Showing posts with label Groudle Glen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Groudle Glen. Show all posts
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Saturday Film Club: A day with restored Sea Lion Steam Loco

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A video of the best steam locomotive in the world ever? Of course I'm going to link to it from here!
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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Saturday Film Club - Happy Birthday Groudle Glen Railway!

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A bumper set of videos to celebrate the GGR's birthday today.     
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Groudle Glen Gala Day 2025

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A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed a holiday on the Isle of Man, taking in the enthusiast's week. This means I will be bombarding you with...
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Friday, January 20, 2023

Saltford Models "Polar Bear"

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Warning: This post is going to make many of you very jealous. I amd slightly sorry about this, but only slightly. Last week, I was shooting ...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

Back to Groudle in 1996

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  It's no secret I'm a big fan of the Groudle Glen Railway, and I have a large collection of souvenirs of the line. The latest examp...
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Groudle 125 - the people

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It's always interesting seeing railways through the eyes of non-enthusiasts, and this five-minute film by Culture Manin is just that. ...
Saturday, June 05, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Groudle Glen Railway at 125 years old

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I wish I had been able to be there. That is all.
Saturday, October 03, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Groudle Glen Railway Steam festival from the air

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How I missed my trip to the Isle of Man this year. The best I can do is enjoy it via other people's video.  Today, we get a look at this...
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Friday, October 05, 2018

I bought a bit of Sea Lion!

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Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of the Groudle Glen Railway . My favourite steam locomotive in the world is Sea Lion, th...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

Holiday Pics: Steamplex

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How about this for a model engineering project? Take an old Simplex diesel, strip off the internal combustion bits and add some steam o...
Monday, December 24, 2012

16mm scale Groudle Glen Coach

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Job done! A very enjoyable build of this 16mm scale, laser-cut wood kit. It's not perfect of course, what kit is? Picky Phil would ...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Magna Couplings

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We all love a gadget at Christmas so how about these ? Called Magna Couplings, they are rare-earth magnets on laser-cut swivels. Plenty st...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Roof covering

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Bigger scales demand more effort in the surface finishes. I could have just painted the Groudle coach roof but it would still look like p...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Cast bogie sides

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The best laid plans etc. etc. So, there I am with 4 cast bogies side for the Groudle coach. The look OK - not perfect but good enough for ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Groudle bogies

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While I really like the wooden Groudle Glen coach kit, there is an obvious deficiency, the bogie sideframes are, well, basic. If you ar...
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Friday, November 30, 2012

Sealing and painting

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As well as doing it's best to be the wrong shape ( as mentioned yesterday ), wood has another sneaky trick up its trunk. Paint it w...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

You can't have too many clamps

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Most modelmakers own a few clamps. Those cheapo plastic ones sold in pound stores and every cheap tool stall at an exhibition are popular...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

GGR coach body assembly

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The benefits of accurate laser-cutting are apparent when assembling the body. The seats slot into the door-free side (The GGR bogie coache...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

GGR Coach seats.

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Most of the Groudle coach is seating. This is released from the fret with a sharp knife cutting through the nibs holding the parts in pla...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

GCR coach bogies

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Construction of the Groudle coach kicks off with the bogies. These are simple enough components - just remove the parts from the sheet (I su...
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