Phil's Workbench

A daily updated blog typed by someone with painty hands, oil under his fingernails and the smell of solder in his nostrils who likes making all sort of models and miniatures. And fixing things.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Hornby renovated

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After a few finishing touched - large doors and painting the drainpipes - the Hornby building is fully renovated. Despite it's lowl...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Making signs

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Now we live in the future, certain things have become a lot easier. One of these is producing bespoke signage. Given a computer and print...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Windows

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While stripping down the building, I tried to remove the plastic windows carefully, decided they were too well stuck in place and just bu...

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Stripping paint

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Back at the 50p Hornby building, I've spent half an hour at the sink with some Precision Paints Superstrip in an effort to remove the...

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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Hornby factory

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I've become a little obsessed with the Hornby "Town and Country" range of plastic kit buildings. There are several in my c...

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Monday, July 06, 2015

I bought Hornby - for 50p

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An irresistible bargain from the weekend - Hornby for 50p! An ideal blog project I'm thinking. What am I planning? You'll have ...

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