Phil Haigh<p>It’s not all finished, but it is finished enough that I can run trains! Here’s a short clip of two trains going through the station area from opposite directions. There’s a Class 37 and a Class 411 EMU. Enjoy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOScale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Class37" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Class37</span></a></p>
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Phil Haigh<p>I ran out of time this evening and in fact got at best about half of the wiring done. So you’ll have to make do with this still of a Bachmann EMU that came up the helix but couldn’t get further than platform 2 of the station. </p><p>Still to do: install seven point motors, wire those and another five up to the accessory controller, program their addresses, and wire up all the track beyond the station area. Oh, and I’ve run out of 16/02 wire so need to order more tomorrow morning. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>And there it is, the main loop is now all installed. Here are a couple of shots looking towards the station area from each end. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOScaleLayout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOScaleLayout</span></a></p>
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Jon Roach<p>Watching "Celebrity IOU" with Mrs Roach on HGTV on FreeSat.</p><p>A shed company has taken out adverts for its sheds in which</p><p>1) the man deals with his n+1 habit by buying a shed to keep all the bicycles in tidily, and</p><p>2) another in which he has built a model railway - to the woman's delight, clearly an advertising fantasy -</p><p>and I think this trend of personalised advertising has gone TOO FAR.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
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Phil Haigh<p>It’s getting there. Most of the track on the left is just test fitted at the moment. By the end of Monday I hope to have all the track installed, decouplers temporarily wired up and working, and maybe enough wiring to run a train. At the moment if you stick your head under the baseboards there are a LOT of unconnected cables just hanging there…</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOScale</span></a></p>
Tom<p>The guy I bought the kit from recommends carefully cutting it out with a Dremel. I don’t have a Dremel… <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Tom<p>Might just soak it in IPA and see if there’s a glue in there that can be loosened. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Tom<p>Where I’m stuck is I now need to remove the magnet (the sort of more grey bit) and, unlike the ones in the instructions, this one is firmly glued in) <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Tom<p>Got myself a little project, upgrading the motor in a Hornby Class 86 I’ve got and adding a DCC socket. Unfortunately, I’ve just started disassembling the old motor and I’m lucky to enough to have one that’s actually quite difficult to pull apart 🙃 <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>A couple of photos of the chaos that is the model railway right now. All the pointwork on the left is permanently installed, two of the longer curves are not yet glued down, and I’ve started advancing across the centre of the baseboards which is where the station will be.</p><p>Tomorrow I’ll be installing three electromagnetic uncouplers, then more track bed, and then track.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOScale</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Painstaking progress on the model railway over the last few days, getting the placing of the single and double slips right is absolutely crucial to ensure that trains run smoothly through the complex pointwork at the left end of the railway. Some track installed, no wiring connected up or point motors installed, but I’d rather take my time than have to take it all up again because I rushed it. </p><p>Pics tomorrow. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOGauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOGauge</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Working out track placement… <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Completely separate post on the subject of model railways. I’m looking for architects drawings for Great Western station canopies from the first half of the 20th century. </p><p>The selection of canopies available to modellers is rather poor, most don’t match the dimensions of the platforms you’d put them in anyway, so I’m going to experiment with a bit of 3D printing to set what’s feasible at this scale. </p><p>This might also trigger the purchase of a resin printer if the results are good enough but not quite good enough, if you get my meaning. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GWR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GWR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PlatformCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOGauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOGauge</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Background layout work: just finished printing a custom set of “tracksetta” parts. These are for specific parts of the layout to ensure that everything is as accurate as possible. </p><p>Difficult to see but each has its radius and angle printed into the surface (see second close-up). </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
Jim Easterbrook<p>Thought it was about time I pre-ordered a Kato RhB crocodile. Go to my usual shop and find they can't ship it to Europe. Neither can my other Japanese shop. My usual UK dealer isn't advertising it, probably because they've pre-sold them all!<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NGauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGauge</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RhB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhB</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crocodile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crocodile</span></a><br><a href="https://www.plazajapan.com/4949727698830/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">plazajapan.com/4949727698830/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Wen<p>Mini Voyeurs</p><p>Sorry, I can help saying that I found this hilarious.</p><p>Is it the end of the line for ‘sexy’ German model railway figurines?</p><p>A controversial ‘voyeur’ set, which includes three topless woman and one elderly man with binoculars, has been withdrawn from shops but sold out online</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.05.06-162213/https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/ger-voyeurs-pz5r90zck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.05.06-16221</span><span class="invisible">3/https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/ger-voyeurs-pz5r90zck</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Voyeur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voyeur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Another model railway update - this afternoon I constructed the final baseboard for what I’m calling “Phase 1” of the layout.</p><p>It’s an awkward shape and I took my time to get all the angles just right. Everything was dry fitted and adjusted until the fit was good enough. Then screwed and glued. </p><p>My woodwork teacher, Mr Ward, would have been very impressed. That is to say he would have given me 7/10 and said something like “Haigh, you’d be a threat to carpenters everywhere if you took more time. And I don’t like all these butt joints”.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOScale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a></p>
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