Stonebridge Model Railway

Setting up a new model railway. 00 gauge.

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@ShedlyYard I have the same pub. Now I’m going to have to add the greenery to it too - it looks great.

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@ac_wood I’ve currently got a class 43 with 3 carriages and a trailing car, a class 31 with 9 coal fish wagons (as seen in video) and a J15 with 14 wagons. Flex is not a problem but much longer is a bit unwieldy if you want to spin it 180° to run it in the other direction.

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New train storage system in absence of room for a fiddle yard. 50mm trunking from Toolstation, 3d print brackets, end stops and connecting pieces providing track alignment and electrical contacts via DuPont pins. #TMRGUK

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@imnotjeoffrey Made them. Anything would work though of course. It was another way of learning about Fusion 360 and the Bambu slicer software.

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Designed a holder for the Gaugemaster Prodigy controller. Used Fusion 360 and printed on a Bambu Labs A1. Put 3 round the layout, each with a socket wired back to the base station. Tidies things up a bit. #TMRGUK

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Printing out some line side relay boxes I designed on Fusion 360. #TMRGUK

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@PaterPracticus Hoping one of these interiors will my first proper test of the Bambu Labs A1 that came today (pity the filament is arriving separately!!). Thanks so much for sharing.

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Bambu Labs A1 3d printer arrived today. Very impressed so far. Filament should be here tomorrow but the 20g supplied was enough for a couple of test prints. #TMRGUK

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@Clydebridge47 It was just a single, non powered track under the main track but recently I’ve moved it to my work area as a diarama as I can have it at a higher level so enjoy looking at it.

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First section of underground station diorama done. It’s will sit below the baseboard and have a single 38 tube stock car sitting there. Deciding how little I can get away with buying from Bachmann spares. Body £30. Bogies £12. Make the under frame. #TMRGUK

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Fantastic service from FK3d prints. Ordered a class 33 cab set and the detail is amazing. Unfortunately it was a bit too large. Couple of emails later and they are reprinting to my spec. Really great service. #tmrguk

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@James_Delaney18 @modelrailUK All of mine have been within 2 or 3 days.

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Many thanks to @Hornby for providing this free of charge after I ordered the part on the service sheet which had the part number incorrectly printed. Great service. #hornby #tmrguk

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Great service from @DapolRailways. Needed new driveshafts for the class 121 but no one stocks them now. Rang Dapol and they said to send them back (free post) and that they’ll replace them FOC. New design arrived today. #TMRGUK #dapol

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Tweezer set for just £4.99 from Lidl with a good variety of styles. #TMRGUK

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Scalescenes bus garage almost ready to go on the layout. Fun to build and will go near the underground station I recently did. #TMRGUK

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Finally picked up a 38 stock driving carriage to sit in the underground station. Very happy with it - especially with the signage as my dad was station manager at Elephant & Castle in the 60s and 70s. #TMRGUK

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@DanderhallR There is a problem that it really looks best at eye level so it’s hard to see in when operating the layout. Not sure how to solve that one other than put it on slight upward angle. Wanted it to be an eye catching feature as you walk into the room.

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@DanderhallR I’ve just built this to sit under the layout. Won’t be a running line, just a diorama effectively. Looking for a 38 stock driving car to sit in it but no luck yet. May get parts from Bachmann spares and build a static one. #TMRGUK