Sunday, June 06, 2021

Return to Selly Oak

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  After a couple of months break, Selly Oak is back on the workbench.  The first job is to write a to-do list. The project have become bogge...
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Saturday, June 05, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Groudle Glen Railway at 125 years old

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I wish I had been able to be there. That is all.
Friday, June 04, 2021

Book Review: The Hornby Book of Trains - The First one Hundred Years

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Dropping in to my local model shop last week to buy some fencing for a project, I was surprised with a heavy cardboard package. It seems tha...
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Thursday, June 03, 2021

SECR Crane Tank

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Once upon a time, I was exhibiting at a model railway exhibition, and I spotted a brand new kit for a crane tank. By the end of the show, ...
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Wednesday, June 02, 2021

Warehouse Wednesday: Canadian Folly

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  Thanks to David Youngs of Ontario, Canada for these fascinating photos from a local park.  Apparently, this used to be the front wall of a...
Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Pedometer repair

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  I've been competing with a friend over the number of steps we take each day. I usually lose, and one reason is that I record mine on a...
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Monday, May 31, 2021

Kyle of Lochalsh

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  Since it's a bank holiday today, a couple of holiday snaps from 2008. 25 May to be precise - a whopping 13 years ago! I did a little ...
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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Big shoes to fill

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   I was once minding the stage door when Ken Dodd came off stage. He looked at my shoes and said "By jove - are you a copper?" I ...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Talbot Rancho review

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  Everyone remembers a car from their childhood that they loved the look of. For me, there were two - a TR7 and the Talbot/Matra Rancho. I...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Hornby Hundred Point of Sale

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  Another addition to the Hornby collection - this A3(ish) size advert for the companies centenary.  Point of sale material is always popula...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Hibberd Planet diesel

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  I can't remember exactly how long ago I built this model, but I know the chassis, a rewheeled Tenshodo SPUD, was written up in Model...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Warehouse Wednesday: Whitechapel bell foundry

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  Hat tip to Duncan Young for this one - it seems that plans to redevelop the famous Whitechapel bell foundry into a poncy hotel have been g...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Book Review: Rails Across the Isle of Man in the 1950s

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  Let's be honest. I'm a sucker for any book with photos of Isle of Man trains or trams in it. You don't need to put many pictur...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Jones the Steam

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  Along with mini-Tag , came Jones the Steam from the Ivor the Engine series. At 8cm tall, he's a lot smaller than Tag, but still looks ...
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Sunday, May 23, 2021

I want you to pay for my train set!

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  There's been a little consternation online that someone has set up a GoFundMe campaign to solicit donations towards building his new O...
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Saturday, May 22, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Steam trams in the Netherlands

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I'm not one for colourised films normally, but this has been subtly done, and the pictures are so interesting, that I'm happy to e...
Friday, May 21, 2021

The BIG Hornby Rocket

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  Since we had a look at the large scale Hornby coach last Friday, I thought it would be worth a quick spin around the matching locomotive t...
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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Glazing over locks in BRM

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  June 2021 BRM sees me building a substantial model - a canal lock from JS Models. This is one of the bigger kits I've ever built and l...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Y8

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  The K's Y8 was the second loco kit I ever bought. I spotted it on the club second hand stall, it was within my meagre budget, and bein...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The most Leamington Spa product ever...

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In the past, I have been forced to explain to people that the life of a model railway writer doesn't mean being on the receiving end of ...
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