Category Archives: Layout design

SWING exhibition 2023 #2

Posted on May 24, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

And here are a few pictures of some of the rest of the exhibits. Arun Quay (O) is a familiar layout on the exhibition circuit, but always worth a look. Norge (HO) is unusual in being set in Norway.  Some … Continue reading →

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SWING exhibition 2023 #1

Posted on May 22, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

After a busy wedding weekend and a few days holiday by the sea in Poole, I thought a side trip to an exhibition would be good.  SWING (Small and Wonderful Industrial, Narrow Gauge and light railways) exhibition down in Worthing, … 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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Tonbridge MRC show 2023 #2

Posted on February 20, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

I guess the last post had my favourites from Tonbridge.  But there were plenty of layouts to see, and here are most of the rest…. We’ll start with Feltham Road (OO).  Loco shed layouts are the current in-thing, I guess, … Continue reading →

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Tonbridge MRC show 2023 #1

Posted on February 18, 2023 by snitchthebudgie

Saturday morning and a visit to the Tonbridge show – by train.  I was going to do this in 2019, but there were engineering works and a replacement bus service, so I just didn’t bother.  Then came covid….  The trip … 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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