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  1. simond

    Prototype FKW Refurb

    In case anyone is chasing paint colours from the South East, they appear to have stripped the canopy supports at Folkestone West, leaving a veritable rainbow of old paints. I have not the slightest idea why the picture has landed sideways as I photographed it with my phone the normal way...
  2. AdeMoore

    4mm Meldon Quarry

    Been pondering a little micro layout while work commences on my train room! I’ve gathered some info and even made up the platform sign So workbench gone most materials packed away hopefully work on the room will be done by Christmas it’s only a tart up but there’s also a bathroom floor to lay...
  3. Trenoweth

    St Columb

    St Columb (or how to re-write history) The ideas for St Columb, a station on the Newquay & Wadebridge Railway, were formed thirty to forty years ago though despite some quite detailed plans being drawn up, never actually materialised - until now! It has varied down the years between being an...
  4. AdeMoore

    AdeMoore

    Thought I’d better say Good day, been on RMweb for a while. Watching Pencarrow brings me here yet to poke around the topics and see what’s here. Modelling 4mm 00. Currently scratch building Wantage Tramway Jane No5, from reduced 7mm plans from MRJ 114 to 123 from 1999. Have a rough test track...
  5. Pencarrow

    Southern Turnout Timbers

    OK, I have limited knowledge of all things track but am building my own from C&L parts for my 7mm layout. I've used Templot to draw up a track plan and I've used the following: B6 turnouts as a crossing 31.5mm MF track gauge Track centres at 95mm (wider than normal to allow room for kit...
  6. d827 kelly

    4mm Small P4 terminal - BR (S) 1960s

    The below is a bit of a reposting from over on RMweb where I first posted it and edited as appropriate. Key Points: Mid 1960s BR Green/Blue changeover period. Set more towards the Western Section of BR(S). 3rd rail electric EMUs Oil depot, goods shed and house coal loading Possible military...
  7. d827 kelly

    4mm Woolwich/Charlton (Working title) - P4 - 1980s/1990s NSE

    Thought I'd make a topic for the layout now something is starting to happen with it (there planning and thoughts stuff over on the blog on here too). The most recent entries below: Key points of interest: NSE 1988-1994 era (initially) SE London area (Woolwich/Charlton) 3rd rail electric...
  8. AJC

    Prototype Wotton, Havenstreet, Smallbrook Junction

    A sunny morning at Wotton on the Isle of Wight brought us up from Newport (by bus) and this distinctive and unambiguous signage. Wotton station itself is totally reconstructed from what had been there before and the result is a work in progress with a signal box under restoration, but...
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