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Railex 2019
Curse you Railex!Normally, the decision on which layout I'd like to build is fairly easy, but by hosting the final of the Cameo Layout Competition, the organisers made it pretty difficult.I'm going to...
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Wooden wagon brakes
One of the benefits of working in any particular scale for a while is you build up a stock of bits and pieces that come in handy for future projects. I remember my early 3mm scale days when projects...
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Done for now.
Couplings and buffers on, I'm going to stop work on the wooden ballast wagon at this point. I could give it a coat of paint, but that would hide the lovely wooden body and you'd not be able to tell it...
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Warehourse Wednesday: Wooden hut
Cracking, and very useful as a prototype, wooden hut found in the wilds near Taunton. I could see this as a cafe, scout hut or even an office of sorts. To be honest, it's the sort of building that...
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Getting to the point, or at least rid of them
Silly little jobs it's easy to forget, but will cause you pain if you do - snipping off the sharp ends of Peco track pins under the baseboard. The plywood the Tim Horn baseboard I've used for my OO...
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Graham Farish OO gauge van
Interesting vintage model railway item here - a OOgauge van from the days when Farish didn't just mean N gauge.The body and chassis are diecast, the roof pressed metal.Was 6/6 a lot of money in those...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Making a 405 line television
A fascinating film showing how a GEC television set being made. Look at all those lovely, chunky components!
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DEMU 2019
New venue for DEMU this year. No longer a short walk from the station to the town hall that was all atmosphere and exhibition managers nightmare. The new place is square and if you drive on Sunday as I...
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Oil bowser
I'm trying to work my way through a box of kits that have been acquired over the last couple of years. It's a mixed box, but I'm keen to get some of these smaller projects out of the way.Anyway, first...
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Get your glue out
Out with the Super-phatic for the MDF parts, which works really well. So well that when I realise that there are two options for the cross-pieces (with and without the upright to hold the hose), it's...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Essendine Hotel
I pass this place every time I take a trip in to the BRM office - but not for much longer apparently.The Essendine hotel, which hosted celebrations for the 1938 record speed attempt for the Mallard...
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Random rust spraying
The oil bowser needs to be a sort of rusty black colour and so for speed, I took it out in the garden to point aerosol primers at it. If that numpty Nevard can make a good job of painting like this,...
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The "new project" urge can strike at any time
In the corner of Hereford Model Centre, there is a little table full of Playmobil for kids to play with. Mostly it seems to be full of dragons (a film tie in) but there was also a boat-shaped thing and...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Gyro X car
Gyroscopically balanced transport fascinates me. Railways have the Brennan Gyro-Monorail, an amazing train that really deserves re-creating. Not so hard as there are plenty of photos and the NRM has...
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Railcar idea?
So, there I am at the Accucraft UK open day with may Garden Rail jacket on. The stand of bargain factory seconds includes a Dora and IOM Pairs coach.Now, I've always wondered if Dora could be turned...
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Finished oil bowser
Job done - a nice simple kit that looks nice and wouldn't tax even the newbie-est of builders. I fancy that the oil drum will be changed regularly, so it's not as dirty as the rest of the wagon. It...
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Garden Rail July 2019
Issue 299 of Garden Rail has appeared and in it, I've been a bit brave.Finding myself with a really interesting and well-writen article on 3D printing Victorian Gauge 1 rolling stock, I bit the bullet...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Amercian Diner
I find buildings forWarehouse Wednesday by chance most of the time. There's always a camera in my rucksack and if pushed, my phone will do an OK job. On the way to DEMU a few weeks ago, I spotted this...
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Box van, oil depot and point motor fitting in BRM
I don't do many N gauge projects for BRM, but this July I've built an oil terminal in the scale. It's based on a plastic kit, but with a few modifications along the way. Some of the work is a little...
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Cleaning brass with brown sauce
There's a box of "stuff" at our boat club that members can help themselves to for free, or at least a tiny donation to club funds. It's mostly full of electrical bits and kit leftovers, but a few weeks...
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