Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Warehouse Wednesday: Swiss goods sheds

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The Swiss seem to like moving things by rail. I lost count of the number of rail-served factoreis and businesses we passed travelling around...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Working narrow gauge freight

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Tuesday of my holiday involved a trip up the Jungfrau, an impressive series of trains and an incredible view from the top of the mountain. H...
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Monday, November 04, 2024

Bühler AG, Interlaken

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  If you go down the Bahnhofstrasse today, you are in for a slight disapointment. They don't open on Mondays. Yes, you can look at the s...
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Sunday, November 03, 2024

Great British Model Railway Show 2024

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  Did I mention I've been on holiday? Well, due to my incompetance with a calendar, on the Saturday of the GBMRS, I was on an epic trip ...
Saturday, November 02, 2024

Saturday Film Club: The Story Of The Real FAB 1!

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The story of the real, iconic, pink Rolls-Royce, used to promote the Thunderbirds films. This film covers bit the original, proper one, and ...
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Friday, November 01, 2024

That's not a model shop!

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  You're going to be hearing a lot about my recent Swiss holiday on the blog - partly because I enjoyed it, but mostly because preperin...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Hedges, backscenes and track in December's BRM

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Some good, basic, railway modelling from me in the latest issue of British Railway Modelling magazine.  Starting with track, we all have to ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Warehouse Wednesday: TEA wagon

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Spotted at the Great Central Railway, and destined for preservation I hope, A TEA wagon. Sadly, not a wagon full of tea, but one introduced ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Cab work

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  First job, fit the brake standard. Easy. Poke the spigot through the hole in the floor, and solder underneath.  Then the roof. This is sup...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Sandboxes and (gulp) chimney

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  Time for some detailing. The sandboxes are easy, each has a spigot that sticks through the footplate. All I had to do was run some solder ...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Off to Gaydon

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Back from holiday, I should be at the Great British Model Railway Show today, sitting behind a couple of tables covered in various models I...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

On holiday

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If everything is going as planned, by the time most of you are reading this, I should be at St Pancras station, awaiting the first of a seri...
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Friday, October 18, 2024

Hamblings catalogue

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  Found in a box of stuff under a second-hand stall, a rather tidy Hamblings catologue.  There's some lovely stuff in here. A complete J...
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Bunker time

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  The imaginary bunker is a simple afair. Four sides to be joined together, and fitted to the footplate. Raised beading on the sides indicat...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Mike Buttell - RIP

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  I'm sad to report that my friend Mike Buttell passed away this week.  Mike was the Isle of Man steam railway in many ways. He was an e...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Shim brass

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  Shim brass is basically just very, very thin brass sheet. Modellers in the old days seemed to make pretty much anything from it, and I was...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Tack soldering win

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  I mentioned that I was soldering the kit together last week (and yes, I must put a guide on whitemetal soldering together one day) and sta...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Trainspotting at Quorn

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  Phew. Good job I didn't do any of that train spotting then... Nope. Didn't see those Airfix tank wagons going through.  Ummm. Look...
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Saturday Film Club: Model Railways Make Me Happy

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Beer and S gauge

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  Supping a pint at The Model Railway Club a couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to enjoy this vintage S gauge model.  Built to 5mm:1ft sc...
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