One of the first blog posts published on Locoyard.com was a round-up of Southampton Model Railway Exhibition 2012 (click here to read). One year on, the 2013 exhibition is in full swing and a visit to it can be thoroughly recommended! This year I had the pleasure of visiting the exhibition with Simon of Brookes…
Today’s post is a far shorter one than yesterday’s, so please do not be put off! This blog started life as one to share Model Railway experiences. This soon spread to my strong interests in the real thing and as a result
It is hard to believe that this time last year locoyard.com did not exist. The layout did though, as did the thought to start blogging. The blog started on 12th January (which was introduced with the picture below), though the blog did not become locoyard.com until 9th June. Today we look at all that has…
This small but very friendly model railway exhibition was small but very enjoyable. It gave a real opportunity to get close to the layouts and have a chat with
Just a super-quick update tonight. I’ve spent what little spare-time I’ve had during the past couple of evenings, wrestling with a soldering iron (yes, a painful experience!) and have now successfully chipped the Bachmann 8F Austerity. It is pictured above in the yard after some time running in and some sterling work hauling some mark…
Bachmann’s N class has given me another evening of frustration! The model (of which I have 2) is very temperamental. The tender has a habit of derailing. The derailing problem is caused by tension in the drawbar that does not have a smooth action when correcting movement – the tension pushes the tender off the track…
I’ve spent a frustrating 30 minutes trying to get a decent panned shot of a model train going around the yard. My aim was to get an “action” shot for a change from my usual (attempt) of getting a pin-sharp result. The locomotive, M7 tank 42 (shown more clearly below) was my subject, pulling a…
I take absolutely no credit for anything in this entry! As promised, I’ve added a post showing some pictures taken at the Southampton Model Railway Society Exhibition on 28th January 2012. It is on again tomorrow (29th January) and well worth a visit. See http://www.smrs.hampshire.org.uk/ for more details. I would like to apologise in advance…
Loco Yard 