So one of the major scenic elements I wanted to get into the layout was a reasonable length viaduct. With model railways it’s very easy to create a layout that is completely flat by having a single flat baseboard, however Continue reading
It’s been quite a while since the last update on the model railway and work has been progressing along in various places. The last couple post have been around control and getting DCC to work on the Raspberry Pi, however Continue reading
About 6 weeks ago I posted about the saga I’d had getting DCC control working, and that I’d had to resort back to a very old desktop computer because of the issues I’d had with Windows 10. Since then I’ve Continue reading
This is a post that I should have probably put the first part of up a long time ago. Each time I’ve gone past Television Centre and taken a few more photos I’ve thought to myself “I really must get Continue reading
One of the areas that I’ve been playing with recently is that of how to control the railway. The traditional approach is simple and cheap and uses plain DC voltages to control everything, however there is a more modern approach Continue reading
Today marked a very important stage in the build out of the model railway with the running of the first train(s) on the actual layout. The last couple of posts (Track Laying – 28th Nov | Christmas Presents – 21st Continue reading
OK it’s now two thirds of the way through January, but since the last of my Christmas presents has now arrived I thought it would be a good time to do a post that shows a couple of the new Continue reading
For anyone paying attention to my twitter feed you will have seen that a few weeks ago I posted the following tweet: First track is now laid for the layout. Still an awful lot to go, but it's a start….. Continue reading
So here we go with part 3 of the progress of building a Scalescenes engine shed, but not just one of them, but three joined together to make a larger shed. If you’ve not already done so then it’s worth reading through Continue reading
So it’s been a while since I last posted an update on the progress of the main layout, well that’s because progress as ever is very slow. Work has continued on building the engine shed in the occasional evening (more Continue reading