Wednesday, April 04, 2012

3mm Society Morris 5cwt GPO van kit

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Another goodie from the 3mm box is this whitemetal kit for a Morris Minor 5cwt GPO van. Produced by the 3mm Society, I think it will make ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Foden Steam lorry - Can I use it ?

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Digging through my box of 3mm scale bit'n'pieces, I found this - a Whitemetal Foden Steam lorry. There are a few issues with th...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

16mm Society AGM 2012

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A new venue in a new location for this event but still the same excellent mix of trade and layouts to delight the garden railway fan working...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

Honey, I shrunk my room

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How about this little gem ? A model of a model makers bedroom. There's all sorts of details that catch the eye. For example, the la...
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Skelly Engineers

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I'm working on a little project that needs some industrial buildings for the background. As a start I've taken the opportunity to...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Beattie OO Van from Graham Farish

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It seems that heritage models are popular at the moment, or at least Matt Scruton thought it was worth saying he was enjoying them, so beca...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Match wagon

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In the current (for the next couple of weeks) Hornby Magazine, I built a Loriot wagon and loaded up with a Bucyrus excavator. For the ben...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Handrails and grab handles

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There's not a lot of detail on the 01 but what there is, is a plethora of handrails and door handles. For such a small loco, it does see...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

01 Roof

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More nifty design on the Judith Edge 01 diesel kit - the roof. I've had plenty of "issues" with model diesel locomotive roof...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Cab controls

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Back inside the 01 diesel locomotive, we have the cab interior. The control desk is a simple enough fold-up construction. Surface detail is ...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ingenious loco drive mechanism

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50p on the Nottingham second hand stall. Bought out of curiosity, this American loco is to be powered by a AAA battery fitted in a box ...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Clever chassis cutout mystery solved

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In the 01 diesel chassis frames were a couple of odd cutouts in the top edge. I had a good look at the plans but couldn't see why they w...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Shoehorn that motor

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Returning to the 01 diesel, I've been assembling the sub-assemblies to see if they will fit around the motor. The good news is that with...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Track testing with TT wagons

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Testing the test tracks track has presented us with an interesting problem - the Isle of Man wagons I've built so far has chassis that a...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Laying some IOM track at last

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Tracklaying has commenced on the IOM test track. The replacement baseboards seem stable - I can't tell if this is due to better quality ...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Large Scale Model Rail Show 2012

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Held around the corner from where I live, the Large Scale Model Rail show has in the last few years been a bit the starter course for th...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Leighton Buzzard

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I was on my way out of the Nottingham show on Saturday when I spotted a side room. Had I not been so stingy and purchased an exhibition guid...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

From 1983: Do you model railways ?

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From the Tail Lamp column of Model Railways magazine, June 1983 written by Cyril Freezer: Do you model railways ? No, this is not a si...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Quick and useful: Making flyleads

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Last week I was packing up the toolbox to go exhibiting and I couldn't find one of my more useful tools - the long flyleads. For the uni...
Friday, March 16, 2012

ERG Wagon

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Continuing with the vintage theme this week, another refuge from a box of bits is this TT wagon that arrived in a job lot of 3mm scale bits...