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Covid-19 diary #23
Well, project complete! I’m sure that there will need to be a little fettling and further track cleaning to get things moving, but it is almost there. A simple 2-road 2′ or so fiddle yard bolts onto the main layout. … Continue reading
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Covid-19 diary #22
Progress on the layout continues. I fitted LED strip for the lighting, that has enabled me to take some better photos, below. Scratching around the railway room, I have found enough plywood and track for a fiddle yard. I’m going … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 July 2020
No, we didn’t start (illegally) meeting, but we managed a Zoom meeting. Good to see people, rather than just talk on the phone. There seems to have been some modelling, and quite a lot of buying, going on amongst the … Continue reading
If you’re suffering exhibition withdrawal symptoms….
Try this – hours of watching and some brilliant layouts.
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Covid-19 diary #21
Amazingly, the layout is just about done. The scenics went together surprisingly quickly. And the end result is OK – it can always be better, but I’m pretty happy with the whole thing Now to put a cover and some … Continue reading
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Odd modelling ideas #721
This lovely picture is in the Bournemouth/Poole area. Taken in the 1950’s or early 60’s by that ancient Hillman Minx at the crossing. For the modeller, this is just what you need as a prototype for everything – two level … Continue reading
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It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
Let off digging up the plum tree – it must have heard Maxine and I talking and immediately produced five plums. Too hot to do much yesterday – how anyone can go and cram on a South Coast beach I … Continue reading
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Covid-19 diary #20
Weather’s improved, and I may have to go and dig up some tree roots. And Father’s day this weekend was graced by a phone call from Berlin, and socially distanced visits from the other two children on Sunday and Monday. … Continue reading
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The eye of a needle?
We are often concerned about threading out model tracks around each other. However, the prototype was very good at it. Here are two pictures, rural and urban, that show how it’s done. Midford, Somerset. The Somerset and Dorset viaduct was … Continue reading
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Covid-19 diary #19 – Rapid progress…
It’s been showery and grey for a couple of days, so rapid progress on the railway. Blue point controllers were bought in and were very easy to install, including the point frog switches. The masking tape on the wiring will … Continue reading
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