Thursday, February 03, 2022

Making mistakes with Tippex

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  As I mentioned yesterday, I like a bit of hand lettering and so when it came to finishing the Timpdon beer wagon , I added the letters by ...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Cooper Craft AEC Monarch

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  For a change, the latest kit didn't go into the stash awaiting building. Instead, over the festive period, I built it up like a proper...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Why do I keep buying this kit?

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  Another packet arrives in the post, signifying success an eBay auction. Inside is a Cooper Craft AEC lorry kit.  I know I own several exam...
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Monday, January 31, 2022

A tale of two catalogues

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  A couple of weeks ago, two catalogues landed on my desk with a thump.  Hornby's book is fatter than ever. At 956g (the same as last ye...
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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Gone boating

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One thing I am determind to do more of this year is sailing model boats. Long term I'd like to get back to the regular Thursday morning ...
Saturday, January 29, 2022

Saturday Film Club: See How Book Artwork Was Done In The Old Days Before Computers

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How was an illustrated book put together in the days before Desk Top Publishing? Shoo Raynor takes us back to those pre-computer days and sh...
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Friday, January 28, 2022

How old is this paint?

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I was given some paint when I visted Footplate a few weeks ago. It's unopened - New Old Stock.  Question: How old are these pots? Best g...
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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Wiring time in March BRM

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I don't much like wiring, and I like trying to write it up even less, but needs must, and so this month I'm buiding the baseboard, l...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Miniature Warehouse Wednesday: Scamell Trailer

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From Nigel Hill:  Attached are a pair of snaps of my recently completed blog post inspired Scammell trailer .  It was quite fun to do and w...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Fabulous FAB 1

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OK, so as a first project of the year, FAB 1 wasn't too challenging. Basically, it's a painting job. Toughest thing is not to rush t...
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Monday, January 24, 2022

FAB 1 - Let's look in the box

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Time to start work on the new, Japanese, kit stash . The good news is that I'm actually looking forward to having a go at these. Maybe a...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

New Talk: An Evening With Phil Parker

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  Stop the press! Clear your Diaries! Stick the kettle on!  We're pleased to announce the first of many Thursday Club Nights! And we...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Saturday Film Club: Welsh narrow gauge in 1969

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I'm not sure what I love about this film more - the old steam stuff (BR Blue Rheidol tanks!) or that it's been transfered from cine ...
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Friday, January 21, 2022

Book Review: Backroom Boys - The Secret Return of the British Boffin

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Britian has always produced people who can develop things and do science. We're not so hot at turning this stuff into money, but not alw...
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Thursday, January 20, 2022

The most useless thing in the world

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Time for a bit of wiring debugging for my latest BRM project. Obviously, everything had been working, but then I threw glue and ballast and ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Warehouse Wednesday: Overgrown huts

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Spotted in an odd bit of land near me that is surrounded by a housing estate. According to a planning notice, this and the bungalow next doo...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Newspaper solution

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  Last year, I pondered the right sort of papers to appear in modelling magazine photos .  Nothing too political, or with anything titilatin...
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Monday, January 17, 2022

I know I said "no more kits"...

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  In my defence, I ordered this pile before Christmas, and they have only just arrived.  It's all TV engineer and motorbike racer Guy Ma...
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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Lamenting the modeller I used to be

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  Digging through my stash of bits'n'pieces for something that wasn't there, I couldn't help wonder how the pile of packets ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2022

Saturday Film Club: Secret London microcar stash

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Jonny Smith visits an incredible private London car collection full of the rarest custom and bubble cars. Like most classic car fans, I have...
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