Monday, May 04, 2020

Handles on

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I have a plan. I have a pack of grab handles from Precision. I have some 0.45mm brass wire. I have a 0.5mm drill bit. All I needed wa...
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Sunday, May 03, 2020

Money raised, cakes eaten

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Last weekend, we were hard at work with the RMweb Members Day 2020 in aid of NHS Charities Together . By the end, a lot of people had e...
Saturday, May 02, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Railway sushi

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I can't explain this, other than it's delightfully mad. I won't spoil it for you, just sit back and wonder. Why?
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Friday, May 01, 2020

Hornby beer

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I've never been one for drinking at home much. Beer is a social thing for me, so pubs, beer festivals etc. - great. Otherwise, I'l...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lockdown Project: Glass animal repair

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I've always loved my parents' collection of glass animals. As a child, apparently, I used to stare at the china cabinet for hours...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Waterborne Wednesday: Freedom on dry land

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Want a boat, but don't need the hassle of modelling water?  Allow me to introduce BK536 "Freedom". Built in 1991 in F...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

The best laid plans

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This thing is full of jobs I'm not looking forward to. Each time I think, "Well now that's done, the rest will be easy....
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Monday, April 27, 2020

It's the ends

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Dry-fitting parts is always a good idea. Put things together without glue and you'll spot potential issues that won't be any easi...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020

What day is it?

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Is anyone else struggling to remember what day it is at the moment? Working from home has been my thing for several years now. I'm so ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

J15 upgrade in Hornby Collector Club magazine

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Hornby's OO gauge J15 is a really cracking model, but like all RTR, it can be improved IMHO with a bit of dirt and few personal touch...
Friday, April 24, 2020

It's the Virtual RMweb members meetup this weekend

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Sunday should see the annual RMweb members day in Taunton. Obviously, this isn't going to happen. Don't worry though - you can...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Shunting, an office and track cutting in BRM - plus Melbridge Dock!

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Time for a bit of loco kit building in the May 2020 BRM. Nowadays, people aren't so likely to dig out a few sheets of brass and a sold...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Waterborne Wednesday: Wolverhampton canal with rail bridges

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If you fancy building a model railway layout without a station, this might be worth a look. Looking along the canal in Wolverhampton, w...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Back to the Cravens

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Time to pull a part-finished project off the shelf. I had a feeling that the Cravens Parcels DMU was last on the bench last year. It was ...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Polar Bear

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That's it - Polar Bear is finished and working.  The kit is a bit of curate's egg. Some bits work really well, others less so...
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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Test running the garden railway

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I've been doing a bit of maintenance on the garden railway - basically, it's not seen much use recently, but work is going on to...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Moon effects

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Blog posts about the recent death of Bill Pearson pointed me at this interesting video. I saw "Moon" at the cinema and was rea...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Lockdown Project: Flashing light

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With plenty of time on my hands, I'm going to try to be motivated enough to work through a few projects that have been kicking around ...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Off to the Isle of Man in the latest issue of Garden Rail

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Something unusual in the May issue of Garden Rail - a photoshoot by me for the lead layout. While on the IOM last year, I got chattin...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Waterborne Wednesday: River container vessel

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Not a great photo this one, and sadly not a shot of a real boat. This model in the Hong Kong Maritime museum shows a river container bo...
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