Thursday, June 30, 2011

Branchlines Romford Slimline Gearbox

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I've always had a love-hate relationship with gearboxes in model locomotives. On one hand I can't mesh gears for toffee, on the othe...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Point testing again

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It may not have power but Caledonia's chassis runs when pushed so now we could carry on experimenting on the points for the Isle of Man ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Jigging the Caledonia chassis

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I'd hoped that the chassis construction for Caledonia would be quick and simple. It's got 6 wheels and I wasn't planning on any ...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Caledonia

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One benefit of building a model railway based on the Isle of Man is you know what your locomotives are going to be. There will be two type...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Errol saves the day

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Racing is dangerous. We've all seen Formula 1 cars flying apart after a little touch with the track side wall or another competitor. I...
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, June 22, 2011

Grotty hut in Garden Rail

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I'm building a garden railway, so what could be more natural than for bits of it to appear in " Garden Rail " ? That's wha...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The saving of Fireboat 94

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A few years ago we were happily sailing on the model boat club lake one Sunday morning. A car pulled up and a man got out of it and came to ...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Shrink rule

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Odd-ball tools fascinate me and so I couldn't resist this one. It came to me at the weekend while digging through a box of second hand...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Filling in for Suzi Perry

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I hate the Coventry ring road. Whoever thought that putting exists and entrances in the same tiny gaps in the surrounding concrete wall of ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Sharks fin

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The Club 500 racing rules say that all boats must have a number on the top so that laps can be counted. No matter that I already have the ...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Gentlemen of the press

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This week I've been doing a bit of publicity work for the model boat club. A press release was prepared a couple of weeks ago and then p...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Deja-vu trackwork

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To get an idea of how Foxdale's track will work, we built a test piece. Nothing fancy, just a point with bits of track going off a littl...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Looking for Betto Tape

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I hate masking models for spraying but it is a necessary evil if a decent paint finish is required. Sadly I can't use the sort of maskin...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Ronco Super Saw

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When I was a kid, school wasn't very far away so I used to come home for lunch. While eating my food I'd watch TV and most of the ti...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

The GMC truck finds a home.

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Back in March I built an Airfix GMC truck because I wanted to see if the kit was better than the Hasegawa kit. It was but then I was left...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Armed Forces day with Overlord

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I'm not sure how this came about, but Chris Mead had been asked to take his model railway layout "Overlord" to the British Leg...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

A quick H wagon

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Foxdale track building has commenced but if we are going to build model permanent way, we need some rolling stock to try it out with. In my ...