N-Gauge switching house.

Another repair job, plus I scratch-built an interior that is barely visible through the tiny 1:160 scale windows.

Windmill.

The sails of this N-gauge windmill were glued in place when I came across it. This is likely because the axle had broken.

I removed the sails and remade the axle. Plus a little tidy-up of the body and a fresh paint-job and this windmill is good to go.

N-gauge train shed.

Another 1:160 scale model repaired and repainted.

I had to saw off the roof as part of working on the interior and then reassembled and repainted.
I used the original paint job as a reference to the updated look.

Hut repaint.

This N-gauge hut was originally built by my Grandfather.

As it came to me still attached to the piece of ground it was built on, it needed little in the form of repairs, but received a full new paintjob.

It was interesting to find that, at this scale, the wood texture is raised from the surface, not carved in as is the case on larger scales.

Accidentally created a comparison to show just how short TGV cars are compared to ICE.
#modeltrains #nscale #ngauge #highspeedrail

A GWR Collett Goods leaves the small industrial siding.

#modelrailway
#modelrail
#ngauge
#gwr
#ukmodelrailways

N-Gauge train display base.

Some backstory; All the model train stuff was my Grandfather's and was inherited by my Father. Unused for many years, one day we could not find it and believed it stolen.
Then, while looking for something else, I stumbled across it all.

I kept it quiet and built this display base for one of the trains. And then surprised my Father with it and a pile of boxes of N-gauge stuff.

Home.

For my Parent's wedding anniversary, I build a scale model (1:160) of the family home as it was when they moved in.

Scratchbuilt with textured plasticard for the bricks and tiles.

N-Gauge (1:160) house.

Repaired and re-painted.
I only added some minor furnishings inside where it was visible.

and a simple basing job so that it could (in theory) be incorporated into a full model train layout.

Small pond out front and some shrubs out back.

Friends don't let friends paint N-gauge railway scenery.

But it's done, complete with weighing station out the front.

Fun as a one-off for a friend's burgeoning railway board but I won't rush to paint more - it's just too tiny! Nice brass etched kit though.

Because I'm a glutton for punishment I'm making an N gauge model of this curiosity. I really need some good side-on photos though to design transfers from.
#ModelRailway #DoppelStock #SchienenBus #EisenBahn #NGauge
https://flic.kr/p/95Devu

Large train display base.

It's large for a N-gauge (1:160) train display, compared to a smaller one I built.

Built from scratch, except the hut, telephone poles, track and train.
I even added lines to the poles with polymer rigging line.

N-gauge bungalow.

Repaired and repainted, plus based for presentation. 1:160 scale.

I also scratchbuilt a full interior with furniture and all, not that you can see much of it through the tiny windows.

Complete with a garden and flowers.

In April 2020 I bought my first model train set – a Kato N gauge Rhätische Bahn (RhB) loco, carriages, and track. This came with normal “Rapido” couplings fitted and a set of “close couplers” that look a bit more like the central buffer on the real thing.

The close couplers minimise the distance between carriages, which looks good, but they cannot be easily uncoupled. This reduces the play […]

https://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/2024/11/kato-rhatische-bahn-model-couplers/

Did some work on the buildings for my railway today. Metcalfe Terraced House

A little #train