Sunday, January 31, 2016

#savethehovercraft

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Is it national "Scrap our heritage transport" month? First the Manx Horse Trams and now t he BBC reports that the last two cr...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

My favourite landrover

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Sadly, yesterday saw the last Landrover Defender roll off the production line . You can see that they just used up all the leftover panel...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

Toy Fair edibles

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I know what you're thinking, "We're not interested in the kits and fancy pants models at the Toy Fair - we want cake!" ...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

London Toy Fair

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On Monday I headed over to the London Toy Fair. Obviously my trip was mostly about model railways and I've covered the goodies from this...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: Laxey Flour Mill

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I'd not planned a third Manx warehouse on the trot but while researching last week's building, I was reminded about the rather ex...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

View from the Hospital engine shed

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Taking a few photos on The Hellingly Hospital Railway and spotted this view when looking through the engine shed doors. Virtually no rai...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Kitmaster motorised van

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I'm very busy working on the latest Ramsay's British Model Trains catalogue at the moment so there's not a lot of modelling g...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Be like Phil

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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Manx horse trams - RIP

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The good people who run Douglas Council on the Isle of Man have decided to scrap the horse tram service along the front. IOM Today - Hi...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Home made chisel

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I amongst John Webb's tools, I found this unprepossessing tool - a home made chisel. I've no idea what John made it from, sugge...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Hot handrails

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Planning is important. The correct time to attach the handrails to the Barclay tanks was when I could solder the knobs from inside. Ins...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: Laxey Mill

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Stroll up the road from last week's warehouse and you find Laxey Mills . Not a dark satanic mill, well not nowadays anyway, but a mo...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Perspective modelling

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Another photo from Geoff William's model of Aylesbury, it's only shot on my compact but illustrates a rare feature - perspective ...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

Hand lettered wagons

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On Saturday, I was privileged to head over to the Princess Risborough club to see a layout in their care. Back in the 1970s, Geoff Will...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Unexpected oiling in the smokebox area

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  My Hornby Q1has been stored in a cupboard for a few years. It's nice and warm and dry in there. The model is wrapped as it came f...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Green Sentinel

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Taking some photos on Ruston Quays the other day, I found my green Sentinel and realised I'd forgotten how good it looks, so few seco...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Prototype for everything: Giant Wills arch kits

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  If you look behind the arches on Ruston Quays, you can see that what we have is some fairly thin plastic parts hiding a wooden subst...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

A proper Thursday boat

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If you are reading this over your mid-morning coffee, there is a very good chance that I'll be out in the fresh air sailing the Banta...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: Laxey quayside

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Cross the sea to the beautiful Isle of Man and then head to the harbour at Laxey. It's a bit of a stroll from the tram stops but well...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

More hot RSU action

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Since I've been using the RSU on a project recently, here's a not at all posed shot of the unit in typical use. One of the gre...