After my run of posts over Christmas it wouldn’t have surprised me if I’d fallen into my usual ways and there’d be a long gap before the next one, however that gap appears to be less that 2 weeks! So Continue reading
So here we go, the third of the end of year catch up posts (also see TVC Update and Layout design) which hopefully brings me back up to date with the regular posts on the blog. This post shows the progress so far Continue reading
In my last post just before Christmas I mentioned that hopefully there would be another update before the end of the year, and so there is! This time I wanted to post an update on the progress on the model railway Continue reading
Well after a little break it’s time for another post. Despite a busy bank holiday weekend of decorating, swimming, church etc there was just time to do some more running in of trains. It’s been a while since the last running Continue reading
Just a short post, but marks something significant and that’s actually running a train for the first time in nearly 20 years! My old DC controller is now in the house, so coupled with a simple circle of Continue reading
On Sunday, since it was a nice sunny afternoon I took the opportunity to build the baseboard for the model railway test track. The main board – 22mm plywood – was an off cut from the local B&Q picked Continue reading
In my post earlier in the month I wrote about my aspirations for the layout and basic thoughts about what I wanted to achieve. I’ve also written around the computer software available for designing layouts, so in this post I Continue reading
One of the most important things that a model railway needs is the actual rolling stock to run on it. So what better to do a blog post about than the trains that I’ve got. However it was only when Continue reading
In thinking about planning a model railway I spent some time a while ago playing around with some of the different software for designing a layout. This was quite a surprise to me to discover there was dedicated software out Continue reading
Many years in the thinking and planning, some bits purchased or given, will 2015 finally be the year that sees the start of building the model railway..?? So what are my thoughts so far: Background I had a model railway Continue reading