Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Railcar motion problems

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Regular readers will have noticed a distinct lack of action on the GWR Railmotor over the last few months. This is partly because I have ...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Making card kits

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Here's a good example of the sort of "free stuff" I was rambling about yesterday that lands on my workbench. Juston from Model...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Free stuff = work

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The news that Hornby had decided to stop sending out review sample models provoked a somewhat heated debate on RMweb . Among the people...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

L&WMRS Open Day 2015

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Cakes, cakes everywhere. That's what I had last Saturday. Tradition has it that 2 weeks after the exhibition, the Leamington & War...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Peeking out from under a cover

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A little scene on Melbridge Dock that I've always been pleased with. Some building materials have been stored under a tarpaulin. This...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

More wiggly tin

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  Every time I drive by this rusting garage, I think, "That looks fabulous, I must post a photo on my blog." In the last coup...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

My Golden Virginia tins?

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In our garage you can find a shelf full of Golden Virginia tobacco tins. The contents were smoked many years ago by my grandad and then r...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

3D printed model boats

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  George wrote: I know you like your model boats and thought this article would be of interest to you http://www.3ders.org/articles...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Black & Decker Mouse sander

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Here's a handy hint - if you own rechargeable power tools. Try not to lose the charging device. I have a very nice detail sander too...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

No red boxes for me :-(

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Back in January, I received an interesting e-mail from a marketing company: I’ve just come across your blog, http://philsworkbench.blogs...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Monarch loading

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Back in the days we were building Melbridge Dock, if you wanted road vehicles (and we did) then your options were very limited. Most peop...
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Hut ready to plant

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Just a few finishing touches and the hut is ready plant on a layout. I haven't actually built the layout yet, but when I do, there is...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Wrong roof

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At first, I thought I'd done quite a good job on the hut roof. A base coat of Humbrol leather streaked with rust while still wet. In ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Quick coat of primer

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Since this is an etched kit, before painting it needs a quick spray with Halfords etch primer before painting. An overall coat of grey...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Etched brass hut

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On a brief foray around the Leamington show, I spotted a new trader to me - Severn Models . The firm produces a range of building kits in ...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Old fashioned Moggie

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Back in what we call "the good old days", if you wanted a model car, you had to build the thing yourself. None of this nipping ...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Leamington 2015

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An even more narcissistic post than normal today I'm afraid. At Leamington I had taken both Melbridge Dock and Owen's Bridge to d...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

It's not an automatic railway...

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So there I am, operating Melbridge Dock quite happily and someone asks, "Is it automatic?" No it's not, I reply and show ...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Last half hour motive power

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If you want to see some interesting motive power at a model railway exhibition, you need to hang on until the end of the day. While we might...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Clockwork Tamper in BRM

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Deadlines were tight for my contributions for the latest issue of British Railway Modelling. I do my best to plan projects so they are r...
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