Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Airfix coal offices

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  Talking of tickling up old models, a couple of Airfix coal offices have been across the workbench for a projects.  On the right we have on...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Tickled up Hornby viaduct

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I can sense some of you weren't convinced by my suggestion that the Hornby R180 3-arch viaduct can look OK, so I'll show you.  The m...
Monday, September 28, 2020

South Eastern Finescast plastic bridge arch

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One area on the Selly Oak build I've struck gold on is the viaduct arches. I'd been bashing a few ideas around in my head to replica...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Bing tabletop train set

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 A random photo from my collection. This one, taken at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum, shows a Bing Tabletop Train set. I'm pretty su...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Matchbox cars to slot racers

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    Here's a neat little conversion - take a couple of battered Matchbox cars. Add a micro Scalextric set and you have diecast slot race...
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Friday, September 25, 2020

More stock boxes

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My dad id really getting in to this box making lark. After the success of a box for Willi , he moved on to the Piko "Clean Machine...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Photos you didn't expect to take

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    When I was at school and considering my future, at no point did I ever consider it would involve standing on a Birmingham roadside takin...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Why I'm adverse to camber

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Time for a controversial blog post.  A properly made road will have a camber - the slight slope from the centreline to the gutters to persua...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Quick road painting

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  With the road on place made from 3mm thick MDF, I decided that it could do with a quick coats of paint. Noth the final coat, that was goin...
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Monday, September 21, 2020

My standby grass mix

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  Last week I was called on to produce a project build in double-quick time. This involved some grass and so I resorted to the mix that live...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

The joy of a Model Railway

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Today, we enjoy a guest blog post by James Hilton. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have had a number of model railways that coul...
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Do white slot kits sell?

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 There's always a discussion in the model railway world about un-numbered model locos. The prevailing wisdom, based on previous attempts...
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Friday, September 18, 2020

A sunny day at Bekonscot

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 For Friday, a shot from my recent trip to the excellent Bekonscot Model Village . The locomotive is "Bruton" a freelance 0-6-0 or...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

Garden Rail - October 2020 - Let's build a castle!

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  An Englishman's home is his castle, and if he wants one in his back garden, then he needs to buy a copy of October's Garden Rail ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Adding the road

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  Now I can start plonking things in position to get a feel for the model. The main feature is the road so this is cut from 3mm thick MDF. I...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Bolts not hinges

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  Normally I'd use loose-pin hinges to attached baseboards together, but when I fitted them to the Selly Oak boards, for some reason we ...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Nice, fresh baseboards

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  If you saw last Thursday's post, you'll know that on the latest BRM TV, I'm building a laser-cut baseboard. You'll not be ...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

A new (Olympus) pen

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A few weeks ago, I was looking at my poorly Nikon DSLR and wondering if I really needed to replace it based on the sort of photos I take.  ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Daddy-long-legs

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One of the weirdest railways was the Daddy-long-legs that ran along Brighton seafront . A combination of tramcar and boat from the era wh...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Coal hopper

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    Another old photo from the 1980s and Carnforth steam museum. This is (I think) a hopper wagon that would have been used to transfer fuel...
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