Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Beaten

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Rusty valance Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . OK, I have been hacking away at the back of my Type 2 over the weekend. Most of ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Off to the Isle of Man (I wish)

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IOM chassis Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . New project ahoy ! Let me tell you a secret. The next layout my father and I build...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Petrol tank - In

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Job done Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Today was a good day. After weeks of slow and intermittent work, the petrol tank is b...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

It's raining lead

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Lead Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Everyone says that you have to put as much weight as possible into model railway locomoti...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Tap and tank

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Tap and tank Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Now I’ve painted my fuel tank inside and out it’s nearly time to put everything b...
Sunday, November 19, 2006

Lovely day

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Two boats 18-11-06 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This morning saw a bit of a first. We took two boats (Minty & the 40 ye...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Welding lessons

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Welded bits Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Welding the Type 2 today. First I tried to repair the tinware but gave this up as ...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Gluey lesson

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Spotlight Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . A lesson to be learned – you can’t stick wood to plasticised* hardboard with wood gl...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

New coupling

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motor coupling Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . As an aside from all of this railway modelling, I’ve managed to do a bit of wor...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tolworth Part 2

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hospital brick Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Sometimes at a show you can be standing behind the layout and someone comes out...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

Tolworth Part 1

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Hellingly Hospital at Tolworth Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . We’ve just returned from Sunny Tolworth with the Hellingly Hosp...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Fame again

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Model Boat Mag Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Model Boats have published an excellent special edition on kit building. Best o...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

Rust removed

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Type 2 fuel tank Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Time for a quick petrol tank update. The inside has now been treated with the...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Off to Tolworth

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Boxes Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . On the road again this weekend. Thanks to work commitments I can’t get the Friday off to travel. ...
Sunday, November 05, 2006

Fiddly waggly bits

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cylinders Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . As light relief from treating the fuel tank in my van, I’ve been working on the wagg...
Friday, November 03, 2006

McDonalds - the model makers friend

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Wood Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I was picking up my McDonalds order the other day when I stopped off at the straw and nap...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Cleaning out the tank

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clean Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Looking at the stats on visitors to this blog, most people arrive from my main web page ...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Trial and error

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Missing metal Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This afternoon I spent some time learning to weld. My method was to try and clos...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Petrol tank out

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Petrol tank out Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This is what a Volkswagen Type 2 petrol tank looks like after it has been haul...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Petrol tank treatment stage 1 - Engine out

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Petrol tank treatment stage 1 - Engine out Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Time to pull my finger out and treat the rust in th...