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Laser Waiting Shelter

Hello   I know I have posted something like this back in the old thread but I thought it was worth posting something similar again on this blog..   Highclere Waiting Shelter in 4 simple steps....   1. I draw the waiting shelter in autocad then convert it into coreldraw as the laser software uses coreldraw. The red lines are for full cut and the black lines are for 'half etch'. The laser does use more colours but these are the two I use the most.     2. The file is then uploaded to th

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My first etching

Hello   A while ago while at a show I spoke to a guy called Stephen Harris about the fact I really wanted to have a go at doing some etching. Stephen kindly let me use a small area from one of his test etches and with some help from him I managed to draw some bits to try out...     A small envelope turned up today and I was really pleased to see my etches have arrived. There is my station sign, three ground signal disks, and enough sides for two GWR benches which have all been repeated.

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Tree!

Me Again   While I try to remember how I actually finished off the ballast on the first baseboard I have made a start finishing a couple of things that have been sitting on my table half finished. Today I have been playing around with the half finished tree to see if I could end up with something I was happy with.     I didnt really use the normal methods but ended up using a mixture of things until I was happy. The basic tree is a normal twisted wire one but then after that there is all

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getting there - removing ballast

Hello   It was a job I was NOT looking forward to but its done now. I have managed to remove all the ballast on the board.     It took a while to do it but chipping away at it with a flat bladed screwdriver seemed to work. There a a couple of pieces of track that need to be stuck down again and then the whole lot needs repainting but otherwise Im glad that bit is over.   Missy

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Ah, this might be a bit awkward...

Hello   I think I have quite a big problem with the layout now. I was expecting the ballast on the second baseboard to lighten when the glue dried but have realised that its not actually going to change colour at all!!       As you can see there is quite a difference in colour between the two baseboards and to say its a bit annoying is an understatement! but I know that it cannot go right all of the time. It now looks like I will have to chip all the ballast off and redo it as I canno

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...And a bit more done...

Me again   I have a few more photos that I thought I would add to my blog. I have now painted all the track on the board I have been working on recently, added some static grass, plus ballasted the track (the ballast was still wet when I took the photos.       Oh, and I have made a start on the first of many, many trees!     Missy

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A bit more done...

Hello Again   I thought I would put together another post to show what I have been upto...     Inspired by another thread I had a go at making a 2mm scale padlock. According to the size of it, it works out at around 3 inches square.     Here it is fitted to my new little hut I made. From that photo it looks a little too big for a padlock. That photo shows the laser engraved brickwork quite well. The building still needs weathering but I will do that when I next am using the airbrush

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It Lives! (well sort of...)

Hello   I was holding off posting an entry until I had something worth talking about and now I think I have.   FINALLY! I have managed to get my little pannier tank engine working on the layout. Its quite a serious milestone for me which has been about 4 years(ish) in the making, Im very happy       It took a bit of head scratching but now electrically everything works. I had 3 faults with the wiring on this board in the end.. 1. I had a short across 2 tracks on a piece of veroboa

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And more electrics...

Hello   I have this week off work (woohoo!) and one of my goals is to finish off the electrics and actually get something working on the layout, after all its only been about 4 years now plus I think people will get a bit bored at shows if nothing actually works!   Anyway, day 1 of my break this is how far I have got...     The control panel is now 90% finished. I just need to fix some magnets to it to hold the top bit down (which are on order)     Apart from bits like uncouplers

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how I take pictures

Hello   In one of my previous blogs Alex asked how I take my photos so as promised here is how. Now before I start I want to point out that I am far from a photography expert or anything and this is how I do it. It probably is wrong in some way but it works for me!     This is how I set everything up. The two lamps are 60w daylight bulbs, the embankment is a bit of left over foam sheet with a bit of track stuck to it and covered in some very well trimmed fake fur, the backscene is an A3

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Pink my controller

Hello   Just a quick post really. What do you do when the club layout you are a part of uses the same controllers and your own controller could easily get mixed up?   This is my solution...     Paint it PINK!   Missy

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Oil Tankers - Finished! (well the first 6 anyway)

Me again   As mentioned in the last post, the tank wagons needed a splash of varnish and weathering. Well here are the first six finished...         Once varnished with a matt varnish I used a bit of light grey weathering powder to take away the harshness of the black. I then used a mix of black and dark rust weathering powders to add a few highlights / roof muck and then I gave them all a light dusting of some railmatch sleeper grime (to take away the harshness of the white transf

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Oil Tankers, a bit of progress...

