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Category Archives: Achievable Layouts

Temporary ground frames

Controlling switches and signals on the GWR

Posted byTrevorAugust 18, 2024August 19, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Edwardian Interlude – 1st run

From benchwork to layout in just a couple of weeks.

Posted byTrevorAugust 18, 2024August 18, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Track and Turnouts, Video

GWR roadbed

Ready for rail

Posted byTrevorAugust 1, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Track and Turnouts

GWR, inspired by Highworth

A proto-freelanced interpretation of a GWR BLT in 7mm.

Posted byTrevorJuly 25, 2024July 25, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Benchwork, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, Layouts I have designed or built

Lower, thinner, lighter

New layout = new benchwork

Posted byTrevorJuly 22, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Benchwork, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale

Experiencing Liberty Village

The last time I saw it, I was wiring drop feeders. So much has changed…

Posted byTrevorMay 19, 2024May 23, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layouts by others, Operations, Shout Out, Where to find me

Stalled

Is this working? If not, what does?

Posted byTrevorNovember 28, 2023November 28, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Philosophy

Overhead illusions

Fake it ’til you make it, in the August RMC

Posted byTrevorJuly 27, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Influences, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Publications, Railroad Model Craftsman, Workshop

The car barn shuffle

The NS&T ends up in a new location

Posted byTrevorJuly 10, 2023July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy

Better than 4×8

It’s past time to dump the “Sacred Sheet” from the hobby

Posted byTrevorJune 29, 2023July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layout Design, Philosophy, Shout Out

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