Sunday, June 01, 2025

Loco servicing in The Collector

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  Sometimes, the most useful writing skill is to be able to magic something up - when a deadline has hoved into view unannounced. This is wh...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Saturday Film Club:

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This is what YouTube should be for*. Interesting long-form videos on subjects that appeal to me. This time, the NTM digs some proper monorai...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Time to get organised

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  The bank holiday has prompted me to do some sorting out of stuff. If I'm honest, I've been very lax, there hasn't been the tim...
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Four axles on my Volkswagen

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  Now, this is starting to look like a car. The front suspension is bolted to the chassis, and a great big aluminium spindle is fitted. This...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Pitt Rivers Museum

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OK, this is a bit left-field, but it's my blog, and I really enjoyed visiting this place. Anyway, a museum is just a posh warehouse for ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Adventures in SBR land

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  One day, maybe soon, I want to get my garden railway up and running. The track has been clamped together, and the next stage is to ballast...
Monday, May 26, 2025

G3 AGM haul - and a near miss

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  Now, I really don't need any more model trains, but the law states that when going to a show, you have to buy something. So, I bought ...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Gauge 3 Society AGM 2025

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  I've been a regular at the G3 AGM for a few years - with my Garden Rail hat on. This year was supposed to be something a bit differe...
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Saturday, May 24, 2025

Saturday Fim Club: A double-sided monorail

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What a shame this never came into fruition - a great ride, and potentially, an interesting model too.
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Friday, May 23, 2025

Eastbourne Models van

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  A new addition to my collection of modelshop commissioned railway vehicles - Eastbourne Models Hobbies & Collectors shop.  According t...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Front suspension

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  Back to the Baja, and a job that really needs at least three hands - assembling the front suspension.  It actually looks a lot like the re...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The Range superglue - not rubbish!

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I'm a bit of a snob about superglue.  While many people boast about using something from the local market that costs tuppence-ha'pen...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Stamford Haul

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  I stuck gold at Stamford. Rooting around a box where the second-hand stall were just looking for a few pence donations, there were some pl...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

Stamford Show 2025

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  Vegan cake! I tried some vegan chocolate cake - and you know what? It was OK. I still had a sausage bap for lunch later in the day though....
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Tony's Trains at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre

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  My local(ish) model shop, Tony's Trains , is celebraiting it's 10th birthday this year. To this end, Tony organised a small exhibi...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Saturday Film Club: The Never-Realised Story of the Class 38

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I'm fascinated by locomotives that never were, and here's one that never was, in my lifetime!
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Friday, May 16, 2025

Dyna-Drive

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  I was all mysterious about the Lima Western I bought in Monday's post . Well, here's the reason. I bought it for the guts of the ...
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Lights on, in the June issue of BRM

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    With the Andy-shaped hole in our team very much evident, my role has changed a bit for the time being. My only practical in the June iss...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Stephenson Lift Bridge

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An interesting freature at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre. This bridge was designed to get the reailway over a canal,...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Putting a damper on it

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  Time for an interesting job on the Sand Scorcher - making up the dampers.  Each tube is filled, to a step made in the inside, with special...
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