After some great feedback on our chosen method of modular railroading, both with RS Tower at Exeter and operating as a “standalone” switching layout at Gillingham, a separate sister blog for the RS Tower modules has been launched at http://rstowerfreemo.wordpress.com/ Neil Rogers will be handling updates on that side of things – expect some changes [...]
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Yes, another one of my horribly infrequent updates! The layout is up and running again – here’s a bit of proof… That has allowed us to do a few bits more on scenery, the kinds of things that are hard to finish off when the layout is in 4′ chunks but are a relative breeze when [...]
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A while back in a thread on operation on RM-Web the use of car cards and waybills came up, and that kicked off a thought process about how best to use them on an exhibition layout. Talking to the guys in the group and whilst some of us were okay moving given cars to an [...]
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We’ve just started working on grade crossing protection and signalling – images of the progress so far can be found on the fotopic site: http://modelrailpics.fotopic.net/c735837.html Neil Rogers is also working hard on his first two 45 degree curve modules - pics can be found at his fotopic site here: http://neil-rogers.fotopic.net/c1644146.html Enjoy!
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I figured that I’d better do a pre-Christmas update, as i’ve yet again been patently rubbish at writing these! So – here we go:
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Well, the Andover show went pretty well, very few problems with the layout and it seemed very well received – many thanks to our extra operators for the weekend as well, you were a great help! Speaking of the extra operators, Gareth shot some photo’s at the end of play on Sunday and he’s gradually [...]
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We had a final work session this weekend in preparation for the Andover Show – click here for show details – i’ve uploaded a few photo’s from this weekend to the layout’s fotopic site to hopefully whet your appetites as well – hope to see some of you there. Neil Rogers also has some photo’s on [...]
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So, if you’ve been paying attention to this infrequently updated blog you’ll have noticed the quick youtube bits I uploaded from the Sunday at Exeter (if you haven’t been paying attention, scroll back through the last few posts to catch up!) and you’ll have noticed one of them caught a minor derailment as the train [...]
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Well, here we are again with one week to go before our second appearance at the Exe MRS show in Exeter – last year we were appearing as a very much “work in progress” – this time hopefully the look will be much more complete with at least basic scenery right across the scenic section. [...]
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There’s lots more progress to see over on the fotopic site – but we’ve still a long way to go! In addition our deadline just got shorter with a firm invite now to the Exe MRS show in Exeter. We attended the show last year which was not only our debut, but also debuted a [...]
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