Category Archives: Jon’s layout ramblings

In defence of the roundy-roundy

Posted on November 2, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

You may recall that I have recently been rather critical of continuous run (roundy-roundy) layouts, especially at exhibitions.  The criticism has perhaps been less of the concept, and perhaps more of the fact that there has been a ‘sameness’ between … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting 17 October 2018 – and On my Workbench

Posted on October 19, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A good turn out of 10 members at last week’s meeting – but missing the Cha(I)rman who is camping in Mayday Hospital (hopefully out now) with gall stones.  They say they are just observing him – it’s a tough job … Continue reading →

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Where is the ‘wow’ factor?

Posted on September 27, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

My visit to TINGS and the various forum discussions that followed provoked a certain amount of thought.  The NGF threads on the exhibition really just showed that everyone is different, and different people like different things.  So some people disliked … Continue reading →

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Victoria East – another Minories PS

Posted on August 23, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

It’s been a while since I looked at urban termini.  Looking at London Victoria in the 1950’s there seems to be an interesting ‘bitsa station’ design that is possible. The distance between the road bridges is about 4′ in ‘N’, … Continue reading →

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On my workbench #9

Posted on May 14, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

It’s been a month of modifications.  It started when I tried to show off the railway to son Michael, and found that when I changed the points, there was a dead short.  So the first task has been to rewire … Continue reading →

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On my workbench #8

Posted on April 10, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Not much to report on the workbench….  Too much thinking and not enough modelling over the past month.  And too much exhibition organisation.  But I have thought again about my N-club modules.  I decided that I really did want to … Continue reading →

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How do you choose?

Posted on April 3, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Mojo not in good shape this week, so another interesting quote from Mike Cougill’s OST Blog…. How do you choose between two or more equally compelling options? That’s the situation a number of us will face at some point in … Continue reading →

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Different strokes for different folks

Posted on February 26, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

I was amused by a couple of snippets from this month’s model railway magazines.  Firstly, Hornby magazine, and the most excellent Mansion House.  Stephen Grant says: One of the advantages of a city location is that it is much easier … Continue reading →

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On my workbench #7

Posted on February 22, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Delivery of a 450mm wide ‘half’ hollow door has provided a home for my new N-club modules – and indeed any other small layout in the future.  After investing in a stud-wall detector, three large brackets support the door as … Continue reading →

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On my workbench #6

Posted on February 12, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Some more progress with buildings for the first module. These two half-relief row houses are Walther’s kits.  The left hand one was salvaged from Earl’s Wood.  The right hand one is new, but the kit has been ‘in stock’ since … Continue reading →

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