Monday, January 02, 2017

What next in 2017?

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  What will 2017 bring? If I knew the answer to that, I'd be a rich man. I can however, think out loud about how I'd like this ...
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Sunday, January 01, 2017

2016 and all that

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As 2017 rolls in, we're reached 11 years of blogging over here on the workbench and what a year it has been.  Starting with the ...
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Saturday, December 31, 2016

I built a beetle

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Thanks to the generosity of my sister, I got to spend a few evenings building a Lego model of a VW Beetle.  Long term readers will k...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Transrapid 07

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I've always been fascinated by Maglev and monorail systems. In model form they are rare, but a few hints saw me receive a tatty box ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

No space for the buffers?

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At the station end of Ruston Quays, there is a big hole in the fascia support. It's there because I found the DMU operating on the shut...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: Cement silo

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For the last Warehouse Wednesday of the year, something a little different - a cement silo.  This can be found on Foxes lane, a shor...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Not so local bus

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Where is this photo taken? The Lake District? No. It's on the road to Leamington Spa station. 190 miles from the lakes. This bu...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Rock stand

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  All being well, my sister is now the proud owner of a lump of rock. I'm not exactly sure what sort of rock it is, and probably wo...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas

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Merry Cnristmas to all my blog readers. As usual, I hope Santa has brought you some lovely presents and your day will be filled with hap...
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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Down in Santa's workshop

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While in the Leicester Square Lego store (I just went in out of curiosity), I bought myself a Christmas decoration. A pair of elves work...
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Friday, December 23, 2016

Hornby Peckett 0-4-0 R3429

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I don't buy RTR locomotives. I like to kit build small industrial steam engines. And yet here is a small industrial in a box from Ho...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Binding magazines cheaply

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  As we reach the end of the year, many of us will have piles of unbound magazines that need organising. Buying the correct binders is ...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: The Royal Spa Centre

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Regular readers will have spotted not a lot of actual model making going on around here recently. The reason is simple - time. As well as my...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Vehicle hold-downs

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The diescast models in yesterdays post we photographed against a white background. This wasn't as easy to achieve as you might expect. T...
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Monday, December 19, 2016

New tractor and bus for the collection

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Collecting is all about the thrill of the hunt. There's loads of fun in finally tracking down an elusive item for your display. I...
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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Scalextric "Supersound"

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The companion unit to the Hornby Supersound unit I looked at a couple of years ago , if anything it's worse than the railway version...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

GWR hand lamp

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Last week, a generous chap from the model boat who had been cleaning out his loft gave me this. He wanted rid, and though I might like i...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

What's that on the trackmat?

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One reason to use a trackmat (I refuse to call it trakmat) is that it give the appearance of scenery, even just in printed form. There are s...
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Thursday, December 15, 2016

You can't solder to Hornby track, so how do you get the electricity in?

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Phil from in front of a layout he is trying to wire says: Arghhh!!! I'm trying to solder wires to some old Hornby track and the stuff ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Warehouse Wednesday: Veron Building

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Despite it's outward appearance, the Vernon Building in High Wycome isn't a 1960s office block, it's a series of industrial ...