Project 'Train-Room' Bringing CAD, Carpentry and Model Railways Together

Well this day has been coming for a while, even though 'Boddington' is a great layout that I have created like many other railway modellers we fell the need to expand! And yes I want to expand in a big way, around my household we like to call the r

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Old Hornby and Lima 35ton Tankers, made new and then used

I wanted to have a rake of 35ton tankers, so I attended my local Exhibition in Mansfield (viewed a lot of nice layouts.) But I went round alot of trade stalls and found 3X 35ton tankers in the Texaco red 35ton tankers. well they looked a bit dated

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Keeping My Computer Area Tidy With Offcuts

Well as we all know that have a PC the area around it it gets quite messy. E.G. this photo So my idea is to build a cabinet to hold all this stuff out of the mass of chipboard I have collected. But it must conform to these specs Fit in th

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Designing A Model Airboat To Use On My Local Stream

Well I don't really know why I have gone for an "AirBoat" but... It will be easy to make with the materials I have to hand. As I have a lot of hardboard laying around in my workshop I am going to build this design which has flat sides so this shoul

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Paperless Workshop! The Idea Of Going Green In The Home Workshop

The Background: When I started building lots of projects in my home workshop I would draw a design, take the piece of paper that the plans were on to my workshop and make the piece of work. But then I would have troubles finding the palns a day or tw

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Recycling A Railway Layout, Part 2 'Building A New Baseboard'

Welcome back to "Recycling A Railway Layout," Part 2. In this part I will be explaining how I put together my New Baseboard, built out of the old baseboard from the Boddington layout. The first thing I want to point out is that the new baseboard

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Simple 3D Sketch with SketchUp To Build A Fab Little Train with Offcuts

The Design One evening I had five minuets to chill and I had my laptop in front of me, so I made this little sketch on Google's SketchUp. And as I have passion for trains I sketched a small tank engine. I do intend to finish this sketch to make

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Bridging The Gap! How Using Simple Meccano Can Lead To A Greater Understanding

Have you ever picked up a 'Lego Block' or a 'Meccano Part' and thought "What a childish toy?" Or Have you thought "Wow I could build Tower or a Bridge with that!" A Quick Rant Well it is funny I only seemed to find these "2 Types" of people in

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Simple 3D Sketch with SketchUp To Build A Fab Little Train with Offcuts

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A 2D Concept Design To A 3D Dream

when i started my design for my "dream workshop" I would never thought I could bring it so close to life with one 3D model. I started the design of my dream workshop on Draftsight a 2D CAD Program. and fond my self exploring the realms of building

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Building And Designing A Wood Frame/Workbench For A Model Railway

See how I Designed and Built a simple wooden frame for a Model Railway

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Designing A Traction Engine In 2D, By Only Looking At A Picture

I am not too sure why I have started this project But I have started to design a Steam Traction Engine that I am going to build in wood. I have downloaded a picture of a traction engine from the internet, and only using it a visual guide to the dimensions of the model.