Sunday, September 30, 2018

Birmingham Museum Collection Centre - behind the scenes

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A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre for their open day.  I'm not going to say much about t...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

Saturday Film Club: Supercar out takes

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Even I'm not old enough to remember Gerry Anderson's Supercar - but I've seen little bits in recent years and know it was a...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Thornton Mfrs (Harrogate) Ltd tunnel mouth

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From the vintage pile today, we have this interesting vacuum-formed tunnel mouth and wing-wall set from Thornton Mfrs (Harrogate) Ltd, ba...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Throwback Thursday: Percy shunting

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Looking back through some old photos this week, I found this one of my upgraded Hornby Percy shunting Melbridge Dock . The loco has ...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Warehouse Wednesday - Herbert Morris Ltd

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In a Loughborough back stree t is the factory once owned by Herbert Morris Ltd , crane manufacturers. You can find more of their history...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

How to design a micro layout

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Luke asks: I have been modelling for 3 years  now with some quite pleasing, realistic layouts. I’m currently working on an oo gauge Scot...
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Monday, September 24, 2018

Painting the GVT wagon

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After a coat of grey primer to provide a nice base colour, I've painted the GVT wagon with the lighter base colours from a Lifecolor...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

TINGS 2018

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The International N Gauge Show (TINGS) can be a bit of a mixed bag. Some years, I don't find anything particularly inspiring, but I...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Saturday Film Club: Finsbury Park diesel depot

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An interesting film this week. It appears to be unedited footage from Pathe News taken at the then very new Finsbury Park diesel dept.  ...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Harris "No Loss" brush review

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Faced with a "garden room" (posh shed) requiring a coat of yacht varnish before winter, I headed to the local DIY store for some...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Garden Rail - October 2018

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We've a bit more American outline on the cover this month, all the way from sunny Quinton in the West Midlands. It's interesting...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Warehouse Wednesday: Steel water tower

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Spotted at the Churnet Valley Railway , this steel water tower.I'm pretty sure it's not an original railway structure, but then ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Wobbly axle good news

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For a cheap kit, this GVT wagon is very well specified. When it came time to fit the underframe bits, which are mostly from glass-reinfor...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Painting brickwork

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Duncan asks: As I am making an satisfying and active return to model railways, I am attempting new modelling media as well as the olde...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

Llanfair 2018

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Sometimes, I get the chance to spend a lot of time on motorways. A couple of weeks ago, my weekend involved a trip to Telford followed b...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

I'm not gone!

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Apologies for those who looked at the blog this morning and saw a message that I'd gone away. It's not true, I'm not going anywh...

Saturday Film Club: British Locomotives in 1959

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Friday, September 14, 2018

Micromodels trains

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While at the Brighton museum, I picked up a plastic pot, from a Chinese takeaway I think, full of slightly battered Micromodel trains. ...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Conflat, Autocoach, simple hut, Brighton museum, track cleaning and imitation in BRM

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I've been busy and the fruits of my labour can be found in the October issue of BRM. We start with a proper multimedia kit - Slater...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Warehouse Wednesday: Burton-on-Trent tennis club

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Killing time waiting to visit the DEMU show in Burton a few months ago , I happened upon this interesting building tucked away down a sid...