Tag Archives: N Gauge

Busier than expected

The S&DRT show at Edington in early January went very well with the layout and stock behaving itself. Phil came and helped and we had a good time at the show. I’d already made the decision to commence the rebuild of the boards to improve the running across the board joints and rectify the smallContinue reading “Busier than expected”

Ready for Wincanton Show 11-12 Nov

Getting Sturminster ready for the show at Wincanton next weekend, managed to get the Collett running, not sure what I did but runs around the layout and Poole Sidings now with no problems. All the points have been checked on the layout along with the routes and Signals and most of the engines have beenContinue reading “Ready for Wincanton Show 11-12 Nov”

Frome Show 7-8th Jan 2023

All set up at the show now, having a challenge with one of the board joins again. I had fixed it and trains have been running across it for the last 6 weeks but a week in the garage and move from Lytchett to Frome seems to have caused some movement. Applied a bit ofContinue reading “Frome Show 7-8th Jan 2023”

Frome Show 7-8th January

After a couple of years of hibernation Sturminster will be on display at the Frome show on the 7-8th November. Phil has kindly agreed to come and help me run it again so looking forward to a catch up and a weekend running trains. I’ve been working at getting my early period stock together 1920-1940Continue reading “Frome Show 7-8th January”

Kilsby Drift – The start of the build

After a year or 3 of planning and procrastination the kit is coming together, I have the baseboard tops now, the platform for resting the boards on in the garage and the first batch of FiNetraX has arrived. I’ve been working on the base in the garage and have 5.2M of available space. The boardContinue reading “Kilsby Drift – The start of the build”

West Sussex N Gauge Show -Shoreham 5th November

Wealden Cement will be out next weekend at the West Sussex N Gauge show in Shoreham in the Baptist Church. The layout will be included in the club layout which for this event is around 16 Feet by 16 Feet of running lines supported by individual members boards. Along with the large club layout featuringContinue reading “West Sussex N Gauge Show -Shoreham 5th November”

Wealden Cement – Test Running

Wealden cement is a DCC layout which is controlled through a JMRI Mimic panel. I’ve had to update JMRI as I’ve not run it for the last year and the updates have required me to build a new turnout table and relink the points to the panels. Should be straightforward but I haven’t found theContinue reading “Wealden Cement – Test Running”

Visualising the track plan

The last board has been attached which will have the sea wall for Holes bay and the road leading to Sterte as well as the curves around the signal box. I’ve put the actual points in position to check the clearance for the point motors and deal with my nagging concern that there are tooContinue reading “Visualising the track plan”