Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Book Review: The Railways of Jamaica by Jim Horsford

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This year marks 60 years since the Caribbean island of Jamaica achieved full independence form Great Britain. Therefore it seems appropria...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

American Narrow Gauge Magazines

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For the aspiring writer, it can be difficult to know where to pitch your first pieces to get that first publishing credit. For us railway ...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Slim Gauge Circle, Rugby

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Sunday saw a quick trip over to Rugby for the half-yearly Slim Gauge Circle meeting. At the very least I know that NG Trains would be pres...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Wanted: English Mechanics, Amateur Mechanics & Mechanics

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Almost a year ago, I mentioned English Mechanics Magazine and highlighted the amazing questions men in sheds were asking three-quarters ...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Replacing springs in a comfy chair

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Boing! Not the noise you want to hear when sitting down in a comfy chair. It will be accompanied by your bottom feeling a little less supp...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Fixing a gearset with bodgery

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People give me stuff to repair sometimes. The latest "goodie" to pass across the workbench is a rather sad whitemetal kit for a G...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Parker's Guide Bookazine

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It can now be revealed, I've been working on a special top secret project - a compilation of many of my Parker's Guide projects fr...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Book Review: Tiffy's Workshop, Marine Models From Scratch

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Graham "Tiffy" Castle has been scratchbuilding model boats for many years and writes regularly in Marine Modelling International...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

P Class cab

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Wills have endowed the P Class with more than the usual number of location aids. Despite this, when I started assembling the locomotive body...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Will the motor fit ?

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That's the question that I always ask when building a small model locomotive. The P is tiny and yet the gearbox seems massive. Before...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Turn your hobby into your career

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I was quite excited when I read the e-mail subject, "Philip, turn your hobby into your career" After all, I've gone a bit of...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Pilot Boat launched

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The Pilot Boat has launched! On the water, it's absolutely fantastic. At just over 1/2 power the nose starts to rise. Got to 3/4 an...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

Genius at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2012

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The Midlands Model Engineering exhibition is as good as ever. There are lots of beautifully made models. I look at the workmanship and wish...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

A running P Class chassis

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The Hobby Holidays jig shown a few days ago might seem like an extravagance. It's hardly cheap and you really can do without it. Rail...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Not losing little bits (hopefully)

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This is me being clever. Working in a plastic box lid while assembling a model railway gearbox. This is fiddly work involving very losa...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

What's that bracket doing?

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Just when I thought things were going well with the P Class, there is a snag. The instructions were followed. I was impressed with the cha...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

Being a project butterfly

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David asks: I follow your blog with great interest and note that you are starting another loco build. What happened to the TT gauge cla...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Talk-Talk TV Advert

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Having moaned about Halfords adverts a few posts ago, I ought to mention one I really like at the moment. Talk Talk, the mobile telephon...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Getting jiggy with the P Class chassis

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First job on the P - make the mechanical bits work. If the wheels don't go round then anything else is a waste of time. Setting up ...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

P Class

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It occurs to me that I've not featured a loco build on the blog for a while. It's also been a while since I've built a model f...