Showing posts with label O gauge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O gauge. Show all posts
Friday, November 20, 2020

A quick fireman

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  With a BRM TV filming session lined up, I had an idea for one piece that would need a painted figure.  7mm scale people work better on cam...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Done for now.

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Couplings and buffers on, I'm going to stop work on the wooden ballast wagon at this point. I could give it a coat of paint, but tha...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Wooden wagon rescue

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Show me a box on a second-hand stall containing a 7mm scale wagon priced at a pound, and it's probably coming home with me. That...
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Saturday, April 12, 2014

Finished Fowler

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Finally, after over 15 years ownership, my Fowler diesel shunter is finished. The black bodywork has been washed with brown to give those...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Farewell, Clayhanger Yard

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Back in late February, I mentioned that my 7mm scale layout, Clayhanger Yard was for sale. At Kettering show, I was made an offer and accep...
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Thursday, March 06, 2014

Cab steps

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Without the instructions, figuring our the cap steps is a challenge. The prototype photos show them clearly but I could only find the sides ...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Grab rails and handles

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Chassis assembled, it's back to the body. Not much to do here for finishing touches. Most of the work was drilling 0.7mm holes to fit ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Fowler Brakes

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If the Pug blogged yesterday was a case of, "fix it to last the last few days of owning an O gauge layout", then the Fowler shunte...
Monday, March 03, 2014

The worm that turned away

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Preparing Clayhanger Yard for Kettering, I gave all the locos their usual pre-show wheel clean. Reaching the Pug, I remembered that it neede...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

For Sale: Clayhanger Yard

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The time has come, with 2 exhibitions this month, to part with Clayhanger Yard . I need the storage space for more projects and don't ...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Excuse me, Mr Hornby, is that your van?

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I am a bad modeller. All the photos I found of an Austin C van showed them painted in a single colour. Despite this, mine is two-tone. ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Suncole PO coal wagon now with added weathering

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Having fiddled with the Skytrex wagon over the last few days, it came time to slap on some paint. As I've mentioned before, all the...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Titivating a wagon

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A couple of hours work and this is where I am: 1 - Body corners have been stuck together with superglue and then filled. Pedants will s...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Skytrex PO wagon

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My collection of O gauge wagons doesn't include many Private Owner ones. Increasing the fleet can be expensive, those wagon side size...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Missing links - O gauge coupling chain

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Stuff that should be easy to find at a model railway show No.2 - Coupling chain for use on O gauge wagons. You'd have thought so anywa...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Guildex 2013 - Please bring food

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I don't know why I didn't book the Friday night. I mean, I always book accommodation for the Friday night of a show. Except this ...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

A pair of Fowlers

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It's a common complaint that as soon as you start building a locomotive, along comes an easier option to produce the same thing. Sc...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

3-link coupling hooks - Part 2

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After struggling a bit with the 3-link couplings on our 7mm scale layout Clayhanger Yard, I came away from Midland Railex with a whole lot ...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Thornycroft Lorry

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The Thornycroft lorry is now finished and ready for the layout. Considering the fun I had with the kit, the model isn't bad looking a...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Loading platform

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There's a lot of Clayhanger Yard this week as it's off up to Hartlepool this weekend. Job number 1 is to ballast the left hand...