Saturday, October 31, 2015

Tyseley works open day

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The weatherman said wet and horrid, but I'd been given a free ticket to Tyseley's open day and since I had a good book to read, fanc...
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Whittle's Burlingham Seagull

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You've probably been leafleted via your favourite model magazine, by Atlas Editions. They offer stupidly cheap models with the promis...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Prototype for everything - Insulating fishplates

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  Spotted at Tyseley works at the weekend, what appear to be insulating fishplate just like those produced in nylon by Peco.   Curi...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday: Yellow brick London

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Somewhere near the Thames, in a back street, I found this sympathetically gentrified warehouse.   I like the wooden doors and the cr...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Textured Deck

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Some time ago, someone reading this blog looked at the Bantam tug photos and suggested that a textured spray paint would be ideal to repr...
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Monday, October 26, 2015

AEC to Albion?

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Last week, James mentioned that the Coopercraft AEC kit might have been based on a 1934 Albion lorry, or at least a mashup between this ...
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

The Festival of British Railway Modelling 2015

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Busy, busy, busy. That's what this show was. So busy that I didn't even have time to eat any cake! Ruston Quays looked pretty g...
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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Bookazine in the shops NOW. Go and buy it!

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  My latest bookazine, "The BRM guide to Building Your First Model Railway" is in the shops now. Stop gawping at your compute...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Bantam Bumpers

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One of the hardest jobs on this boat has been the brackets holding the wooden bumpers on the front. The faces of the wood should both b...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

More plastic noodling - Bantam steering gear and hatch

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After it's appearance at the Model Engineer show, and a trip to the Model Boat Show in 3 weeks time, I've got to try and finish the ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday - Doncaster

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Warehouse Wednesday has proved to be far, far, more popular than I expected. So much so that I've started receiving photos from other pe...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Parked up AEC

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  While posting Ruston Quays shots, I thought I'd show the AEC lorry mentioned last week . It's finished and parked up near the...
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Monday, October 19, 2015

Ruston Quays detailing starts

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  All being well, I'm fast asleep as this post goes live after a busy weekend at Peterborugh with Ruston Quays.   With the ligh...
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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Great Electric Train Show 2015

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I've just time for a quick post on this event: Cake - Excellent. Strawberry and white chocolate. Soft, not too sweet and nicely dec...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Midlands Model Engineering Show 2015

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For a change, I'm posting this while the show is on! You'll have noticed that if all is well, I'm in Peterborough this week...
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Friday, October 16, 2015

Off to Peterborough

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Today, I'll be packing up Ruston Quays for it's first exhibition appearance at The National Festival of Railway Modelling at Pet...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Demo build - AEC Monarch

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Modelling time has been at a premium recently. At the weekend, I was sitting behind a demo table as part of the DOGA stand and at 8 in the ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday - Tewkesbury

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Sat on the River Avon, in the picturesque town of Tewkesbury, is this imposing and somewhat ugly mill. Originally two brick buildings, n...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

I've been scanned!

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While at the Great Electric Train show last weekend, thanks to a deal done through my local club, I've been 3D scanned by Modelu. T...
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Monday, October 12, 2015

Montini blocks - NOT Lego

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Found in an old box in the club second hand stock. Not Lego, although it looks a bit like it, but plastic blocks from the Italian firm Mo...
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