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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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Fen End Pit's Blog

Demonstration video of locking frame

Over the weekend I constructed a simple locking bar mechanism which is operated by a servo which locks and unlocks the levers. The operation can be view in this Youtube clip. I think the basic mechanism could be expanded to cover a larger frame without too much difficulty.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8KJZ4BlT_s   David
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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Paxton Road's workbench

Building the ultimate Shed?

Inspiration comes in lots of forms, who would think the humble shed - the engine that marked the beginning of the end of heritage traction in regular revenue earning service with EWS - would fall into this category! Add to that huge potential in the lovely Bachmann model it seemed a no brainer for Paxton Road. Then it happened - Martin (Pugsley) showed photos of his Class 59 project and the decision was made... one day I'd do a 66! Tony's beautiful SD50 build showed a fabulous range of
James Hilton

James Hilton

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Calshot 4mm - SRS's Blog

The construction of Calshot - Part Five - Sluice and quays

Well another day into my summer holiday and another bit of progress to share. This is my first proper attempt at making quay walls out of DAS modelling clay and they look pretty decent if I may say so. The reason they are all at funny angles is because they have not been glued due to obvious reasons. These photos aren't very good, but they are adequate for now. I have tried to recreate worn looking stones with some stones missing and cracks appearing. I am pleased with the results so far, but I
SouthernRegionSteam

SouthernRegionSteam

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Avonwick South Devon in 2mm (Kris' Blog)

A developing circle

It's just over 2 weeks now since the 2mm soc's golden jubilee exhibition, and the realisation that in it's current set up, Avonwick was not practical to operate at an exhibition. As previously discussed the poor running in the fiddle yards combined with the inability to run a sensible service with just one operator led to my decision to convert Avonwick to a continuous run. Things have not stood still in these last 2 weeks. Firstly I started to build some new baseboards utilising foam insulati
Kris

Kris

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harkins77's Blog

lines on a shelf from a wardrobe update

After the problems of the track testing and problem finding update I last put on I left it for a day or so but did have 1 or 2 comments from friends who told me to check and check and check again my wiring. Ok so I'm a numpty as when I went to check the wires I found that the positive bus wire droppers were wired to the + point on one board and I thought I had done the same on the other board but to my surprise I found that on one board I had done it to the red bus wire but on the 2nd board I ha
harkins77

harkins77

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Lady in Black...

This evening at Frankfurt Central:       MRCE Dispolok engine ES 64 U2-001/182 501 getting under way with IC 2297 to Stuttgart Central. There currently are six MRCE ES 64 U2s under lease by the DB in order to augment their long distance motive power fleet, in light of the ongoing issue with the ICE-T and ICE 3 types being subject to significantly shortened maintenance cycles. The engines in question are ES 64 U2-001, 026, 030, 036, 061 and 072.   Yes, I do think this here certainly was n
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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Pugsley's Workbench

Paying the (sand)piper

Lack of progress on here doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything, far from it, I've spent hours and hours (what feels like an eternity!) soldering bits of brass together, and ended up with these:     It hasn't been going very well - these are the best of the ones I've made, I've scrapped at least two, and the ones that remain have been re-soldered many times to reach this point.   Each one is made from 1mm brass wire, a small chunk of 2mm hex brass and 0.8 wire, also brass.   Unfortu
Pugsley

Pugsley

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Watkin's Wharf

Watkin's Wharf...A long time ago, in a Community Centre not too far away...

....and almost 20 years later, I've actually got it back up....   .... only to take it down again, because we're moving house in 2 weeks time.....   So..... what's the point?   well - like a lobster bisque - it's purely shellfish.... I'm hoping that this will spur your 'umble scribe to resurrect the skeletal remains of two decades of fear of failure, and make some headway into the pile of etched brass and plastic (not to mention copperclad sleeper strip) that I have invested so much in...
Jan

Jan

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Watkin's Wharf

Watkin's Wharf...A long time ago, in a Community Centre not too far away...

... I was persuaded to enter my nascent minimum P4 opus - originally called "D Wharf" but subsequently renamed - into the Gloucester Model Railway Club Exhibition. This was October, 1991 (I think) and I had the idiocy to presume the bare boards and plethora of copperclad pointwork would burgeon into a fully-functional, living, breathing entity that would keep me entertained in the years to come.   How wrong a boy can be... not so much "opus" as hopeless....
Jan

Jan

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Grahame's dining room table

On my dining room table.......