Hello   Today has been a good day. Firstly I went to the Basingstoke show and met a few nice people form here and the 2mmSA. I also picked up a some paints and things from Squires and finally after a couple of years I can now paint things with my airbrush again (which is really really cool). I spent this afternoon giving the Oil Tankers I built last weekend a coat of gloss black in readyness for the transfers.   While I am on the subject of transfers I also managed to apply some to the Tank

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Stuff wot I have been upto this weekend

Hello   Thought I should put a post together to show what I got upto this weekend just gone.   Firstly there was of course the Abingdon show organised by the Abingdon and District Model Railway Club which as I am a member I kinda went along with a few bits of mine from Highclere.           As it is the 50th Anniversary of the 2mm Scale Association we all made an extra special effort this year with lots of 2mm FS stuff going on. As I was taking the photos thankfully I am not in

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More illuminating stuff

Me again   I thought to myself this weekend instead of doing more electrics I would carry on with a bit of 'fun' modelling and figure out how to improve the little morris minor as mentioned way back in the old forums. I thought to myself it will be a quickie and I would finish it in a day but here I am now, Sunday evening and now thinking thats enough....       I wanted at least one car on the layout with lights as it would fit in with my plan of being able to run the layout in the

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2mm realistic ground signals, are they possible?

Hello   Im back! I have been a bit stupid! I was kinda holding off posting anything until the blogs were 'fixed' but didnt realise that I could just upload the pictures to my picture thing then link them here!   Anyway. 2mm realistic ground signals, are they possible....?   I think they are. Below are a couple of pictures of the first one out of four for Highclere. Its been made in a much similar way to the other signal I have made earlier on. It will be operated by a servo as with the ot

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OK, Im getting bored now...

Hello   As the title says, I am getting a bit bored of these electrics! The whole thing of wiring the layout up seems to be endless at the moment. I am not the fastest of people by a long way but this is just going on forever and ever!       Apart from a couple of fuses and cables I think there is now no real reason why I cant get the thing working, the 2 boards should now work. There are still things like uncoupling magnets and signals to fit and wire but I guess the bulk of it is do

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And More Electrics...

Hello   Got a bit more done this weekend. Saturday was spent in Stafford operating what is in my opinion one of the best running 2mmFS layouts ever. Today I carried on with the box that holds all the mains stuff.       Its nearly there. I have another transformer to fit inside (for the LENZ thingy), the connector on the top, and then wire it all up. I will be really glad when all of this is out of the way so I can then concentrate on more exciting things!   While I am here, does any

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more electrickery

Hello again   It was about time to post something as I have been quiet recently. I have been back onto the electrics for the layout in a desperate attempt to get something running in the traditional style of a railway layout (is a layout a layout if there arent any moving trains on it?) and with the help of Mark again helping me get a bit of woodwork done here is how far I have got with it...   This is my main board which has a few more connectors screwed to it now. The white one at the b

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Making Sacks for the Goods Shed

Me Again   Mark asked how did I do the sacks and things for the goods shed so I thought I would post a couple of piccies. The crates were made from small bits of plasticard and plastic strip. The sacks were made from Milliput...   Once mixed the Milliput was then rolled out into a large sausage about 4-5mm in diameter (see on the right)     This was then chopped up into 6-7mm lengths using a blunt edge (in this case a 6 inch rule). The little bit of Milliput was then lightly squashed

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Goods Shed - Third time lucky...

Hello   Finally! After a few revelations while studying the books I have come up with my final version of Highclere's goods shed. I also found out that I had got the doors totally wrong so they had to be changed too otherwise it would just bug me rotten. I have added a few bits and pieces inside it too just so if anyone decides to look too close as well as a porter taking a 5 min break (and he has still got his tie on!). The whole thing needs a bit of weathering but that will come in time...

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Sometimes it just doesnt go right...

Hello   I thought this was worth posting...   After flicking through my books to see if I could find out a bit more about the goods sheds on the railway I found out that the goods sheds were raised to platform level themselves and didnt sit on a platform (if that makes sense) so I tried to add the extra bit to the bottom of the shed without much luck. The only was to sort this is to strip things back to a bare shell and redo most of it.     The thing is its annoying, yes but these thin

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Goods Shed Shenanigans

Hello again   As mentioned in my last post I managed to get a bit more done on the goods shed for Highclere at the St Albans show over the weekend and as I had today off work I decided to take a short break from the electrics and carry on with the shed. I have manged to get a bit done today, so much so that I thought I might as well post a blog entry on the good shed...   The goods shed has been made in the same way I have done the other buildings with laser engraved brick paper stuck onto

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St Albans Show 2010

Hello   I spent this weekend at the St Albans show courtesy of the CMRA with a demo of my modelling bits for Highclere.   -My (messy) stand closest to the camera-   I just wanted to say that I had a great time and thank you to everyone who came and spoke to me (David Bigcheeseplant, Atso, Halfwit, and others from RMWeb), it was the first 2 day show that I have done and I still got hardly any modelling done! (Apparantly this is a good thing ) I hope that I have inspired a few people to

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Playing with control panels Part II

Hello   As the weather yesterday looked like this...   I had the day off work and carried on with the control panel for Highclere...     I have also made a start on the power supply for the layout, is there any reason why I cannot use one of these?     Missy

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