Tuesday, July 14, 2026

AK paint pens

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Newish on my workbench, are some AK paint pens. I'm a big fan of the MiG oilbrusher, it's a really handy device to have around for q...
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Monday, July 13, 2026

Covrail haul

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  A rather more useful selection of goodies from Covrail than normal. No weird kits, although I looked hard at a Roundhouse HO scale loco th...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

Covrail 2026

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Advertised as an air-conditioned venue, sadly the show was bumped out of the hall with aircon, into a tin shed without it, so this was a ho...
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Saturday Film Club: The Plastic Box That Spins and Pretends to Be a Car

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I found this video because one of these cars popped up on eBay for not much more than Sinclair C5 money.  It is probably a good job I don...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Collectors Corner Catalogue 1983

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  Operating from various premises around Euston station from 1963 to 1998, Collectors Corner, was a simply wonderful emporium for those who ...
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Thursday, July 09, 2026

Coal, steam and Deltics in the August BRM

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  There's more practical Phil in August's issue of BRM than we've seen in the last few months. I start by showing how to add coa...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2026

August Garden Rail on sale

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From Swindon to, anywhere but the GWR! Malcolm Holland’s Tidewater & Teslin railroad might live in Great Western territory, but this m...
Tuesday, July 07, 2026

Melted Merlin

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  There was a casualty of Gardeners' World - My Merlin Mayflower.    Normally, a very reliable locomotive, I fired it up to put on a sho...
Monday, July 06, 2026

Wild flower turf

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The area of the Gardeners' World railway that fascinated me more than anything is the planting seen in the photo above.  It's all cr...
Sunday, July 05, 2026

BBC Gardeners' World 2026

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Well, this is a bit different. When Andy Christie first mentioned that he was putting on a display featuring garden railways at the massive ...
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Saturday Film Club: A day with restored Sea Lion Steam Loco

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A video of the best steam locomotive in the world ever? Of course I'm going to link to it from here!
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Friday, July 03, 2026

Beatties does Fleischmann

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  In their day, Beatties didn't just sell British model trains, they were a supplier of the foreign stuff too. In those days, modelling ...
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Thursday, July 02, 2026

Remembering Thomas the Tank engine

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  Back in the 1980s, the L&WMRS built a Thomas the Tank engine layout. It was a simple track plan, a couple of ovals with loops in the s...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Warehouse Wednesday: Skipton derricks

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While up in Skipton, and strolling around the canals, I took the opportunity to snap photos of a pair of derricks, on either side of an old ...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

One coupling chain to rule them all

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  LGB couplings, Accucraft choppers, both incompatible with each other. The solution? A length of bath plug chain.  Small scalers won't ...
Monday, June 29, 2026

An unexpected steam locomotive

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  It must be the tweed jacket. And Garden Rail Editor badge. It fools people into thinking I know something about steam trains.  This is pro...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Bournville open garden 2026

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After the loco maintenance, it was time to give them a proper test on Andy and Louise Christie's Olive Branch Tramway. This extensive li...
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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Saturday Film Club: An Interview With Brian Johnson (1939-2026)

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Football focus. This is why Germans are better at penalties.

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  There is football knocking around at the moment, and from my limited knowledge, the one thing England are scared of is a game against Germ...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Skipton's Apple Crumble tugboat

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Wandering around Skipton, I spotted something a little different. Yes, the canals are lovely (more photos in a future post), but there is a ...
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