Thursday, March 31, 2011

Class 26 sideframes - Part 1

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I know the biggest challenge building the class 26 will be the bogie sideframes. I have wondered about buying something in but in the end st...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

How NOT to sell a partwork

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The Formula 1 season has finally started and the TV has adverts appearing on the commercial channels for a brand new partwork. You too can...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Waggly bits question

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Richard asks: Glancing through your pages I spotted a photo of a Backwoods Vivian Garratt (4MM) you built for your layout, did you have any...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Ruston 165DS - Finished

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4 months isn't bad for building a locomotive I suppose - although it's less impressive when you don't have a proper job and ou...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Midlands Garden Rail Show

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I'm sure this show has changed. Last year it was called the Large Scale Model Rail Show and now it's the Midlands Garden Rail Show w...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

What is it like inside the barrier ?

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At the Wyre Forest show, we had a guest operator for the Sunday. It seemed a shame to let him get away with just playing trains when I could...
Friday, March 25, 2011

165DS in eye-searing colour

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Most of the model railway rolling stock I build is, as far as the colours go, dull. Not the 165DS shunter though. The specification call...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Class 26 underbelly

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Time for some "proper" modelling. Under the 3mm scale Class 26, I need some underframe details. To this end, lots of photographs h...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

PorthMadog Models have moved. Some time ago actually.

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I received this last week: Thanks for mentioning our model shop, PORTHMADOG MODELS on your site and placing a picture too. BUT.... we ha...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

165DS in primer

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Hooray ! The Ruston 165DS is now in primer ! A nice coat of etching primer has persuaded me that everything is looking OK. The can is ge...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

B&B Couplings

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Keith asked: Can you help me, I am trying to track down the inventor/maker of B&B Couplings. I did a bit of digging and came up with: ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Write in ?

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A frequent lament of model railway society magazine editors is, "Why is no one writing articles for the mag ?" Now an obvious an...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Club 500

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The better weather recently has seen me back out on the water with the Club 500 model racing boat. It's a bit faster than the Slingshot ...
Friday, March 18, 2011

UK vs US rolling stock

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While I'm doing this HO scale thang, I couldn't resist posting pictures of the UK Ruston 165DS locomotive coupled to a US bogie re...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Nailing Kadee couplings to British stock

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If God had meant us to fit Kadee couplings to UK stock, he wouldn't have given us 3-links. Hover the customer request Kadee's so th...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Modern colours

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On the bench is a modern fishing boat which needs some details. Boxes of fish would seem an obvious addition but painting these resin castin...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Class 26 on test

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During the weekend, when there was a suitable 3mm fan occupying the barrier, I gave the Class 26 a run to see if it would do what I requir...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Wyre Forest 2011

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We Won !! No, not a best layout competition. There wasn't one, and little layouts don't win those anyway. No, our team won the Sat...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Antique models ?

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Last Monday, the weather was fine so we set off for a trip to Swinderby Antique Fair . Just to look around you understand, not to spend any ...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Off to Wyre Forrest...

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By the time you read this, hopefully we are standing behind Flockbrugh at the Wyre Forrest Model Railway Exhibition. This used to be Kidderm...
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