Monthly Archives: August 2013

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Posted on 28/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

No, I’ve not been listening to old Bowie records! While pottering around in the garage this morning I’ve stripped the poly-fiber trees from Villa Pica for reuse on Sand Creek (below) and scrapped the sylvan diorama. All is not lost … Continue reading →

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Sand Creek

Posted on 26/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

After yesterday’s refurbishment of Toadflax Yard I have been taking another look at Sand Creek. This layout was originally built as 200th Street Yard then later extended to include three separate scenes on a single baseboard just over five feet … Continue reading →

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Generation Gap Gronk

Posted on 25/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

I’ve just been patching up the scenery on Toadflax Yard with a view to using it with OO trains instead of the HO scale American stock that it was built for. The tiny layout is better suited to smaller British … Continue reading →

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Probably so.

Posted on 20/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

Yesterday I asked whether or not it was worth doing a chop job on an old Tri-ang toy to make a new coach for the Seaside Line. The responses on NGRM and MTI forums, as well as  here on my … Continue reading →

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Is it worth it?

Posted on 19/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

This is just an idea at the moment, but hopefully the blog post may bring some advice. I am trying to decide if it’s worth destroying an old Tri-ang OO toy coach to make a new one in On18 for … Continue reading →

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Brake

Posted on 17/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

With the downsizing of my Latin American narrow gauge operations it has become apparent that I no longer need all my On30 cabooses. As a result of this the smallest of the four has been withdrawn from service on the … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on 15/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

As the final act of winding up Cheshire Railway Modellers, the John’s Jottings website has been handed over to the author this month. It took him a while to figure out the controls, as a result of which the August … Continue reading →

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Railwells ’13

Posted on 11/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

A most enjoyable weekend was spent in Somerset. Good beer, good food and good company. Visits to the S&D station at Midsomer Norton then Wells model railway show on Saturday morning were followed by an afternoon sampling the beer at … Continue reading →

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Villa Pica

Posted on 08/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

Villa Pica is located on Lower Caisse, the southern island of San Serriffe. The  island’s railway is a subsidiary of the Great North Bodoni Railway Company on Upper Caisse. The line was intended to connect the port of Cap Em … Continue reading →

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Cut and shut

Posted on 08/08/2013 by Bob Hughes

The Seaside Line needs a bogie van for goods traffic, so a pair of Unit Models O9 van kits have been combined. The end was removed from one van then the two bodies were glued together and attached to an … Continue reading →

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