Monday, December 31, 2012

My 2013 Exhibition Calandar

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At the end of the year, it's time to look the the future and sort out my public appearances for 2013. The results can be seen on my ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Instant Orange Tree

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Down at the toe of my Christmas stocking there was a tangerine. This is good because while I like an orange, I'm rubbish at peeling t...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Triang Fours

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I'm not a real collector of old model railways, although a 9 wagon train of Giraffe cars  puled by a "Davy Crockett" has a spe...
Friday, December 28, 2012

THIS is a Boxing Day sail

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Who wants to force poorly-paid shop staff to turn up at work at the crack of dawn on Boxing Day so we can get clothes for a few quid less...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

RIP Gerry Anderson

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At the age of 83, Gerry Anderson has died . The world of entertainment has lost the most consistently innovating and imaginative thinke...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Fairground trains

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Has anyone ever seriously modelled a fairground train ? The example above is from Winter Wonderland in London's Hyde Park earlier t...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas everybody. Now stop messing around with the computer. Go play with your presents and eat some turkey!
Monday, December 24, 2012

16mm scale Groudle Glen Coach

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Job done! A very enjoyable build of this 16mm scale, laser-cut wood kit. It's not perfect of course, what kit is? Picky Phil would ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Writing for model mags in Writers Forum

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Have you ever wondered how to break in to the rock'n'roll world of the model magazine ? Well, get yourself down to WH Smith and ...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Magna Couplings

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We all love a gadget at Christmas so how about these ? Called Magna Couplings, they are rare-earth magnets on laser-cut swivels. Plenty st...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Roof covering

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Bigger scales demand more effort in the surface finishes. I could have just painted the Groudle coach roof but it would still look like p...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Cast bogie sides

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The best laid plans etc. etc. So, there I am with 4 cast bogies side for the Groudle coach. The look OK - not perfect but good enough for ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Groudle bogies

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While I really like the wooden Groudle Glen coach kit, there is an obvious deficiency, the bogie sideframes are, well, basic. If you ar...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hornby 2013 programme

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    Hornby have announced their programme for 2013 - It's all over the web so I won't go into detail here.   I think one...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Servicing a Bob Moore lining pen

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The recent build of a corpse van required me to perform quite a lot of lining. Since I'm rubbish with a bow-pen, it was applied with ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Blogs of Note

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The observant amongst you will have noticed in the right hand sidebar that there are lots of good things. You can ask me a question, find ...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Rubbery handles with Plasti Dip

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I'm buying some tools for my sister this Christmas (don't worry, she asked for them) but there is a slight snag. While she's ...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Something big in Hornby Magazine

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Always keen to push the boundaries of models suitable for publication in Hornby Magazine, this month I've built a pre-grouping corpse ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

That's an 07 isn't it?

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I took a couple of trips to London last week . Each time the train passed by the Chiltern Railways Wembly depot, I looked out of the win...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Book Review: Flying Scotsman by Andrew Roden

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I've never really got Flying Scotsman. Yes it's a nice looking steam locomotive and if you like main line express engines, then it...
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