Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Time for a new loco cradle

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  I knew it was time for a new Peco loco cradle when I noticed how many bits of foam I was having to brush off models in front of the camera...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

Catenary maintanance car

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Even on a freind's German layout, I can't resist an interesting piece of rolling stock.  This is a Deutsche Bahn overhead line maint...
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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Tugs. The most in-depth analysis of a kids TV show ever

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Hat tip to Ben Buki for this monster video, which I'm still working through.   A very deep analysis of the TV show "Tugs" with...
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Friday, November 26, 2021

Applying transfers

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Pete Waterman's (baseboard) legs

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Now, this IS a very interesting leg system that could be easily copied for anyone's layout.  What I don't understand is how this is ...
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Monday, November 22, 2021

Weathering an N gauge loco

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Simple and pragmatic. A bit like me.
Saturday, November 20, 2021

Still busy, but not too busy to eat cake...

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I'm still crazy busy at the moment, but as Warners have popped a few of my past videos on their YouTube channel, I'll post a few to ...
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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Time for a break

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  I'm snowed under with work for our Virtual Show at the start of December, and the truth is I've not had the time or inclination fo...
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Saturday, November 13, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Bond stunts

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I enjoyed the new James Bond film No Time to Die - and like most of the series, the pre-title sequence is an exciting chase. It seems that ...
Friday, November 12, 2021

Medway Queen

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On a recent trip to Ramsgate, I headed toward the excellent Peters Fish Factory for tea, and what should be on the slipway opposite? Famous...
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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Happy holidays in Garden Rail

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  Happy Holidays from Garden Rail this month - we head stateside to visit the breathtaking New York Botanical Gardens annual festive displ...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Warehouse Wednesday: Wonky building - for real

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  Hat tip to Duncan Young for this photo from Lavenham showing a building you'd never get away with as a model. He suggests subsidence a...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Battery powered exhibiting

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One problem we face at TGBMRS, was the lack of electricity. There was a power point in the floor, but just the other side of an escalator. I...
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Monday, November 08, 2021

Save the boating pool!

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  Storage has not been kind to the boating pool on the Handyman Hall Railway. The varnish had developed long white streaks. In a river, I co...
Sunday, November 07, 2021

The Great British Model Railway Show 2021

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Saturday, November 06, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Put it in the garden

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A few weeks ago, I gave a talk at the Model Railway Club on garden railways. This was both live, and streamed - and the recording is now ava...
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Friday, November 05, 2021

Use the good wood

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When working on my little industrial layout recently, the sides needed covering with something to smarten up the model.  The obvious materia...
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Thursday, November 04, 2021

Huts, couplings and Thomas in BRM

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 I've been out with the camera this month, to visit a very important, and very old, model railway.  Ffarquar Junction was built by the R...
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Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Warehouse Wednesday: 1930s Bungalow

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Spotted in a Bourne back street , I suspect something bad is about to happen to this rather attractive bungalow. I'd date it as later 19...
Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Weathering the Dublo Scammell

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The Scammell weathering turned out to be a lot more involved than that for the VW.  For a start, while the trailer is screw assembly, the tr...
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