Sunday, November 30, 2008

Lightly weathered Porter

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Porter 1 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Black locos always look odd as I've said many times before. You really do have to get them...

Painted Porter

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Painted Porter Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Precision Black (not matt or weathered, just black) paint is an excellent match for the ...

Built Porter

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Built Porter Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The etched cab attaches to the Bachmann floor once this has seen the attention of Mr Raze...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Etched cab

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Etched cab Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The biggest job on the porter is building the cab. It's not difficult per se , just fid...

Porter lineup

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Porter lineup Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . New project: Detail 5 Porter locomotives with the Backwoods Miniatures dress up kit. I di...

Part number - why ?

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Part number Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . If I'm going to fool anyone that this beam engine is a metal model then life would be ...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Airfix Beam Engine Kit

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Beam Engine Kit Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . A big tick on the kits I've always wanted to build list with this one. Somewhere on...

Painted VW Model

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Painted VW Model Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . A couple of coats of primer and a little more titivating had the model ready for paint...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Left hand drive Schuco

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Left hand drive Schuco Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I couldn't leave the little Schuco VW Type 2 alone, you see it is fundament...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Y7 in print

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December RM Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . In this month's Railway Modeller magazine you can read about build ex-LNER Y7 locomotiv...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Layout badges

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Layout badges Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . After the show, the souvenir. Most exhibitions present layouts with a badge to show where...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Notes from Warley

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First train of the day Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Having finished putting everything away after this weekends fun, I thought I...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Carpet

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Melbridge Capet Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . What's the hardest substance in the world ? Carbon Steel ? Diamond ? Wrong. It'...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Warley 2008 - Setting up

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Off we go again. It's less than 20 miles for us to get to that little show in a shed near Solihull but we know from experience that most...

Dirty bear

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Dirty 14 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Lots of dirty. That's what this model locomotive needed. And that's what it got. Most ...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Oops

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Now those of you know know the Class 14 diesel will have spotted my deliberate mistake. I didn't realise the error until fitting the roo...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Painted Teddy

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Painted 14 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . OK, I'll come clean. This blog is running slightly behind the times as far as the build ...

Tiny Puffer Review

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Model Boats - Dec 2008 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . My review of the Gramodels Resin 2mm scale Clyde Puffer kit appears in the curre...

Bodywork

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Primered Class 14 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The big bits of this loco were completed some time ago. Detailing took several hour ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Teddy bear chassis

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Class 14 chassis Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Getting the mechanical bits read for this loco was simple. I already had a chassis whi...