Sunday, August 31, 2014

Mystery Artist

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Christopher Bell asks: I live on the west coast of Canada and a long time ago I acquired a painting of an older English yard locomotive (...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Peugeot 206 rear wiper replacement

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Washing your car is supposed to be good for it. Well, I beg to differ - attacking the back of my Peugeot with a sponge the rear wiper fell o...
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Friday, August 29, 2014

A visit to Foxdale

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A couple of years ago, we started work on an Isle of Man Railways project - a model of Foxdale station. To be honest, after an initial bu...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Brush Magic

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Catching up on my reading, I see that in the current British Railway Modelling, there is my review of Deluxe Materials "Brush Magic...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Choose your kit

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All things being equal, I'm planning to spend most of October on the wrong side of the world. I've been invited to give a talk t...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Crane tank wheelies

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Sharon and Daryl ask: Did you manage to get the southeast fine cast crane tank working without it doing wheelies? Be grateful for so...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Shunting engines

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I'm not a big fan of poetry - it rather passes me by. I like a limerick but the "proper" stuff? No thanks. Despite this, I...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Midland Railex 2014

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Since I've exhibited at the last couple of Midland Railex's and thoroughly enjoyed myself, it seemed like a good idea to spend 90...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Talking about the future of railway modelling

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On Tuesday, I was invited to speak top the Coventry branch of the Gauge O Guild (CovGOG) about the current state of our hobby. I can't...
Friday, August 22, 2014

A mini modelling den?

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I'm a bit of a connoisseur of modelling bench solutions. Years ago the magazines often ran pieces by people who had used their carpent...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Holiday Pics: The County Donegal Railcars

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Time for one of the legendary items of the Isle of Man steam railway rolling stock - a pair of diesel railcars from the County Donegal railw...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Hellingly in a partwork

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When you buy the first issue of a partwork for the gift strapped to the cover, do you ever look at the magazine contained in the package? ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Holiday Pics: Working Workbenches

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While touring both the steam railway and electric electric railway sheds over on the Isle of Man, I developed a (possibly) unhealthy interes...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Little box

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 Not made from ticky taky , but from plywood. Quite nice 3mm thick stuff actually. This once was picked up in a junk shop last week fo...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Retro Warwick classic car show

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The rain was coming down hard. I looked out of the window and wondered what sort of person would be daft enough to go out in this. Listeni...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Look out for BRM TV

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 Last month, I mentioned the first "Premium Edition" of British Railway Modelling magazine  with a DVD included in the pack t...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Holiday Pics: Steamplex

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How about this for a model engineering project? Take an old Simplex diesel, strip off the internal combustion bits and add some steam o...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

People painting in BRM

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In this month's BRM, I've been painting some model people. After my efforts with the little nissen hut diorama, I fancied produci...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Holiday Pics: Viking

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According to Wikipedia , This engine was built by Schöma of Germany in 1958 and purchased by the railway in 1992 replacing the time-expired ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Holiday Pics: Diesel No.21

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The most popular photo from my holiday on Flickr  was a shot of the newest member of the Isle of Man steam railway fleet, Number 21. A ...
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