Thursday, November 30, 2017

Bizarre theft

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This is weird. Colin reports: Half way through the show at Royston we noticed someone had stolen the flag from the golf course and atte...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Warehouse Wednesday: Culham stationmaster's house

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Arriving at Culham station recently, I was immediately taken by the stationmaster's house. It's a lovely simple but reassuringl...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Speedboat testing

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It was with some trepidation that I put the vintage speedboat back on the water. If I'd not done a good job sealing up the back of th...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

Hanger fix

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For reasons that will become obvious in the January issue of BRM, I've become interested in Canadian things recently.  Spotting a...
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Sunday, November 26, 2017

International Model Boat Show 2017

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"Why are there radio control trucks at a model boat show?", people asked. Having seen the trucks before, the answer seemed...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Saturday Film Club: Model boat show 2017

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It's another Phil Parker production this week with some footage from last week's model boat show. I'll explain why there are...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Warley weekend

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Today, I'll be heading to the NEC for the Warley National Exhibition . Friday is all about chatting to people and photographing as ...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Big brass rudder fitted.

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Taking a deep breath, I hacked the rudder support box off the back of my vintage speedboat. Reaching the point of no return, I sawed it o...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Warehourse Wedneasday: Church repair, corrugated iron special!

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Our local church is under repair, and it appears they have called in builders from 1954 - how else can you explain the corrugated iron h...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Brass rudder

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If I'm going to mess with the speedboat, I might as well do it properly. And since the feature I like least is the ugly rudder-sup...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Emergency superglue

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Regular readers will know I'm a fan of Zap products. Their superglue is my favourite and I find the other adhesives pretty impressive...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

IPMS Telford 2017

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The first lesson I learned last weekend was that buying an advance ticket is a good idea. I learnt this as I stood in the queue for ...
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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Saturday Film Club: Shefield freight working

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I wish I had a time machine. A trip back to 1961 when this BTF film was shot would be high on the agenda. It's a world I never knew ...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

Can't find what you want? Try this.

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Nigel asks: I have been a regular reader of "Phil’s workbench" for a number of years and always enjoy your varied topics covere...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

EiM and Garden Rail - December 2017

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If there has been an aspect of model engineering we've been lacking in EiM over the last few months, it's been proper drawings. P...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Warehouse Wednesday - Concrete Fence

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Here's something I didn't think I'd ever right - Waiting for a train at Tamworth station a couple of weeks ago, I became fasc...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Sorting the paperwork

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Last week, my trusty little Peugeot 206 went off to a new home where it will hopefully put in a few more miles service as a courtesy car...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

Beatties colour samples?

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This slightly dusty pair of EFE lorries were described in the eBay auction as: EFE Colour Trials with the caveat: I purchased these...
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Large Model Aircraft show 2017

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As ever, the static Large Model Aircraft show was home to superb workmanship in wood. There seemed to be a larger number of part-finishe...

Saturday Film Club: Exeter Garden Rail show

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A bit of lineside action shot at Exeter show a couple of weekends ago. Lots of steam chuffing around including some hot Bowman action.  ...
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