Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ballasting

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Happy with the running, it was time to do one of those jobs I hate in railway modelling - ballasting. It's boring, takes forever and if ...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Test trains over the gap

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This probably looks a little foolhardy. Running trains over track supported by nothing more than thin air ought to be a recipe for disaste...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Nailing down the track

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Yet another novelty for me - nailing model railway track down. With the hand built stuff we attach one rail to the sleepers, glue these down...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Spamalot

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If you have a blog, eventually you will be getting some Spam. It's not difficult to spot despite the efforts of the spammers. Unfortunat...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Advertising

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How great is this boat ? I know nothing much about it other than one of the members donated it to our model boat club on Thursday.  The mo...
Friday, August 26, 2011

The Handyman Hall Estate railway

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Time for some thoughts on my prototype for the 009 railway. For a long while I've been a bit of a fan of the Heywood estate railways an...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Wood-henge

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The track base on my 009 layout now has more than a few softwood supports under it resulting in an effect that to my eyes looks a bit like...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

009 Baseboard

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Or rather a baseboard for a 009 layout. Inspiration for this owes a lot to Chwarel Bach by Neil Rushby . His layout, which appeared in the...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Peco SL-E496 point

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I've not bought a Peco point for many, many years. So long ago that I honestly can't remember the last time. Since making my own t...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

A little 009 project

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When I first saw the Minitrains HO scale narrow gauge pack, I knew it had great project potential. A loco and 10 wagons for £100 - bargain...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

3D printed 4mm scale K6 telephone box

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How's that for a title full of Google juice ? Yes, the final (for the moment) trip into the world of 3D printing has arrived. The ma...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Promotional Tractor

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I've written a novel. It's really funny, and now needs to find a publisher. Luckily my co-author is a bit of a marketing whizz and s...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Ruston shunts at the box company

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Well, I thought I might as well finish the week by trying to recreate the painting from the front of the Ruston book. To do this I set up ...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Paint and loving the lining pen

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Before all this work, the little 48DS locomotive was a rather uninspiring black with rusty bits. My intention was to go all industrial and p...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

More detail, now with plastic

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One of the most notable omissions from the Tag Models kit was the ironwork dangling from the buffer beam. Presumably this is to protect the ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Rebuilding the 48DS

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Once all the parts of the little 48DS locomotive were cleaned up, the task of putting them back together could start. First up, the cab wa...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Making money

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Last Sunday, at the Living History Fair, I made some money. Well, a King Edward the 1st Penny anyway. It's not a lot but it's a st...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

The campaign for less detail

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All this investigation of 3D printing has me a little worried. As the technology improves, the results will be perfect. Worse, it's po...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Class 153 and cardboard house in Hornby Magazine

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It's a bit modern image for me this time in the September 2011 issue of Hornby Magazine . For the £20 project I've done a little det...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Crane tank

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Lots of cranes today. In the background you can see a Coles mobile crane made from parts from the Airfix recovery set. This is a very old ...