A challenge that was always there from the start and which had been exercising my mind from the day I started planning this model railway was how I was going to cope with taking an overhead-electrified model railway line through tunnels. The overhead on this layout is realistic in appearance but is non-functional, the trainsContinue reading “Taking the Overhead Wires Through a Tunnel”
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Somewhere for the Trains to Go!
Having laid the baseboards last week the track to the hidden sidings has now been laid. They are not hidden yet, for there is much more to build above them, but it does mean I can run trains now, so the layout has finally become fun to operate as well as to construct! No moreContinue reading “Somewhere for the Trains to Go!”
The Roots of the Mountains
The time has finally come to start the construction of the Alpine pass section of the layout! It has taken a little time to build the baseboard (well, I say, “baseboard,” but some of it is empty framework) because it had to go alongside some rearrangement of the room which is now dominated by theContinue reading “The Roots of the Mountains”
Slow Progress, But Progress Nonetheless
I apologise for keeping subscribers waiting longer than usual for this post, and indeed for the brevity of the post, but this last couple of weeks has seen me busy with other things, such as delivering a Lent Study Course for my local church and updating my other weblog at mwtrips.co.uk. In addition, as youContinue reading “Slow Progress, But Progress Nonetheless”
The Best Laid Plans …
I powered up the layout yesterday to move the trains out of the way for some work on the station and noticed something amiss: the lighting in the station building was not working. This was the only lighting on the layout where I had used incandescent bulbs instead of LEDs, largely because of accessibility problemsContinue reading “The Best Laid Plans …”
Population Growth!
If you have been following my story you will already have seen some of my people, clearing snow, waiting for buses, visiting the Die Post and shops or ice-skating. These are well-detailed, realistically posed, and expensive, figures from Noch, Preiser and other continental manufacturers. I am fortunate to receive these from time to time asContinue reading “Population Growth!”
Completing some odd jobs!
Over the weekend I completed three tasks which have occupied the back of my mind for many weeks! The big one, which did not actually take very long, was properly mounting the control panel on a permanent bracket in front of the layout: the panel itself needs to be removable for exhibition purposes, and whenContinue reading “Completing some odd jobs!”
Smooth Running of Trains
Electronic Track Cleaning I have now installed a Gaugemaster electronic track cleaner within the control panel of the Innsdorf layout, described in my latest video. Hopefully this, along with the use of live-fog points and careful laying of track, will keep my trains running sweetly. I’ll let you know in a year or two! TakingContinue reading “Smooth Running of Trains”
Starting to Detail the Station; Building a Swiss Barn from a Kibri Kit
The only remaining “big” project on the scenic section of the portable layout is the backscene, and I shall be tackling that soon. But meanwhile there are many small tasks to undertake to bring the layout up to a good standard, and the most urgent of these is to detail the station platforms because onceContinue reading “Starting to Detail the Station; Building a Swiss Barn from a Kibri Kit”
Lighting the Village (2)
Although I wanted the building interiors to be lit at all times to bring the place to “life”, I felt it would be wrong to have the street lights on all day as well, so I wanted to put these on a switched lighting circuit. My original intention had been to wire up the seilbahnContinue reading “Lighting the Village (2)”
Innsdorf Modellbahn 