Category Archives: Jon’s layout ramblings

Finishing all those projects #3

Posted on April 12, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

Well, for “finishing” say “doing something I should have done ages ago.”  Modelling over the last couple of weeks has been a complete rearrangement of the railway room.  Most importantly I got fed up with having two work benches in … Continue reading →

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Finishing all those projects #2

Posted on March 26, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

We return to the bubblecars, and I make no apology for repeating this atmospheric picture of the approach to Brighton.  Must admit, I wouldn’t mind a model of that EMU in the background. Research at the time (for research read … Continue reading →

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Finishing all those projects #1

Posted on March 18, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

Looking at all the projects that I have started, and need to finish, I’ve decided to have a few weeks of trying to finish a few things – before returning to the Minories.  Of course, I may decide to build … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts

Posted on February 26, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

All sorts of odds and ends today. I was amused by these cartoons.  All too true! Mojo has been a bit low for railways this week.  So I did a bit more on my German WWII command vehicle for a … Continue reading →

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A sort of Minories of my own – 23

Posted on February 8, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

Marking time a bit with this post.  I’ve spent the last couple of days completing the control panel.  All the switches, buttons, and the controllers themselves have been mounted on the panel, and the panel recessed in the baseboard.  As … Continue reading →

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A sort of Minories of my own – 22

Posted on February 2, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

Not too much progress on the layout.  I have had a large sort out of my boxes for storing wiring and switches and rationalised them both – and found a number of things that I had lost.  And the good … Continue reading →

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Three interesting layout designs….

Posted on January 28, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

‘Ian from Cumbria’ linked to his layout blogs on RMweb.  He has developed three excellent plans, and I reproduce them here.  The location is somewhere in the West Country, but the principles could be moved almost anywhere. First, Tredethy Wharf, … Continue reading →

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A sort of Minories of my own – 21

Posted on January 12, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

After Christmas, I got back to work on the layout.  The short extension to the baseboard is complete (but needs another coat of paint.)  I’m hoping that this area will also store all the transformers and electronics needed for operation. … Continue reading →

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A sort of Minories of my own – 20 – ch..ch..ch..Changes

Posted on January 2, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

As David Bowie would memorably say.  I’ve returned to my little Minories.  I had come to a stop, as I realised that the design still didn’t feel right.  So it was time to wait till some inspiration happened.  It eventually … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

I hope that you all get some modelling done in 2023, and actually complete some projects! But here are three modelling challenges to get you going….. A bullet train? A working escalator.  Moving treads are easy (!?!)  Your challenge is … Continue reading →

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