Thursday, December 31, 2020

Spin me round like a painty, Steampunk turntable in BRM

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  How do you make a turntable rotate? I show you in the latest issue of BRM using a couple of different, easy-to-build kits.  Mind you, the ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

What I want for Christmas is a new fence

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  What do you do in that period between Christmas breakfast and your sister turning up so the day can start?  Me - I looked at the fence ere...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Ask Phil: LMS Dock Tank

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  David asks:   Having made a few kits, DJH and Ks mostly, I wanted to make an LMS dock tank and I know from your blog that you will under...
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Monday, December 28, 2020

Christmas digger build

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 I consider Christmas a success if my present pile includes something I can put together after lunch, while watching a good film. The kit mu...
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Video: Build a Metcalfe Models signal box

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   Let's face it, we're all full of turkey and chocolate right now and can't be bothered with much. With that in mind, sit back ...
Saturday, December 26, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Cheer yourself up with Thomas the Tank on cello

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  Let's be honest, we all need cheering up right now, and this is a video that's been making me smile all year. The Thomas the Tank ...
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Friday, December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas

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Thursday, December 24, 2020

Immortalised in fridge magnets

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A nice early Christmas present arrives in the post from RMweb member Southern42 - a set of refrigerator magnets immortalising the BRM team i...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Santas and reindeer

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  For a laser-cut sleigh, I need laser-cut reindeer and handily, HGLW produce a couple of sets . I ordered one with and one without Rudolph....
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

A rail-mounted sleigh

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 I fancied something interesting and festive for Garden Rail this year. Looking through the HGLW website , I found a laser-cut sleigh kit.  ...
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Monday, December 21, 2020

My first house

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  We aren't (currently) banned from having Christmas trees, so ours has gone up. Like many families, we have decorations that make come ...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

Douglas model boating lake

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A nice little find while Christmas shopping is a tourist guide to the Isle of Man from 1960.  Mostly full of adverts for hotels, there is a ...
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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Leamington Spa in the late 1950s

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  It's always interesting seeing old film of the place you live - simply spotting the changes in street scenes appeals to me.  These fil...
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Friday, December 18, 2020

A new delivery van for Garden Rail

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If you've read the latest issue of Garden Rail, you'll have spotted a review build of 3D Wayne's "Mostyn Seven" van . ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Garden Rail - January 2021

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  Our lead layout in Garden Rail this month is the stunningly realist Isle of Westland railway, built by Andy Coward. For an editor, it pres...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Invisible work

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  Why do we fiddle with details that no-one will see on a model?  "Because I know it's there." seems to be the stock answer wh...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

More wall

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  Every time I drive in to the office, there is a wall that annoys me. It's newly built from stone and on a slight hill. And the line of...
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Monday, December 14, 2020

Why do I chose the big knife?

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  This probably sounds s bit random, but I've noticed a change in my model-making technique recently.  Once, my scalpel would be almost ...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Model shop news

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 From the UK Modelshops newsletter *:  Sadly we have lost 24 model shops this past year, but the good news is that 22 new ones have opened u...
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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Saturday Film Club: Toy bus restoration

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  Interesting and impressive restoration of a very rusty toy bus. I couldn't help wondering about the state of the original however - it...
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