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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

Planning J39 drive - rebuilding tender chassis?

Well the time has come for serious thinking (some would say I should have done this before).   The North Yard gearbox I got from Branchlines runs very smoothly, and sticking a mini-drill on the back turns the wheels quite nicely! However this isn't exactly the most prototypical drive so I need to work out how to get a universal joint through to the tender and mount a motor.   First problem is that the shaft of the gearbox comes out only slightly below the cab floor. I think I'm going to have
Fen End Pit

Fen End Pit

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

Small scale property development!

One feature planned for the area at the top of the embankment is a block of modern flats, the brick built type that seem to have sprung up all over the place in the past few years and loosely based on the one where I live.   To get some idea of the size, I made a paper mock up to make sure it wasn??�t going to be too dominating, but it seems to fit in nicely.     Construction will be a transparent plastic structure, with my own brick paper overlaid onto a thin sheet of plasticard. Thi
TomE

TomE

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Grahame's dining room table

Blog update

Just a quick note to update my blog; modelling is still continuing but on a number of fronts including completing a Fireball XL5 Comet Miniatures vac formed kit and more background research and development for my big London Bridge project. For that I've started putting together a fleet of London Transport busses;         And I've been looking at track options for the project. I've just about decided that I'm going to run with the 2mm Easitrack option using the plain track as it is, but bu
grahame

grahame

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Pugsley's Workbench

I'll be your number one

Number one end, that is!   A couple of views of the No 1 end cab, with virtually all of the detailing parts added.   Matt - as you see, I've added the wire to the phone handset - couldn't make the wire itself curly though, I couldn't find the unfeasibly small wire, so had to use some slightly thicker stuff. I've twisted as best I can so that it looks the part though     The radio unit has turned out a tad oversize, and that coupled with the fact that the AWS indicator is also overs
Pugsley

Pugsley

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mozzer models' Finished Models

GNR Dia 129/121 & 277 coaches

Here are the 3 sets of 2 GNR coaches now that i have glazed the     1st up is the 4mm GNR Howlden 45ft dia277 brake 3rd Built from Bill Bedford etches & 247 Developments parts painted by Dave Studley No's 1605 & 799         2nd is the 4mm GNR 58ft 1in dia121 lav composite built from Bill Bedford etches & 247 Developments parts painted by Dave Studley No's 3074 & 3076       & last but not least the 3rd is the 4mm GNR Howlden 45ft dia129 Lav composite with lugg
mozzer models

mozzer models

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The Fatadder's Modern Workbench

Something of a block & Clan Line

Going through something of a modellers block at the moment, the projects I have on the go either aren't capturing my interest, or are stuck awaiting components....   Clan Line is now once again hold up awaiting components, having realised that I dont have the right grade of wire for soldering up the con rods. I also havent managed to separate the long rod from the cylinder assembly, so will probably just live with the Hornby part there. I am also thinking about soldering some washers onto th
The Fatadder

The Fatadder

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Paxton Road's workbench

Industrial musings...

I've found myself browsing the internet with all this new found love of etched brass kits, P4 and industrial lines and have come across a few things worth sharing.   First up - sorry - no photos in this post, I always hate blog posts without snaps, but it's the copyright rules mean I can't link the photos directly!   So what have I found?   Here we have some interesting cab shots of the Sentinel shunters used on the Manchester Ship Canal railway along with some interesting text. This appea
James Hilton

James Hilton

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halfwit's fantastic workbench!

Judith Edge Steelman Royale dodgy handrail...

Not sure what to do about this. If you look at the front handrail you will see that the angles on either side are different due to my dodgy bending. I could strip it down and start again but I'm worried about messing things up and I've already put a lot of effort in. On the other hand its not particulary noticable from most normal viewing angles. Hmmm.....   Does anyone know what shade of green to use? Brunswick Green is mentioned in the Bicester book but I would like a second opinion. And
halfwit

halfwit

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Bomp's Blog

Next loco

Last weekend while shopping for chips which my man didn't have, I got tempted by the black 04 in the pictures. He has a sale on so it was a good time to get tempted. Then he showed me another one, in green, in "as new" condition, but already chipped. I couldn't decide, so he let me bring both home to decide in my own time. Being an awkward sort, and having run in the new mechanism and compared its performance to the as new one, there's nothing in it, so I'm going back on Saturday to see if h
Bomp

Bomp

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Millport Victoria LNWR 4mm

Millport Victoria to go DCC!

