Category Archives: Layout design

What’s at the ESNG show?

Posted on April 8, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

With just three days to go, and with a number of last minute changes to the line-up, here’s what there is to see on Saturday.  Despite the changes, I think it will be a good show! Layouts N-Mod (x3) From … Continue reading →

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Jon’s modules – ‘Earl’s Wood’ progress

Posted on April 5, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Progress on Earl’s Wood continues, aided by a week off work.  The photos below show the exit from the layout with scenery and ballast complete (apart from a hoover to pick up any odd debris).  The trees hide the exit … Continue reading →

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Jon’s modules – ‘Earl’s Wood’ returns

Posted on March 24, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Over the past couple of months I should have been getting my modules into a viewable condition for the show.  But work and life in general has conspired against me.  And more to the point, I was having a general … Continue reading →

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There could be some truth in this?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Sent to me, so I’m unable to give credit where credit is due.  But I suspect it could be very close to the truth”

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Shunting scrabble

Posted on March 8, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I am always impressed by the realistic operation of US model railroads, compared to what we do in the UK (see my recent post on ‘Time’).  I even recently read a Model Railroad Hobbyist article where the layout had padlocks … Continue reading →

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Adventures in time and place #2 – Location, location, location

Posted on March 2, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

A number of recent blogs and articles have had me thinking not only about time, but also about place.  There are two aspects to this – can the location of your model railway be identified before a train arrives – … Continue reading →

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What colour(s) is track?

Posted on February 28, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I’m getting to the stage when I will need to start painting and ballasting the track on my modules.  Looking at the albums I have in my possession, one can see that it’s not a matter of a spray of … Continue reading →

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Adventures in time and place #1

Posted on February 16, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

No, this is not a review of the latest episode of ‘Dr Who’.  Rather, there have been some interesting posts recently on how ‘time’ and ‘location’ work when we are building a model railway.  I’m a sucker for these ‘philosophical’ … Continue reading →

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Is this Google’s fault?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

It continues to amaze me that one of the most read posts over the last 18 months is a little item called, “Jon’s Modules – Peco lash up”.  I don’t know what people expected to read?? And I pre-dated ’50 … Continue reading →

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Ideas matter

Posted on February 2, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

This is from another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… Our craft suffers from a scarcity of ideas. Ideas that change our image of what the hobby could be. When Frank Ellison suggested that a model … Continue reading →

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