Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Little soldiers

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Seven tiny soldiers are supplied with the armoured train. To keep the costs down only four different poses are provided. This isn't...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

How big is the armoured train?

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Chris asks: I was very interested to read your latest few posts on the RHDR armoured train, partly because I have always been interested in...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Carriages with guns

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The RH&DR armoured train packs a punch! People who know about these things tell me the fat gun nearest the camera is a Lewis gun wi...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Rumination on APT-E

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I suppose I ought to start this post by reminding readers that this blog is home to my personal thoughts and doesn't represent those of...
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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Turtleback

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Here's a surprise. Look back to December 2011 and you can read how a model I built of a Korean Turtle Boat sank during its first tests o...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

Detailing the loco

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The armoured loco looks nice but I felt, lacks the detail present on the carriages. Not to worry, I could do something about this. Star...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Building the loco

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The armoured locomotive is made up of large resin castings. A dry-build (posh term for putting the bits together without glue so you can tak...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Carriages on "wheels"

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Starting with, what we shall call, the carriages, there are some large mould runners on the underside of all the resin parts. I trimmed th...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A look in the box

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The Sgt's Mess kit seems a bit of a bargain to me. The main parts of the train are cleanly cast in resin. Detail items are whitemeta...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

RH&DR Armoured train

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With all the war time specials to be found in model railway magazines, it seems only appropriate that I do something on the blog. The pro...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

New magazines on the shelves

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 A trip to Smifs this week saw my pocket lightened by the cost of two new magazines. Both interesting and both Issue No.1 so valuable ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Patrick Rylands, designer

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Patrick Rylands designs toys. Children of the 70s like me will remember PlayPlax squares - interlocking plastic pieces in different colo...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

Mystery buffer bar

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Mike asks: Please can you explain the use of the bar connecting the 2 front buffer pads on your Ruston shunting loco ( Fri, Aug 19, 2011...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Melbridge Box Company video

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Four years ago, I made a couple of films for Modelrailway.tv It appears that one of these, The Melbridge Box Company , is still on-lin...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Hornby Visitor Centre

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I wasn't really sure what there was to be found in the Hornby visitor centre when presented with a schedule that included half an hour i...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Hornby shop, Margate

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I can't talk about model shops without mentioning the one attached to Hornby's premises in Margate. To find it, you have to go aro...
Monday, June 16, 2014

RAF Manston History Museum

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On the edge of Manston Airport in Kent, there are a pair of museums dedicated to old aircraft. One of these is the RAF Manston Museum. Hou...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Knightcote Model Boat Club open day 2014

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A sunny day. The chance to spend time sailing model boats with friends. Such a pity I had to work so could only spend a couple of hours t...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Elham Valley Railway Museum

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So I'm tootling through the Kent countryside with RMweb's Andy York and we spot a sign for a railway museum. There's no name ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

A good jigsaw

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I love a good jigsaw. There is something about bringing order to a random pile of little pieces and watching the picture come together th...
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