Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Desperate, random use of chemicals

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  How do you get paint off a hull moulded in ABS?  Well, you can't use Nitromors for a start. That's a good way to make holoes. And ...
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Monday, August 08, 2022

Even ugly people are useful

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  Look at these two. Pretty much everything that is wrong with 4mm scale whitemetal figures. The bloke especially has some "interesting...
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Sunday, August 07, 2022

Sunday sad Sprinter

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  OK, it's not actually a Sprinter, but the title doesn't work if you put the correct unit number. That, and I'm not sure what i...
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Saturday, August 06, 2022

Saturday Film Club: Bernard Cribbins Hornby adverts

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With the sad passing of Bernard Cribbins, I thought it would be fun to find some of his old Hornby adverts. The quality of transfer might ...
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Friday, August 05, 2022

Repairing Lord Westwood

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Bought at Ally Pally earlier this year , my Tri-ang R765 "Lord Westwood" was a bargain. Mainly because it didn't work.  This d...
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Thursday, August 04, 2022

Debranding disaster

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  Removing the "UK Border Force" lettering was easy enough. The vinyl letters peel off reasonably easily. Start the peel by slidin...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Warehouse Wednesday: Commonwealth games

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With the games taking place down the road from me, literally in the case of lawn bowls, I'm doing my best to grab lots of photos of the ...
Tuesday, August 02, 2022

SAR boat on the water

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  Batteries charged, it's time to take the pilot boat to the lake and see how it handles. First though, I tie the superstructure to the ...
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Monday, August 01, 2022

A very shiny Cylon

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  A quick little project picked up at Smallspace . This 35mm tall (to the top of his hat) 3D printed Cylon Warrior (from the original Battle...
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Sunday, July 31, 2022

DEMU 2022

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  According to a popular web forum, there was no cake to be had at the DEMU showcase last weekend. As a seasoned cake hunter, I found some. ...
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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Saturday Film Club: Whomobile on Blue Peter

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Jon Pertwee wasn't my Dr Who, that was Tom Baker, but I still appreciate Pertwee.  The Whomobile, wasn't actually built for the TV s...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Paging Black Cat Mine

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  Another random photo - This time of the Gn15 layout "Black Cat Mine".  A lovely model, I took a series of photographs back in 20...
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Thursday, July 28, 2022

The one-minute model boat stand

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  When working on a model boat, having the thing rocking around on the workbench is a bit of a nuisance. The correct thing to do, is build a...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Warehouse Wednesday: Ascott under Wychwood signal box and crossing

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Spotted on the way back from a photo job - this attractive signal box and crossing. Looking online, it seems the box was due to be removed, ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Fire up the jets

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  Looking inside the SAR boat, the installation of the working bits is very nice. Everything is firmly fixed down. Neat wiring too.  I'v...
Monday, July 25, 2022

HMS Gammon?

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  £60 from the KMBC "Bring and Buy" stand at the annual Navy Day. I wasn't looking for another model boat. In fact I was very ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Smallspace 2022

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A terric show - too much to see. Too much to buy. I bought an Airfix "Cosmic Clipper" plastic kit from the guy responsible for th...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

Saturday Film Club - Layout in a day

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It seems a long time ago, but in fact only four weeks have passed since I built a garden railway at The National Garden Railway Show. Fortun...
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Friday, July 22, 2022

Had your chips

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  Sorry for the lack of a post this morning. I've been busy, so have a photo of me holding something to do with DCC from many years ago....
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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Binnie vs LGB

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  On the left, a Binnie Engineering 16mm scale, 45mm gauge tipper wagon built from a kit. On the right, a train of LGB ready to run tipper ...
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