Monday, February 28, 2011

Airfix GMC Truck

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Rooting through my pile of kits I found an Airfix kit for a wartime GMC CCKW 353 Truck. Not my normal kind of thing but you might be surpr...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Did The King's Speech get it right ?

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By this time tomorrow, we'll know how well the film "The Kings's Speech" did at the Oscars. I saw the film 3 times (as a p...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Muffin, lifeboat and cutting board

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Regular readers will remember that a couple of weeks ago I announced that I would be selling my old cutting board . It was slightly famous...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

165DS Buffers

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With my spares box unable to produce anything that looked sufficiently like a 165DS buffer, I had only two options; go and find something be...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

New tyres for a Thunder Tiger fishing boat

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In our fleet of radio controlled model boats are a couple of ready to sail vessels from Thunder Tiger . They are a fantastic way of gettin...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Bufferbeam curve ball

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Just when you think you can see the end of a project, the kit fights back. With the 165DS, this turned out to be with the buffer beam. Fir...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

An unusual material

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Amongst all the goodies on display at Brighton this weekend was this fascinating beast. It is, as any tractor aficionado will recognise, a...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Brighton Modelworld 2011

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It's a looong way from Leamington to Brighton, Even further when it's hammering down with rain. But we were determined to go and see...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Ideas to get da kidz building models

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It's nearly half term and the countries youth will be staring into X-Wii-Box screens or hanging around local shopping centres. "Why...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Magic Cat Speedboat

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The are bargains out there you know. A few weeks ago I picked this little speedboat up at our boat club auction for a fiver. For those ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Gaugemaster Hand Held Controller repair.

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One of the Gaugemaster hand held controllers I use to run our layouts developed an interesting fault at Peterborough. When you shut it off, ...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

165DS Roof on

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Progress on the Ruston continues. The roof has been fitted to the cab. This is a bigger step than it ought to be. The original plans for...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Airfix Jet Engine

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I don't like flying. As far as I am concerned, it's not natural. But if I do have to get on a 'plne, then I want it to be fitt...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Accomodating chips

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The Ruston 165DS locomotive will eventually use some of this new fangled DCC power. I don't really understand it but know enough to real...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Marking plasticard

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There's an old carpenters rule: "Measure twice. Cut once." For embossed plasticard I measure, and then practise my cut with ...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Slightly famous modelling mat for sale...

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Last week, I mentioned that I'd just bought a new self healing cutting board as my current one was looking more than a bit tatty. Some ...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

1957 Beetle

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My latest project needs a VW. The first choice would have been a split screen pickup but as I couldn't find the one I have, the next bes...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Telephone boxes in Hornby Magazine

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This month I get the chance to do an old favorite for Hornby Magazine - telephone boxes. I've always loved them and contend that if you ...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Shunter steps

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Shunter steps Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker On the 165DS, the cab steps are a lovely bit of kitmaking. Each comes as three parts - ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Removing letters from rolling stock

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Harry from Canada asks: Do you know know a good way to get letters off rolling stock ? Excellent timing Harry. The very same question has ...
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