Category Archives: Layout design

Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017 #2

Posted on October 23, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Next we go north to the Settle to Carlisle line, and a model in ‘N’ of the high moorland sections of the route.  The layout represents the section of line from Blea Moor Tunnel, across the Dent Head and Arten … Continue reading →

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Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017

Posted on October 21, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Last Saturday’s show visit was to the Farnham & District MRC.  This also had the 2mm Scale Association AGM going on, so there was a selection of 2mm finescale layouts on display.  So this post is a 2mm special.  The … Continue reading →

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Jon’s modules – fettling Aldersford

Posted on October 15, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

We’ve been meaning to carry out some maintenance on Aldersford, our late President Martin’s N-club modules, based on the Southern Railway station at Ford.  The boards had warped, making running at last year’s ESNG show a little unreliable.  With a … Continue reading →

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Croydon MRS show 2017 #2

Posted on October 11, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Another old favourite worth seeing again was The Glyn Valley Tramway, an 009 model of Glynceiriog, the passenger terminus of the line that then continued to the slate quarries.  Lots of excellent detail, but it can’t be the slate area … Continue reading →

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Croydon MRS show 2017 #1

Posted on October 9, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Having successfully differentiated Farnham from Fareham, it was off to the Croydon MRS exhibition at Warlingham.  It was a very good show, with some excellent layouts, perhaps spoilt in places by poor lighting.  BH Enterprises were in a very dim … Continue reading →

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Seaboard Southern NMRA show, 30 September 2017

Posted on October 3, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Saturday was the local NMRA group’s annual meet at the Charis Centre in Crawley.  I’ve missed the last two Seaboard Southern shows, as they clashed with other family commitments, so I was pleased to get to this one.  An easy … Continue reading →

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Two views of modelling – 2

Posted on October 1, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

And from the other end of the October edition of Model Railroad Hobbyist, Joe Fulgate asks, ‘Are we making the hobby too complicated.’  A rather different perspective…. Are we making the hobby too complicated? As I look at the “ever … Continue reading →

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Two views of modelling – 1

Posted on September 29, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The next two posts will have two differing, but perhaps slightly contrary views of our hobby.  Both come from the (free) Model Railroad Hobbyist e-magazine.  It’s all American, and sometimes has little of interest, but it’s free, and occasionally comes … Continue reading →

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Learn To Love The Process

Posted on September 21, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Yet another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… I have two thoughts in mind and I don’t know if I can connect them in a coherent narrative. The first is simple, maybe even obvious: you can … Continue reading →

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Wisbech & Upwell doodles

Posted on September 19, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over the motion. It all started with Iain Rice’s ‘Creating Cameo Layouts’ book, where I was … Continue reading →

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