email exchanges and 2023 was when the planets aligned!   Set up the layout Friday night to test run and very glad I did as two roads in the FY were dead - turned out to be dry joints after some detective work. Soldering iron administered with the England footie game on in the background 🫣   Once sorted, car loaded
bcnPete

bcnPete in General

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Jim Champ's "Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development"

Book Format for Locomotive Development

I'm mulling over something different in the way of formats. Traditionally locomotive books have been written class by class, which in many ways is the most logical way to do it. But the trouble is that its difficult to get a sense of how design developed. Say for instance, you're looking at GWR 0-6-0 freight engines. You list the 57 class and its history from a cabless domeless sandwich frame locomotive in 1855 with Gooch motion, then maybe the renewals around the mid 1870s which were almost new
JimC

JimC in Miscellaneous Musings

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The Strawberry Line

Cheddar P4 update - October 2023

Modelling time has been limited recently due to work, family weddings, uni open days and holidays. I did have a rather splendid weekend at Scaleforum, helping operate my old Wheal Elizabeth layout and it was great to see so many old friends again. Once I’d gotten over the urge to come back and start building another china clay layout thoughts returned to Cheddar. Progress has been limited to the building of 1 Station Road.   I wanted to include this as part of the final board and
ullypug

ullypug in P4

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APT-Q: DVT Scratch-build

APT-Q: Project Background

Recently I have picked up an interest on the APT, especially due to the fact that Hornby released their new version of the APT after around 40 years.   I am planning to get the full 14-car APT, and I already got my hands on the 5-car set of the 2020 version. However, scrolling through APT-related websites, I also found out that there were more plans on the APT if production versions were to be made. The APT-Q, aptly named so as it follows the letter P, basically uses the 14-car APT-P
BrakeCoach

BrakeCoach in Background

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Up the Line - 1918

Four A Day

It has been over four years since the layouts last outing and probably as long as that since I last blogged about it put that is probably because absolutely nothing ha happened to it in that time! But, with an outing to the Cardiff show in just ten days time looming there has been an intense rush of activity. I have just erected almost the entire layout and have coaxed several lazy points back to life and tested all the petrol locos and after some grumbling about having to work even longer befor
KH1

KH1 in Up the Line

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MikeOxon's Pre-Grouping Blog

Ultimate Pre-Grouping - Trevithick - Pt.2

I’ve now managed to produce a set of ‘printable’ parts from the original download from the ‘Printables’ website described in my previous post.   I’m still puzzled by the theories on exactly which of Trevithick’s locomotive engines was actually used for the Penydarren trial, which was the moment in history that put the steam locomotive on the map.   There is a print in the Science Museum collection, said to be the Penydarren engine but it has been discredited because, accord
MikeOxon

MikeOxon in general

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Stevethomas6444's modelling blog.

Things so far.

Hello!    It has certainly been a while since my last post that was all doom and gloom. I was in a dark place from the messy divorce and the legal implications that came with it. I survived two attempts on my own life, looking back I really underestimated how bad things were. Now I'm in a much better position and even gotten into a better career path. The scars are still there but they are healing as time goes on.    Taking a break from the hobby has done a world of good for
Stevethomas6444

Stevethomas6444 in Modelling

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Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.

A CR pre-diagram furniture van wagon part 1

There is a photo in “Caledonian Railway Wagons” by Mike Williams of one of these wagons of which it it thought nine were built from 1878 onwards. No drawing but they were known to be 18’ long on a 11’8” wheelbase, enough to reasonably estimate the other dimensions.   Construction is from styrene sheet and section. Metal strips on the top of the sides had a series of holes for roping pegs, though I think they may have been threaded for an eyebolt. Perhaps a bar was pegged across the wag
Dave John

Dave John in General

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Chesworth - Horsham MRC's 00 Finescale project

First encounter with the general public

"Is it EM?"   That question, asked two or three times, was the least expected one. Our layout isn't but the question is a ringing endorsement of PECO's Code 75 bullhead track and how that is a major advance on what was offered before for 00 gauge modellers. The gauge may be wrong, but nearly everything else about this track is right. The result is that the trackwork of a steam era branchline can be reproduced effectively.   Good track means that it is worth getting the ballas
whart57

whart57 in Monthly Reports

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Rospeath Lane - BR(WR) Engine Shed

Can Rospeath Lane be resurrected?

I've not posted on RMWeb about Rospeath Lane for sometime now, in the meantime I have added a few posts on my independent blog about this project. If anyone is interested to see how far I got until I lost my mojo, the blog can be found here at https://rospeathlane.blogspot.com/   During the six months since I posted on the above blog my problem has been the damage to Rospeath Lane's baseboards, along with its size. The damage must have occurred during our move to Cumbria and/or during
Yan

Yan in Planning

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MikeOxon's Pre-Grouping Blog

Ultimate Pre-Grouping - Trevithick

I have not forgotten about my plans to create a diorama, as described in my Broad Gauge blog.    While I was researching the early days of the GWR, however, I found myself thinking about what had gone before – back to the ultimate pre-grouping period!  This led me to Trevithick’s engines, of which I photographed a replica at Blists Hill Museum near Telford:   Trevithick replica at Blists Hill Museum   Trevithick was a remarkable inventor but, sadly, not a good
MikeOxon

MikeOxon in general

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A Sussex countryside model railway

Bridging the gap

Flushed with a feeling of competence and an irrepressible desire to risk failure in the face of a public audience, I chose try my hand at another kit. The Ratio foot bridge, RO548.  I knew the Jujitsu kit bashing skill were unnecessary, but it looked like it would be a little fiddly.   What the heck, we were going away for a week so I packed the kit, some tools and an extra dollop of wishful thinking. Shame I forgot the instructions 🙄   Anyway, who needs instructions?  
jeff_p

jeff_p in Lyghtondown

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Brunel Gauge Workshop/Showcase

Bristol & Exeter Railway, featuring No.41

One of the creations I'm very proud of, especially since I had tried making it a month ago but failed miserably. If not for the improvement I've experienced this probably would've never came out, but I'm glad it did!   The livery may not be fully accurate as I used a model of it as livery reference, but enlightenment on what its accurate livery would be greatly appreciated!
Brunel Gauge Workshop/Showcase

North Devon Railway "Star"

Today's blog post introduces a new locomotive, definitely not well-known as others but still as beautiful. Note that I've taken my own creative liberties as I do not  have the resources / information about what its livery would be and type of smokebox door or how the pistons are positioned. Nevertheless, I enjoyed making her and she looks amazing to me!
isambird

isambird in North Devon Railway

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46444's Blog

The Ultimate Driving Machine. Brighton's BMW...

Some of you will know I do like the 1950's/1960's micro cars and courtesy of Oxford a Messerschmitt three wheeler often appears on my layouts.   Recently I was researching Southern Railway push-pull coaches and came across the excellent Blood & Custard Southern/BR Southern Region reference site.    This article was of some interest:   https://www.bloodandcustard.net/BMWIsetta.html   It appears BMW built their Isetta micro-car in the old LBSC/SR/BR rail
46444

46444 in 46444 Blog

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