Thursday, April 10, 2025

The "Garden Rail Flyer" appears in the May issue of Garden Rail

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  Garden railways don't just appear, they grow over time. Paul Duncan may only have a modest garden, but the G scale Woodlock Railroad ...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Fix that windmill

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  It's not often you get the chance to photograph serious windmill repair, so when I did recenlty, I couldn't resist.  Chesterton Wi...
Tuesday, April 08, 2025

3D printed Garratt

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  A few days ago, I posted some photos from my local club night , one of which was a G1 3D printed Ruston diesel by Big Chris. The model had...
Monday, April 07, 2025

Fitting a point lever

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A big missing detail on the NG7 layout, at least in my eyes, was a way of operating the point in the scenic section. What I wanted, was a ni...
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Sunday, April 06, 2025

The fallacy of "Future Phil"

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  I'm terrible for thinking that some time in the future, I'll pull it all together, and become a powerhouse at getting things done....
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Saturday, April 05, 2025

Saturday Film Club: QED - Testing Testing

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I remember how much I enjoyed the BBC TV series QED from the early 1980s. Here's one that came to mind when having a discussion on socia...
Friday, April 04, 2025

Taunton, for the pasties and cake

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All being well, on Sunday, I will be in Taunton for the South West Area Group of RMweb's annual extravaganza. It's a fun little show...
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Thursday, April 03, 2025

Down the club

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Regular readers will know I'm a big fan of model railway clubs. Yes, you have to work a bit to fit in, and there are some "characte...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Lisbon warehouses

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  Spotted near the Lisbon waterfront - don't these just look like something Faller would produce as plastic kits ?  Since we were huntin...
Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Little Lisbon trams

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Did I go all the way to Lisbon to see trams, and not bring back some souveniers? Don't be daft! Ryanair luggauge limits, obviously reduc...
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Monday, March 31, 2025

Pires & Thadeu, Lisbon

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  "I want to go into that tat shop", I said.  "Why? We've been in loads already. I point at the picture of a train on the...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Riding the trams in Lisbon

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This time last week, I was on day two of a short break to Lisbon. A full-on city break with my travelling buddy. We flew out 9:30am Saturday...
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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Saturday Film Club: J72

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While I was looking for photos of Andy York, I found this video we shot five years ago. It seems appropriate to post it here this week.
Friday, March 28, 2025

Best before dates

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  According to the top of the bottle, the big one here was made 03.11.2021, and the small one 03.12.2024.  And on the back, it says that the...
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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Andy York - RIP

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  I lost my good friend and colleague, Andy York, on Tuesday. Exactly when I first met Andy is one of many things I can't remember....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Cotton Print factory, Glasgow

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I was on my way to collect some Empire buiscuits, and spotted this building down a side street. Maybe it's not the most exciting in the ...

Get your nylocks out

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  My original plan with the NG7 layout had been to pop it on a table at shows. Not perfect, but it saved me making a set of legs for the thi...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Loco-motion lubricant

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  When I dragged my Hornby chassised Smallbrook Studio bodied loco out of the display case, where it had sat for year, to do some work on th...
Monday, March 24, 2025

London haul

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  It's the law - you go to a show, you come away with a box. So, what did I bring home from Ally Pally?  First, I did remember to pick u...
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Sunday, March 23, 2025

The London Festival of Railway Modelling 2025

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Busy shows make for terrible show reports on this blog I'm afraid, and Ally Pally this year was very busy. With our stand being just ins...