Friday, May 31, 2019

R2D2 frustration

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R2D2 is built! Standing at 19 inches tall and weighing quite a big (he won't fit on the scales) this is one impressive model. It's...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Wobbly solebar

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Here's a novel feature. When I looked closely at the solebars of this wooden model, the top edge of one wasn't flat and there is ...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Warehouse Wednesday: London taximan's shelter

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Can you get more London than this? Anyone who has looked at the Wills plastic kit range since the late 1980s will be familiar with ...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Wooden wagon rescue

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Show me a box on a second-hand stall containing a 7mm scale wagon priced at a pound, and it's probably coming home with me. That...
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Beetle built

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Having finished sticking the Beetle together, I've a few thoughts about the build and the Revell kit. At the start, I was really get...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Finding a railway at the slot car show

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I've been trying to include more non-train events in my life recently. You can get rather too deep into the hobby, especially when it...
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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Saturday Film Club: Industrial monorail and target trolley

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I wish I lived nearer Amberley Chalk Pits museum . They have fun things like this.
Friday, May 24, 2019

Voltmeter repair

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I picked this neat little voltmeter up at the Vintage radio fair. I don't need another voltmeter, but I thought this looked a bit nift...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Buildings in BRM

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The Billy Bookcase layout makes progress in the June issue of BRM - I've built the buildings. My plan was to use as many different m...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Warehouse Wednesday: Overgrown building

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Spotted in Margate, this was obviously a very well-built store of some sort, but it's fallen on hard times, and now nature is reclai...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Painting the chrome trim

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Trickiest job on the Beetle build? Painting the chrome trim on the sides and bonnet. It's thin, and not raised enough to dry-brush....
Monday, May 20, 2019

National Vintage Communications Fair 2019

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Ten pounds to go into the antique fair? Makes toy train show look like a bargain... Still, I like to go to non-train events and I was s...
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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Stamford show vandalism

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Photo: Stamford Mercury I couldn't believe it when I fired up my computer yesterday to discover that 4 youths had broken into the S...
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Saturday, May 18, 2019

Saturday Fim Club: BTF trailer

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Looking through YouTube, I found this trailer which is rather fun. Nice jaunty tune and plenty of shots that make me want to see more. L...
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Friday, May 17, 2019

Scenerama Modelling detached town houses

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It's unusual for me to trip over a kit I've not seen before, but this one, found on the second hand table at the RMweb members day...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Our own garden railway in Garden Rail, plus deadly beasts down under.

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This is a first, the feature layout in the latest Garden Rail is our own garden railway built in a day. The shortest-lived line in the m...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Warehouse Wednesday: Birmingham clock tower

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Heading to a 'spoons on Broad Street in Birmingham (classy, I know), I spotted this rather impressive building. Dating from the time...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Pre-painting

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The key to this kit is pre-painting as many parts as possible. To keep things simple, there are some bit made in the wrong colour. Engine ...
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Monday, May 13, 2019

Build-a-Bug

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Inspired by my trip to Stanford Hall, I have dug a plastic kit for a cabriolet Beetle out from the stash. One that will hopefully be a n...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

Stanford Hall VW show 2019

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I really want to get my Beetle back on the road. Trouble is, I'm light on skills and space to work. I know there are people who rest...