Well now that the Wigan exhibition is out of the way, the group is going to continue with the work on Millport Victoria. Over the coming year we will be working on a new fiddleyard board, continuing the work on the shed area and also replacing some tired buildings, which have seen better days and it would be easier to build a like for like replacement rather than trying to rescue them.   The big news is the group has decided that as part of the re-wire, we are going to convert Millport to DCC
87023Velocity

87023Velocity

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coombe junction - moorswater

Kyle - on the Fiddle - Part I

Update - The last two nights have seen progress on the fiddle yard area. Due to the number of boards/joints on the layout, cassettes were decided as has been depicted in a number of previous sketches. After much consideration and options I decided that two single and two double cassettes [which can be joined together] were required. Why double? Because when a loco is running around its train, due to the small length of the layout, the rolling stock will need to be pushed back partly in the fidd
bcnPete

bcnPete

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2mm layout based in South Wales The Blog

Building the Fence Houses 21t hopper

Over the last few days I have been building some etched brass 21t hopper wagons using the "Fence Houses" kit, which is basicaly an etch that folds up into a very nice model of the prototype.   With the etch you receive a descriptive history about the prototype, an exploded diagram of how the kit goes together, along with another five pages on how to build the kit of which are very well explained, I followed the instrutions to the tee and didn't find any problems with the build.   Only additi
Trevor H

Trevor H

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On Ravensers Bookcase

"Here's one I made earlier"

I had a bout of fitting Sprat and Winkle couplings a couple of weeks back - the vans (see below) were done and released to traffic and I duly dug the MCV out of the stockbox - quick win , low effort and another model back in traffic. I was half way through when I noticed:     Remember that the shunting micro is Transitional . Airfix kit - modified without top flaps to represent a rebodied wagon. So it's out of period and can't be made in period - these rebodyings started around 1970. It wou
Ravenser

Ravenser

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leopard1299's Blog

new projects!

well folks im still getting used to this blog system but I will be fitting in a couple more builds just ordered a southern z class tank loco from chris at golden arrow! yay! so looking forward to that and will be sorting a couple more 9fs out soon as ive had loads of requests! well looks like im going to try and fit this all in as we have been busy with the day job of selling toysoldiers! and very very busy with our classic bus fleet more news to follow soon as well as info on our show at wolla
leopard1299

leopard1299

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Bomp's Blog

Pictures!

The first two chipped locos parked in the brewery. It's the same brewery from the previous RMweb thread I did. I'll be filling the rest of the ground in once I've stopped playing for a while. Maybe at the weekend... In the meantime, it's filling a nice gap in the quiet night shift driving seat modelling time!
Bomp

Bomp

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Musings and wonderings (for now...)

A possible prototype

For Christmas, I got the second edition of Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas and it's already heavily thumbed. Whilst browsing it recently, I cam across Charlton station. At first glance, it doesn't look particularly interesting, but cross-referencing with my copy of Quail, suggests there's much more than meets the eye. I've sketched a simple plan of the area: It has a perfect scenic break at the Woolwich end and also on the Blackheath leg *and* it has the bonus of a junction to the freight-
Del

Del

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Edinburgh Junction's Blog

DRS 20 almost complete!

The DRS 20 gets out yet again into the workshop, and gets touch-ups with many colours of paint to get the best results from my cheap-o paint brushes and my capability.   The main DRS compass logo has been fully painted over and sanded off, and the surface is pure blue... well, I needed to say 'and the surface was pure blue' because yesterday, I got out my scissors, water etc and got the number (20312) put on the loco in the right place, along with the data panels on the bottom corner nearest t
Edinburgh Junction

Edinburgh Junction

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Cherry's Corner.

Any old iron - Jinty lamp irons.

A quick update on the Jinty progress with a few details on making the lamp irons.   The lamp irons on the footplate are simple enough, the etchings supplied in the kit are fine but I thought they were a little on the skinny side so I just used a bit of nickel strip. However the rear lamp irons and the one on the top of the smoke box are a little more tricky. The etchings supplied in the kit involves folding back etches which I think end up looking too thick in places. This was my solution.  
Adrian

Adrian

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Beardybloke's 009 Bodging Bench

Progress... and an almighty c*ck-up

Progress has been made on Blanche, but I've suffered something of a setback. I shall start at the beginning, and build up in a not-so-dramatic fashion until it all falls to pieces (though thankfully not quite literally). First of all though, a comedy photo of me and my Land Rover to give an excuse for my lack of updates:     The last update was at the point where the rods had been placed cosmetically over the cranks... all well and good? No, not really... the bushes were also rather wider t
Beardybloke

Beardybloke

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TomE's N Gauge Modelling

The method to the madness!

A few people have asked how the overgrown line was created so here goes!   First the line was sprayed using Railmatch Frame Dirt and the rails painted with a rust colour. I used a slightly redder colour for the older lines than the mainline to differentiate between the two.     The line is then ballasted, with the scenic disused line done using Woodland Scenics fine brown. The still used older line is ballasted using a mix of the brown and fine buff to give some contrast between the two.
TomE

TomE

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