Friday, July 31, 2015

Bulldog exhaust and a handy tool

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  Under the Bulldog, there is an exhaust pipe. Unusual feature since most tractors chuck out their gas from a vertical pipe on the side...
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Bulldog roof

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  I'm not sure why the prototype Bulldog has a canvas roof not unlike a convertable sports car, but it does and therefore so my mod...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Book Review: Industrial Railways of Southern England in Colour by Jeffery Grayer

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    Giving blood can be expensive. The Birmingham centre I use is a 30 seconds walk from the Ian Allan bookshop so after dishing out t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Bulldog controls

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More scratchbuilding. My Bulldog has a cab back and folding roof. The kit has neither so I've had to add the bodywork. Firstly, the...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Windscreen on

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According to my measurements, the Lanz Bulldog windscreen is fractionally under 2 feet tall. I bent the frame from some tiny square secti...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Large Model Flyers, Cosford 2015

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The rain as we drove up the M6 didn't bode well for the day, but then the M6 is always grim anyway. By the time we made it to Cosford...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Puffer pictures

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You know how it is. Working in out clubrooms with BRM's Andy York taking some photos and you happen to have a 1/32nd scale Clyde Puff...
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Friday, July 24, 2015

Friday Facts about the Triang Giraffe Car

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The Interweb is full of FACTS so here are a few about the R.348 Triang Giraffe Car: 1) The model was in the catalogue from 1963 to 1971...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Mudguards on my Bulldog

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One job I really wasn't looking forward to on this build was forming the mudguards. On the prototype there are a lot of curves and I ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Lanz begins

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Inside the expensive kit, there aren't that many parts. What there are rattle around in the big box! Looking through, there are obvi...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Lanz Bulldog

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Years ago, I was writing about a man who restored vintage tractors for my novel . The character was based up someone I remembered from an...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Why models are better than CGI

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They provide better entertainment for plastic kit anoraks. Look at this Terrahawks space ship, you might need to click on the photo to ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Novel Glue

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In his novel "Us", David Nicholls has the main character permanently assembling some of his sons Lego models because the little ...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Smallspace 2015

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  Time for a break from all those model railway shows with a trip to Buckinghamshire for the Smallspace Exhibition of all things sci-fi...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Mounting toggle switches in 9mm plywood

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The problem: Fitting a toggle switch in a 9mm plywood baseboard. You can't just drill a hole as the threaded area on the switch is al...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Hornby renovated

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After a few finishing touched - large doors and painting the drainpipes - the Hornby building is fully renovated. Despite it's lowl...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Making signs

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Now we live in the future, certain things have become a lot easier. One of these is producing bespoke signage. Given a computer and print...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Windows

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While stripping down the building, I tried to remove the plastic windows carefully, decided they were too well stuck in place and just bu...
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Monday, July 13, 2015

VW Campervan for sale

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If you've seen my local paper then you might have spotted this advert in the motoring classifieds. Yes, it is time to sell Ashley, my...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Beaconsfield 2015

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Mid-summer exhibitions are rare. It's generally considered that most punters will be outside doing summery things and won't be easil...
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