Showing posts with label Layout in a box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Layout in a box. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Slumbering P Class

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Poke your head inside the engine shed at Melbridge Parva and you might find a P Class locomotive awaiting its next duties. Perhaps it wil...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Point lever mistake

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When I built Melbridge Parva , I thought that as an industrial yard, the points would be operated with levers rather than from a signal bo...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Electric spaghetti

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There seems an awful lot of wire under this tiny layout ! In an effort to keep things simple, I've done my best to colour code every...
Friday, June 24, 2011

The plan for the panel

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Before I start, perhaps I should quickly explain my plan for the panel on Melbridge Parva. If I were a management consultant, you'd ha...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Wednesday wiring

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I have a dirty little secret to own up about. Despite all the blog posts, and an appearance in the Hornby Magazine yearbook ( Number 3, stil...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Details, details

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Tidying up the other day I found some detail parts I didn't get around to fitting to Melbridge Parva . For the end of the warehouse ...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Hornby Magazine Yearbook No.3

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Last Saturday I picked up (and paid for you will note) a copy of this years Hornby Magzine Yearbook. As usual it is an excellent mix of qual...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Warley Saturday

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Warley demo stand Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Who knew cardboard buildings were so interesting ? I'm more than a bit tired af...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

What's in a name ?

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Naming anything is difficult. Parents can spend hours on the subject yet there are still plenty unable to do better than call them after cha...
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Saturday, August 07, 2010

Lumpy undergrowth

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If the nylon grass mentioned yesterday isn't enough, there are other tricks to produce a suitably untidy example of nature on a model ra...
Friday, August 06, 2010

The beige, green grass of home

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Years ago my first models saw grass coming from packs of cheap flock powder. Dried sawdust is wonderful stuff except that it came in fairly ...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Groundworks

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Buildings done, I get to have a go at some scenery. Messy, but fun. First up, ballasting. Not wanting anything coarse or resembling the ma...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Herding cats

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Regular readers won't be surprised that I'm turning the "Layout in a box" into a magazine article. To that end I've be...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Felt roof

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I like a bit of variety in the building materials on a layout. It's too easy to stick to a limited palette of slates, tiles, brick and c...
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Monday, August 02, 2010

Shed interior

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Inside the shed the brickwork has been given a quick wash over with Humbrol 147. Thinned a little bit and swashed around with abandon, I thi...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Short shed door

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File this one under, "What the hell were Airfix thinking ?" The shed doors are desperately short. Not a little short but the sor...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Loco inspection pit

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How deep is a locomotive inspection pit ? I dunno, but a quick enquiry on the DOGA e-mail board and after a little chat, received this from ...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Engine shed part 4 - Roof and detailing

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How is this roof supposed to fit ? I appreciate that I've deviated from the kit instructions quite a lot by cladding the interior with...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Engine shed part 3 - Windows

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In an ideal model railway world, people would produce replacement parts for popular kits. That would mean I'd have been able to buy some...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Engine shed part 2

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Some days you have to wonder about old model makers. I mean with the prototype sheds still standing and available to look at, how did the Ai...