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Off my trolley – Pacific Electric at its best
Browsing (as one does) I came across a New York Subway site with this excellent picture of a Pacific Electric PCC car at an unknown, but very modellable location. (OK, New York site, PE picture, does not compute….. but it’s still … Continue reading
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Five things you can do to be happier right now
Most people are wrong about the things that will make them happy. Professor Paul Dolan, speaking at the Hay Festive, said it’s actually quite simple. I’ve adapted them for model railway use – I think they still work! Listening to a … Continue reading
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Tagged hints and tips, inspiration, layout design, model railway
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Australian inspiration
Rediscovering websites that seem to have gone for good is always good news. I enjoyed Andrew Martin’s site as it had a good number of very buildable small layout plans. Although based in Australia, small stations are small stations worldwide – … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Inspiration, Layout design, N Club International
Tagged hints and tips, layout design, modular layouts, N gauge
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Exhibitions, are they worth it?
Julias Modelopolis (Julia makes marvellous 2mm fine scale models, with some 3-D printing thrown in for good measure) recently commented on taking your layout to an exhibition. The money comments were….. Browsing the interweb forums I always stumble across people … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, hints and tips, layout design, model railway
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Less is more – two interesting examples
I used to follow a blog called ‘The Staging Yard’, following a UK based modeller’s trials at building a US layout, until it went quiet in 2014. Reading RMWeb the other day, I saw that the blog had reappeared and was being continued … Continue reading
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Tagged hints and tips, layout design, model railway, shuting layout
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Long and winding road – narrow and wide
One feature of the ‘Shed’ era that I forgot was an interest in narrow gauge railways. A few Model Railway News articles were supplemented by a copy of Don Boreham’s seminal ‘Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling’ and a history of the Lynton … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 15 July 2015
A quiet but busy evening as the club. Only 8 members present, but we had some good trains running, and more track was laid on the new end loop. I had acquired a new Farish Southern N 2-6-0 since Sunday … Continue reading
London Underground: 150 fascinating Tube facts
Or how to bore your travelling companion on the bus during a tube strike. These are taken from the Daily Telegraph. Here are my top 30 (or so), avoiding a very long post! 1. There is only one Tube station … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, London Underground, prototype, railway
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ESNG PlayDay – 12 July 2015
July’s PlayDay was a successful afternoon. We had 10 punters in attendance, including a pleasant surprise in Sean. Sean had been able to leave work early from driving trains on Southern due to a convenient replacement bus service. (What, don’t they … Continue reading
Long and winding road – the shed
In the mid-sixties, I was in need of the larger back bedroom in our 1930’s 3-bedroom semi, so my father invested in a SHED. This 9′ x 8′ empire was carefully built by my father, saturated with wood preservative, insulated … Continue reading
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