..... is a lot of junk and many half started and half finished projects including some not exactly railway related modelling. However, one is the scratch building of an N gauge coaling tower based on the OO Hornby one that is curently featured in all the commercial magazine reviews and question threads here. As I actually posed a question on the question thread about it, I thought I'd post up a picture showing progress so far; there's still plenty to do including adding steps and railings, makin
grahame

grahame

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Killybegs' Blog

Bruckless Junction Phase 2

Day off today as the builder is knocking a hole through a wall to provide access to Stage 2 on Bruckless Junction which will provide a lot more storage sidings for stock. Spent Saturday morning taping plastic sheeting over everything to keep the dust out. Hopefully, when we get back from holiday next week, there may even be a baseboard erected! Thought I was going to have a lazy day today doing a bit of packing but the boss gave me a big list of jobs to do as she is having to work! Might pop ove
Killybegs

Killybegs

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barrowroad's Blog

Barrow Road - Workshop 3

Having completed the front elevation I had a short break before starting the wall adjacent to the sidings by assembling the end wall. With only one window this proved to be an easy task until I realised I had forgotten to chamfer the upper layer of bricks. A few passes with a craft knife later and this is the result.... followed by some paint....   Moving on to the sidings wall here are some pics of the interior elevation with the second crane girder in position... and the exterior wal
barrowroad

barrowroad

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87 101's Blog

Another year older !

Had a good laugh this morning when I opened my cards. Im going to frame this one and hang it in the railway room..     Now that I have some funds I think a shopping trip is on for some people and details for finishing off the layout.
87 101

87 101

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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

High Level RSH 'Husky' - Chassis part 2.

Today I fitted the brass overlays that are attached to the front and rear of the chassis. And here they are;     The next job that I tackled were the brakes. These are detachable, they slot into lugs on the sides of the frames and are screwed in place with 14BA screws. There are holes in the chassis for the lower inward facing .5mm rods to slot in. I assembled these on the fret, they comprise of a pull rod overlay which sits along the top of the assembly, half etched brake shoes (held in p
halfwit

halfwit

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Calshot 4mm - SRS's Blog

The construction of Calshot - Part Four

Just a small update. The layout has been moved to MkI's legs with a drape around it to win Brownie points! That way I can have it tucked in the corner and can work on it where it is out of the way. Having it like this makes me wonder if I actually need a backscene. Then again, it is not going to be very photogenic without one. A sluice and little footbridge have been built from left over scraps in the scrap box (funnily enough!). Still needs the mechanism and a spot of weathering. If i
SouthernRegionSteam

SouthernRegionSteam

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Brackhampton Snow Hill

Getting back to Work

Well we've been moved almost three months now and tonight was the first night I've done any modelling - althoug whether you can call daubing a bit of paint about modelling is questionable.   I've not been idle the last three months, but unfortunately other things have been keeping me busy. Including trying to sort out the garden (it now looks like the Somme - whatever happened to GroundForce - I must have a birthday surprise coming up), extending the old pond, starting a new one. Once we can a
rovex

rovex

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Ullypug's tales from the tinking table

Clevedon - track building 3 - almost there

Have almost completed the bench building of the track work for Clevedon. The photos show the track work for the loco and carriage sheds. You can just about see the shed outline on the Templot print beneath. Not shown are the now completed plain line sections. The next stage will be final painting detailing etc before I glue to the baseboard and ballast. I have to admit building track on the workbench rather than baseboards (leaning over all the junk in the garage) is the way I'll be going in the
ullypug

ullypug

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Liphook & District MRC Blog

More on YouTube - our club's old N gauge layout

Another short video clip, and this time something of a blast from the past...   This is Maddegan Road, our first attempt at an N Gauge exhibition layout. It was built by a couple of us about 8 years ago, and although still in existence has been in storage for about five years and probably in quite a bad way.   The layout represents a small wayside station on a secondary route somewhere is the UK. The geography was determined by the type of stock operated. In this clip it is in post-privati
Claude_Dreyfus

Claude_Dreyfus

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2mm Random Ramblings

2FS Easitrac - Part 1

Hello,   Things are moving! Admittedly I still have to push them with my finger (does this make it digital control ?!), but there is now track on the layout, and, with the aid of a 9V battery, trains have been run .     As I mentioned in my first posting on this blog, I used Templot to generate a track plan. This was printed, cut out and stuck down onto the trackbed, then given a couple of coats of shellac to try and stop it crinkling-up.   First up for tracklaying was the headshunt f
2mm Andy

2mm Andy

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Bw Leipzig Hbf West

Out for a Sunday drive

...was where I went today. There really were not too many interesting things to be seen, considering it was Sunday. However, there are two items I would like to show you...       There is a small B-coupled Deutz shunter stabled and fenced in at Riedstadt-Goddelau Station - I am not sure whom it once belonged to, though.         At Frankfurt Airport I then snapped IC 2875 - which is a replacement service for ICE 577 - on its way from Hamburg-Altona to Stuttgart Central Station, power
NGT6 1315

NGT6 1315

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AllScales' Gerlos Blog

Slow but steady progress

Well it's better than no progress!   The main area of activity is the two and a half turn spiral. I've been batting around in my head the best way of doing this and on Friday whilst sitting on the train home (a couple beers after work included), I realised I hadn't been looking at the problem from the right angle. So now I've worked it out and the spiral is taking shape down-stairs (no dining table for a while, but hopefully that will be over by the middle of the week).   On Saturday it was
AllScales

AllScales

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