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Warehouse Wednesday: Wessex Flour Mill
I found this photo in an old packet of prints. At a guess it is around 15 years old as it's from a camping trip in my VW, and I've not been anywhere in that for over 10 years (still for sale!).Wessex...
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16mm toytown coach painting and detailing
For painting laser-cut kits, I've enjoyed good results with the cheapo bottles of acrylic paint from The Works. At a quid a go, and with plenty of colours to choose from, they might not be "proper"...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Behind the scenes making Thunderbrds
Behind the scenes filming Thunderbirds. There's some seriously dodgy heath & safety going on while "flying" Thunderbird 2!
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Off to the National Garden Railway Show
Right now I'm a bit nervous. You see, today I load up the car and head to Peterborough for the National Garden Railway Show.Normally, I'd just be planning to run around taking photos and chatting to...
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Rebranded model making
In my proper job, I see a good few press releases, and most of the time they go straight in the bin. One recently caught my eye though, it startsNowadays, we are addicted to and dependent on electronic...
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Little red locomotive
To haul the coaches, I needed to finish the locomotive. It's a pretty simple beast so a coat of red with black detailing seemed enough. Some lining adds interest, but attempts to apply this with a bow...
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Miniatura 2019
Miniatura is one of those shows I've always been tempted to visit, but not quite got around to it. For those who don't know, it's a dolls house show - a lot like model railway shows but with fewer...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Nottingham doorways
With time to kill while in Nottingham, I went for a walk. There are some fascinating buildings in the town centre.This looks a good candidate for some under the arches modeling, even though it's not...
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Making apples
How to make 1:12th scale apples, according to the workshop I attended. Take 2 parts yellow-green, one part orange and 1/2 part dark green Fimo clay and mix until there is only one shade. Roll into a...
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Dolly on a board
A refuge from the Gee Dee closure, this board was put together sometime between 2002-2004 when the RC department expanded into the lower area of the shop. It clearly shows a Robbe Dolly kit with all...
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National Garden Railway Show 2019
A year ago, I responded with the suggestion that the National Garden Railway show needed an actual garden railway by volunteering to build one. 12 months ago, this seemed like a good idea. As the event...
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Red train running
Finished in time for the National Garden Railway show, the wooden train was a star. It ran, after a little weight was added in the nose, faultlessly for several hours. All on the same set of two AAA...
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Battery box FAIL
My Saltford Models Ruston is at least 30 years old, but since it had performed sterling service on previous temporary garden railways, I really wanted it to do a few circuits on the new one.The years...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Visual Packing
Driving to Ally Pally a few weeks ago, I was running early and decided to investigate a chimney I could see in the middle of some houses. What I found could be straight out of The Sweeny or The...
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Garden Rail May 2019
Big stuff this month in Garden Rail. We've the largest Product News section ever - 7 pages full of new models - mostly because I was on a mission at the recent Midlands show to grab as many photos as...
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My second model locomotive
My second ever model railway locomotive recently turned up when I was looking for something else. In fact, when I found it, I realsied it was what I'd been looking for.The model is a Hornby R302 Jinty...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Easter 2018 on the Isle of Man
Some film from the Isle of Man this time last year. Plenty of railway action for your bank holiday!
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Pickling history
I visited Notre Dame cathedral once. 12-year-old Phil was on a school trip to France, the first time I'd been abroad, and we were left to our own devices for an hour or so.Having visited several...
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Brake!
At the National Garden Railway show a couple of weeks ago, and item of rolling stock caught my eye. It wasn't a kit or ready to run model, but Mark Thatcher's little brake van. The model did many...
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