Friday, December 04, 2015

Accucraft Sea Lion

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I recently read on Facebook, someone complaining that their feed was full of people on model railway groups posting the latest thing they...
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Thursday, December 03, 2015

On sale today!

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Some of you may know that for the last few years, I've been working with my friend Candice writing a novel. Well, today is the big day...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday: Demolishing Ford Foundry

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Another Not a Warehouse this week but digging around my collection, I thought this deserved an airing. Heading north from Leamington st...
Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Mini Phils

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Well, that's Christmas sorted then. Thanks to the efforts of Modelu , I have tiny 3D versions of me. The scanning took place back i...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

Crowd control

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All being well, I'm asleep after a busy weekend at the NEC for the Warley. Hopefully the wooden device above has made my weekend a li...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Northampton & District Narrow Gauge Modellers show 2015

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Small shows can be just as much, if not more fun, than larger ones. 45 minutes drive from me is the village of Weedon Bec and in the ha...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Fun on Dr Who day

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November 23rd marks the date when Dr Who was first broadcast on the BBC. To celebrate this, Twitter and Facebook fills up with fan pictures....
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Packing for Warley

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  Today is all about heading to the big tin shed at the edge of Solihull and setting up Ruston Quays for the Warley Exhibition.   I...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Minic panel

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Preparing Ruston Quays for its trip to the NEC this weekend I've been tidying up the control panel. One job is to remove the buttons ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday: Weedon Ordnance Depot

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If Napoleon had invaded Britian, where would the Royal family and Government decamped to? Weedon Bec of course. Which is why the fabu...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Challenge Hull

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Chatting to one of the clubs at the model boat show, they mentioned a "Chairman's Challenge" that involved every member buy...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Pointless graph

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  Doing a little painting this weekend, I spotted this graph on the side of the can. I'm assuming it was drawn by someone who think...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Behind the scenes brickwork

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  If you've watched the latest BRM DVD then in the Ruston Quays chapter, there is a little footage showing the smoking chimney look...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Underground video

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Well, I had a box of Bachmann S Stock and access to a model railway with fourth rail. It would have been silly not to give one a run on t...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Painted barge

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Painting the barge took longer than building it. First, there was a spray of Halfords matt black. Next the cover received a coat of R...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Vac-formed barge kit

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  I can't resist a reasonably priced and interesting kit so at the model boat show, I came away with a couple of things from Sarik ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Warehouse Wednesday - Birmingham engineering works

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In Birmingham, 5 minutes walk from Snow Hill Station, and just over the road from The Wonderful World of Trains and Planes display is th...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Tarroo Ushtey plan

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You meet some top people in our hobbies. Chatting to Brian King on the Manx Model Boat Club stand at the model boat show, I admired his m...
Monday, November 16, 2015

A working model dredger

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One of the highlights of the model boat show was the working model dredger on the Manx Model Boat club stand. It looks great and operate...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Model boat show 2015

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Ahoy there! With the Bantam tugboat finished, I was on the lookout for the next project. While there are several kits in the Parker stash...