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Adding weight, losing sound
I think this is a nifty idea. While at a classic car show, I picked up a square of self-adhesive soundproofing material for a couple of quid, and am using it to add weight to the tugboat. What I'm...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Bressingham hut
When shooting photos from a train at Bressingham, most people don't aim the camera at a grotty hut with a huge water tank on the side. It looks like a building cobbled together from stuff lying around....
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Painting stuff in BRM
It's painty fingers time in the January issue of BRM. I pick up a couple of old projects that we last saw in the raw plastic and metal and give them a coat of many colours.My subjects are the Slater's...
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Peterborough bound
I'm on my travels again - this time to the East Of England Showground for The National Festival of Railway Modelling. You'll find me on the BRM stand most of the time looking after a festive train set...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: A tram ride in 1900
A remarkable bit of film showing a tram ride through Rochdale in the year 1900. Amazing film (with slightly dodgy added sound, turn your speakers down if it bothers you), very clear and showing a world...
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IPMS 2018
Travelling to Telford can be interesting. Or more accurately, frustrating. A couple of years ago, I arrived at Birmingham New Street to find all the trains to the town cancelled. On that occasion, I...
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Changing sticks
One of the more useful things in my bag after the IPMS show was a new pack of abrasive sticks. I'm terrible at changing these things when they are badly worn as you can see from the state of the old...
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Hatch cover
Moving on with the tugboat, I need to cover the big hole in the back, ideally with something reasonably flush to the deck, but as waterproof as possible. This rules out any combing around the edge. In...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Highland signal box
Sadly, I've no idea where this photo was taken, other than Scotland obviously, but it's an interesting shot of a fairly typical Highland Railway signal box. Presumably because of the "challenging"...
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Making holes in the side
Making some holes in the upper levels of Mohan's hull adds character and, depending on their purpose, lets the water run off the deck.At the front, the holes are to let ropes through to the bollard at...
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Debonder to the rescue
Amazing result. My Dad needed a coupling for a boat project. Finding one in the stash of bits, the only problem was that the brass connector on one end was the wrong size. We had the correct version,...
View ArticleThe Italian Job - in Scalextric form
"You're only supposed to blow the..."A trip back to June where I saw this model at the UK Slot car show. When I was watching they seemed to be having all sorts of technical problems, so it's good to...
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Festival of Railway Modelling 2018
I built a model railway!The Festival of Railway Modelling this year moved to a new weekend at the start of December and so we decided a Christmas theme would be a good idea. To that end, I arranged to...
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Mending Ben's Loco (Hornby L1)
For the last couple of years, there has been a project sitting on my shelf - my friend Ben passed me this loco for repair while we were out having a drink. It's a Hornby L1 that has been dropped in...
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Servicing a Micro Scalextric Alfa 159
A couple of years, I bought a friend a Micro Scalextric Alfa 159 set as a bit of a joke. She liked her Alfas and driving fast, and it was stupidly cheap. There have been very few presents that I've...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Garage with roller
This is England. A slightly scruffy garage that looks like it's been around for years, with a 1974 Rolls-Royce parked outside. Different roof lines, peeling paint, but generally pretty tidy, the garage...
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Garden Rail - January 2019
The arrival of several articles about building rail buses has allowed me to give the January issue of Garden Rail a bit of the theme. We have freelance, Isle of Man and a weird BMW conversion in the...
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RadioLink T8FB RC system
A few weeks ago, I blogged my disappointment with a Turnigy radio system and intention to find a working replacement.Deciding that I wanted to buy from a proper shop, my web browser was pointed at...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: The Butlins Monorail
It's the future!No it isn't, but that doesn't mean this isn't lovely film showing the Butlins monorail being built and operated. I like the clean-coated and quiffed workers laying down the fibreglass....
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NEC Classic car show 2018
I'm very busy at this time of year, and so I'm sure are you - so today's post is heavy on pictures from the NEC classic car show.OK, these aren't models, but they are all someone's hobby. There's very...
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