Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Chassis with wheels

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Dunalistair Chassis Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The gearbox is now in the chassis after a little it of a struggle. As expected I h...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Banbury Model Railway Show 2008

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Fortune smiled on me at this show - if I hadn't spoken to Mercian earlier in the week I wouldn't have realised that it had changed w...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Markits Gearbox

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Gearbox Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . If you fancy ordering one of these beasts you need to quote MM1-85382s. And what you would rece...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Instructions

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instructions Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I don't know why my Dad has this kit. It's one of a pair of cheap card kits for a ...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Blown filler cap

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blown filler Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Last week I took the Fantail Launch for sail on the club lake in the evening. The weather ...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Primed tender

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Primed tender Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The tender underframe is an unusual and complicated beast. First you have the sideframes ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Tender flare

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Tender flare Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . There's not much more horrid a part of building a locomotive than forming the flare a...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Dunalastair tender frame

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Dunalistair tender frame Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . With the show out of the way I really need to crack on with this loco. It'...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Lighthouse

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Lighthouse Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . OK, due to public demand, here is the finished model I showed on the blog a couple of days a...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Shenfield Show

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Shenfield Show Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . What better way to start a Saturday morning than to rise slightly before the lark at 5am...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Classic Train & Motor Bus - Leamington Spa

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It's very remiss of me not to have made this post earlier. Classic Train and Motor Bus in George Street, Leamington Spa, is my local mod...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Lighthouse under construction

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Lighthouse under construction Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . One of the major features on the Flockburgh scenic board is to be a navig...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Preparations

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Screwdriver Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Sometimes, care an attention to detail when building things pays off. If I sound smug then ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Chain fence

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Flockburgh is due to go to Shenstone show on Saturday. Despite the gap in events we still haven't made much progress on the new scenic e...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

KMBC Sunday Lunch 2008

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A strange thing happened on Sunday. Sunshine. Hot sunshine. And no rain. Which makes us extra lucky in choosing that day for the Knightcote...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Sooty sails !

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Sooty on the lake Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . At yesterdays KMBC Sunday Lunch we had some superb weather, sunny and mostly still. J...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Crossing Shanty in print

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Continental Modeller Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . A new magazine for me - Continental Modeller have published a write up of the Ban...
Saturday, September 13, 2008

Rain stops play

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So there I am with a big hole in the side of my VW - and a repair panel to fill it with. All I needed was some cooperation from the weather....
Friday, September 12, 2008

Whoops, inferno

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Side metal Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . While I was attending to some of the MOT issues on my Type 2 a month ago I spotted some more...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Tension lock archaelogy

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May 49 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Model Railway Constructor, May 1949. Is this the origin of the tension lock coupling now affixed...