Tuesday, August 31, 2021

N gauge Japanese Trams - Part Two

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Well, the kits aren't so much "shake the box" as "clip all the parts off the sprue and push them together" - constru...
Monday, August 30, 2021

N gauge Japanese Trams - Part One

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    Why did I buy a box containing two N gauge Japanese tram kits?  Because they were there.  There being under the Tramway & Light Rail...
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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Pictures of trams

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Just a couple of photos today - both taken last Sunday at the model tramway festival at Crich Tramway Museum. Enjoyable day with tram rides ...
Saturday, August 28, 2021

Saturday Film Club: James May's Beach Buggy

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Just as I was posting photos of my completed Beach Buggy, this video pops up on YouTube showing James May and a buggy he has just bought.  I...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Ballard Brothers embossed brickwork

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I can't resist rooting around underneath trade stands. Sometimes you find fascinating things.  This is a sheet of embossed cardboard wit...
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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Cover design?

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  We often talk about cover design at work, but this one isn't something that has ever been on the agenda.  The caption on the contents ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Looking at the Bachmann Quarry Hunslets

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  Last week I had my first chance to get paws on the running EP samples of Bachmann's 009 Quarry Hunslet.  First impressions are that th...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Beach Buggies compared - Airfix vs Revell

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  I suppose we ought to compare the recently finished Airfix beach buggy with the Revell version I built three years ago . The web loves th...
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Monday, August 23, 2021

Airfix Beach Buggy - ready for the surf

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 In odd minutes over the last week, I've finished the Airfix Beach Buggy kit. I know the project has jumped some steps, but I'm sure...
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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Art in the Park

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A proper event - with other people! Leamington's annual Art in the Park event didn't happen last year for obvious reasons, but in 20...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Driving toys

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Hands up if you had Matchbox cars in your childhood.  Yes, me too. While mine spent quite a bit of time whooshing along those plastic tracks...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Pinch bar

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For reasons that will be explained another day, I recently had to help move a railway van without the aid of a locomotive, or even a horse. ...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Russell Lupins

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Another quickie practical over on World of Railways, this time making one of my favourite additions to a layout, Russell Lupins. I've us...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

New look Humbrol weathering powders

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    The nice people at Hornby recently sent me some of their new-look weathering powders to use in my projects. I understand that there has ...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Tree bodging

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    If there's one thing that holds new modellers up, it's the belief that they must do things the "correct" way. Learning...
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Planting model trees

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A little video I recorded while working on a magazine project. With so many channels, we need to generate quick little bits of content alon...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Yellow shocks

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  It's been a busy week, so progress on the beach buggy had been limited. I have managed to fit the  engine into the chassis and add the...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Old car corner

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I'm very busy right now, so you'll have to make do with some photos of cars I spotted  while dropping my parents Berlingo in for its...
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Saturday, August 14, 2021

Saturday Film Club - Amusing Daleks

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 If you must have a serious modelling angle to this film, take a look as the BBC's Dalek design has changed through the years, and how t...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Industrial unit and model boats in BRM

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  A nice simple project for me in BRM this month - a Metcalfe Models industrial unit in N gauge. For modern(ish) modellers, it's a reall...
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