Saturday, January 05, 2019

Saturday Film Club: Building a Flying Fortress

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THIS sort of thing is why I think I'm a rubbish modeller. Tom Grigat not only makes a superb job of building an Airfix kit, and prod...
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Friday, January 04, 2019

Timberkits Chuffy Train

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If there's one thing I like on Christmas day, it's a simple to assemble model. Something I can put together in the afternoon while...
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Thursday, January 03, 2019

Painting little people and building containers in BRM

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A special treat for BRM readers buying their copy from the newsstand this month - miniature models of the BRM team! You to can have you...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Warehouse Wednesday: Hemel Hempstead ex-council depot

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A few weeks ago, I found myself on a work trip to take some photos. The location was an ex-council depot in Hemel Hemstead. The collect...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019

2018 - Review of the year

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Time for the annual look back on another year's worth of model making and writing. There have been a few changes in my profession...
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Monday, December 31, 2018

Mohan sails

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Santa brought the model boat club several thousand gallons of water for Christmas. At least the level in our lake was many inches higher ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2018

The thing that anoyed me the most this year...

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I'm thinking I might scratchbuild an Argentinian Garratt in N gauge. Can you guys tell me everything I need to know to do this? Can ...
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Saturday Film Club: Phil and the TPO

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We'll finish this year's video selection with one staring - me! On a recent filming trip to the Severn Valley Railway, I was...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Mona

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Not a Christmas present sadly, but the latest and last addition to the garden railway Isle of Man locomotive roster. Mona is a G sca...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Greeble spotting for the London

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Those who remember the classic BBC TV series Blakes 7 might well recall the first space ship we saw on screen wasn't the Liberator , ...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Warehouse Wednesday - Hornby at Margate

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A couple of weeks ago, I was at Hornby's Margate HQ for work, and while wandering around, I couldn't resist a few shots behind t...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas

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Merry Crimbo everyone. I hope you and everyone you care about have a fabulous day. Now stop looking at my blog and go eat some chocolat...
Monday, December 24, 2018

Painted Mohan

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Mohan did make it to the model boat show, and not looking too  shabby.  Initial thoughts around the colour were blue, but then I rea...
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Sunday, December 23, 2018

NEC Classic car show 2018

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I'm very busy at this time of year, and so I'm sure are you - so today's post is heavy on pictures from the NEC classic car ...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Saturday Film Club: The Butlins Monorail

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It's the future! No it isn't, but that doesn't mean this isn't lovely film showing the Butlins monorail being built ...
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Friday, December 21, 2018

RadioLink T8FB RC system

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A few weeks ago, I blogged my disappointment with a Turnigy radio system and intention to find a working replacement. Deciding that I ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Garden Rail - January 2019

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The arrival of several articles about building rail buses has allowed me to give the January issue of Garden Rail a bit of the theme. ...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Warehouse Wednesday: Garage with roller

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This is England. A slightly scruffy garage that looks like it's been around for years, with a 1974 Rolls-Royce parked outside. D...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Servicing a Micro Scalextric Alfa 159

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A couple of years, I bought a friend a Micro Scalextric Alfa 159 set as a bit of a joke. She liked her Alfas and driving fast, and it was...
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Monday, December 17, 2018

Mending Ben's Loco (Hornby L1)

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For the last couple of years, there has been a project sitting on my shelf - my friend Ben passed me this loco for repair while we were o...