Recent Comments
Allan Dawes on On my workbench – module… “Stuttgart 202… on Stuttgart 2025 – 4… 
Jonathan Caswell on Stuttgart 2025 – 4… 
Chuckster on Brockenhurst show 2025 
snitchthebudgie on Potpourri #1130
Category Archives: Jon’s layout ramblings
A Minories of my own – 2 – underneath the arches
Moving forward, I need to select the height of the arches under my Minories. An obvious place to start is the South London prototype. We could also move out to Liverpool or Fenchurch Street to the east of London for … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design
Tagged Layout design, Minories, N gauge, Southern Electric
1 Comment
A Minories of my own – 1 – planning
It’s time to move on from my (occasional) Covid-19 diary, to something new. As you, gentle reader, may well realise, I have spent the last couple of months trying to work out a layout that I actually like. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design
Tagged Layout design, Minories, N gauge, Southern Electric
4 Comments
Covid-19 diary #31
Not much modelling progress, but pre-lockdown I did raid Champions in Dorking and came back with a stock of 6mm plywood. The wood is all flat – the photo makes it look twisted. I’ve been looking at the mysterious boxes … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
1 Comment
Covid-19 diary #30
Still no modelling progress. It’s been great to see some of the club on Zoom, but I’m pining for club nights and exhibitions – and that’s a surprise for an anti-social loner like myself! Still – I have read a … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
Monday miscellany
Was this really published 30 years ago? I still think this is the most influential book on railway modelling ever published. It introduced a string of new concepts into modelling – for example the ‘cameo’ layout, and ‘staged’ layouts with … Continue reading
Covid-19 diary #29 – Planning failures!
Progress on the railway continues to be limited to say the least. I continue to try and plan my next railway with little success. So many ideas, and so few that really excite! But the last few weeks have been … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
Covid-19 diary #28
I’ve got back to the Lowfits, but nothing to report at the moment. Really, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what to model next, and then trying to understand the government conditions for us actually to hold an … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
Covid-19 diary #27
A little progress with the wagons. I’ve 10 Peco Lowfits well on the way to completion. The bodies have had their bolster bases scraped off with a knife blade and fine sandpaper. They’ve been primed and a first coat of … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
Covid-19 diary #26
Back to the loft! A few days ago, I posted this picture of some Messerschmitt bubble cars on flat wagons parked near Brighton. I suggested that if one could find a suitable bubble car (not easy), these would make an … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
Covid-19 diary #25
Has it really been a month since I did a Covid diary entry? I’m really not sure where the time has gone. I think that I’ve spent too much time reading and doing odd jobs here and there. The hot … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings, On my workbench
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
Leave a comment
esngblog 