Friday, November 27, 2009

Packing model locomotives for postage

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One job that I really hate is packing a model up and entrusting it to Royal Mail to transport across the country. After all my effort, havin...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Mine tubs in Continental Modeller

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December's Continental Modeller has a new look which is pretty exciting for anything from the PECO stable. More thrilling it has a coupl...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Bulldog

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The Bulldog is finished. That nice quality black paintwork has received a good dose of dirt and in my opinion looks much, much better for it...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Box file backscene

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Thanks to Alan Searle, the box file layout now has a nice new custom painted backscene. At the start of the show he spotted the layout's...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Warley - Day 2

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Warley Wagon Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker A successful demo - this is my output from the entire weekend. A wagon seen in black and whi...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Warley - Day 1

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The first person sat down in front of our stand just after 10am and apart from a few short breaks of 3 or 4 minutes, we had people chatting ...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

See you at Warley !

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Stand C62 is set up in the demonstrations area next to a demo of backscene painting and opposite Gordon Gravett making France. All being wel...
Friday, November 20, 2009

ModelWorld@Oxford

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/45131642@N00/4119504926/ Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Regular readers of this blog who have been paying a...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Clean painted Bulldog

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Clean painted Bulldog Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker This model locomotive is to be mucky. Really mucky. Which means there is some irony...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Silver Fox Shunter

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This months Parker's Guide in the December Hornby Magazine covers building a Silver Fox Models Hunslet Shunter. It's a lovely littl...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tender brakes

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Tender Brakes Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker I nearly forgot these ! Preparing the body for paint, I suddenly realised that there were s...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Kidderminster 2010 - Cancelled

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Bad news arrived in a letter from Wyre Forest MRC over the weekend. The Kidderminster show in 2010, which we were due to attend with Flockb...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

All change

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Patrick Hughes Train Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Some of those who know me personally, will know that I'm not really a proper pro...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

G1 Ruston in Railway Modeller.

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Just a quick hello and welcome to any new readers who've spotted my letter on building a Gauge 1 Ruston locomotive in the latest issue ...

Boat building resources

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Pirate Ship Cake Originally uploaded by springlakecake Serdar Bilen asks: I'm not even a beginner, just got the idea to build a model sh...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Bulldog in Primer

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Bulldog in Primer Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker At last the locomotive is in primer. As is my way, I've coated it, left the model o...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Plasticard detailing

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Plasticard detail Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Nearly there with the Bulldog locomotive. I'm down to the fiddly detailing, somethi...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Checking the dome

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Checking the dome Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker I always tend to leave the lumpy bits stop the boiler until the later stages of the bui...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Loco kit recomendations

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Alastair asked: I currently model in 009, and would consider myself a fairly experienced kit builder - having built a lot of the Backwoods r...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Making space for the motor

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After lots of deliberation and quite a lot of time digging through pictures in book on trains, I've fitted the Bulldog cab interior as i...