Tag Archives: Layout design
Model Railway Journal no. 274 – Wise words
I took the day off from visiting exhibitions last Saturday – nothing very close, and I had already posted flyers to all 5 of them. So, a more reflective blog today. I’ve started to get just the one model railway … Continue reading
Odds and ends….
A few bits and pieces as a change from exhibition reports (although people seem to like pictures from an exhibition more than me wittering on…..) All are from that wonderful time waster YouTube…. First a car journey up the A20 … Continue reading
Odd modelling ideas #456 – Believe it or not?
Or what to do with an old roundhouse…. From Facebook and originally Google Earth, this car repair shop has been adapted from part of a roundhouse. The turntable has been replaced by some rather tight curves. This would make such … Continue reading
Odd modelling ideas #70 – An interesting project?
From Facebook, Micro/Small Railroad group. It’s not Photoshopped, but from Englewood Logging Ry, Vancouver Island, BC. Anyone game to model this in ‘N’? It makes the ‘Pacer’ units positively modern, and I suggest that a Dapol Pacer could be a … Continue reading
The Cromford Canal
Thursday morning, we walked down from the hotel to Cromford Mills, less than half-a-mile away. These mills were the site of the first cotton-spinning machine invented by Richard Arkwright. This whole stretch of the Derwent Valley and its mills has … Continue reading
Minories #2 – Out in the suburbs – repost
Number 4 is my second Minories post. Back to normal (whatever that may be) next week! If you leave London, and head to the other end of the commuter lines, a Minories like design, sort of ‘mini-Minories’ is another option. … Continue reading
A small shunting layout – repost
Interestingly, Number 3 is this little American switching layout. Model Railroad Hobbyist has a very nice ‘shunting plank’ in its October edition. It’s in ‘O’ gauge, but the dimensions are a very reasonable 11’- 6” x 17’–19” with a 6’ … Continue reading
