Friday, September 30, 2011

Melbridge Town goods shed

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Digging through some old photos, I found this one of the layout that persuaded me to stick to small model railways. I was always quite pro...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Facilities for miniature model boaters

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Down at the model lakeside on the 009 model railway, I felt it was time to make sure my model boaters were both safe and comfortable. The ...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Failed experiments in pagoda painting

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Not everything I try works, but since you lot seem to like to read about failed experiments, here goes. The plan: Paint the pagoda in ru...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Whitemetal pagoda

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The GWR had some funny ideas and one of the odder ones was the choice of pagoda roofed buildings for branch line halts. Distinctive but, why...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Making loco wheel balance weights

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Not being happy with the supplied C15 locomotive balance weights, I decided to have a go at making them myself. This being a 7mm scale mod...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Phil's Model Railway Fillets

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Promted by my work on the novel , I decided to dip my toe into self-publishing with a collection of old articles that have appeared in vario...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Ian Allan - Waterloo

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If there was an Ian Allan spotting book for Ian Allan shops, I'd have just crossed off another one. This time I've "copped...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Brakes and balance weights

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Taking a break from narrow gauge matters, I've been back working on the C15 engine. Maybe I'm missing the smell of burning flux ! ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Building detailing

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Sticking with card for the time being, the building detail was built up from off-cuts of a sheet intended for use in a domestic printer. I...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Cardboard tile cutting

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Normally I like to top model buildings with Wills moulded plastic slate roofing but for Handyman Hall, I thought that something different wa...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Freelance card buildings

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One of my ideas behind the 009 model railway was to try and create lots of vantage points to watch the trains from. In the corner of the b...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Mud, glorious mud

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With my model, model boaters tramping to and fro to the steps down to the lake, the path they wear is going to get a bit muddy. I suppose ...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

VeeDub trams

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I'm a bit short of time today so just a quick post - how about these VW Type 5 vans running on Amsterdam tram tracks ? The photo tur...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

HobbyStores - Camden

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Strolling around Camden town, as us fashionable types like to do, a shop frontage caught my eye. Palmers pet stores claims to supply talking...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Grass'n'Flock

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Static grass is nice but I didn't want a lawn on this model railway, I wanted the sort of unmown scrub you see on hillsides. To get th...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Noch Grass

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All that brown paint needs to be covered in something and the fastest and most realistic option is static grass. Now the fashionable way...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Crown Textured Emulsion

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Another non-trip to the model shop. It seems that after yesterday being spent wondering who wants mud coloured walls, I now have to consider...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Brown brown, deeper and brown.

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Do you use proper model making products for all your model railway needs ? I don't. I prefer to use everything and anything as long ...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Slag Ladle and nightime bungalow in Hornby Magazine plus the bear costume in BRM explained

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Octobers Hornby magazine is already widely regarded as the best ever and not just because of the stuff I wrote in it. For your money you ge...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Keeping it real (and small)

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Last week, Chris Nevard wrote a post about trying a realistic sized project . I popped a comment on the bottom but as I typed, I quickly rea...
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