Saturday Film Club: Tugs. The most in-depth analysis of a kids TV show ever
Hat tip to Ben Buki for this monster video, which I'm still working through. A very deep analysis of the TV show "Tugs" with behind the scenes information and details of every character and every...
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Catenary maintanance car
Even on a freind's German layout, I can't resist an interesting piece of rolling stock. This is a Deutsche Bahn overhead line maintainence car. It's a Trix model, and very fienly detialed. The pan can...
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Time for a new loco cradle
I knew it was time for a new Peco loco cradle when I noticed how many bits of foam I was having to brush off models in front of the camera. What I hadn't realsied, was just how battered the old one...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Nissen Hut
Spotted near Margate, a cracking Nissen Hut, and a lesson to take photos when you see them. I first spotted this the evening before, and the light on it was perfect. Of course, I was focussed on fiding...
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Cottages, layouts and heavy metal in BRM
In the January issue of BRM, I'm takling an old kit - the Dapol thatched cottage, which I've built in mildly and very modified versions. While the kit has been around since the 1950s, it's still...
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Virtual Show this weekend
As you read this, I, and the rest of the team, will be finishing up all the important tasks ahead of this weekends Big World of Railways Virtual show. A whole weekend of features - with something new...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: The 10 most interesting transport systems in the world
I know travel isn't an option at the moment, a situation unlikley to change for a few years, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a bit of virtual tourism. Despite being very poorly travelled, I can...
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Looking for my mojo in a Lego Beetle
My creative mojo is still missing - I can get on with work, but enthusiasm for making anything for fun just isn't there. All those projects aquired in fits of eagerness over the years aren't calling...
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Garden Rail January 2022
It's cold outside, so we've come indoors to look at the amazing Gauge 3 layout, Chalfont. Standard gauge modelling in 1:22.5 scale is rare, but you can enjoy it on our pages, and then see the model...
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Why do I still get the new project buzz?
This little model occupied far more of my time than it had any right to this week. WHen the daily eBay alerts came in, a couple of clicks lead me to a listing for this Kymodel Mooring Tug kit. I was...
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Making the cover of MRJ
The latest issue of MRJ has a Midland Railway theme, and the front cover is adorned with a Tony Wright photo of the late John Web's Ambergate layout. Who painted all the buildings on Ambergate? Me,...
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Ulfstead Road of Mid-Sodor in NGW
A couple of months ago, I mentioned that my photos of Rev W Awdry's layout "Ffarquar Junction" were appearing in BRM. Well, while in Wales, I had the chance to shoot another of his models, the 009...
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Mick's mystery wagon
My friend, Mick Bonwick, passed away earlier this year. His loss to the model railway community is massive - if you've never read his blogs on RMweb covering weathering projects, you are in for a...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Failed VW Beetle replacements
The history of the VW is fascinating, and one aspect that is of interest to nerds like me is the huge variety of potential replacements Volkswagen looked as as potential replacements. Having a...
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Steam at Rowington
An actual show!Held at Rowington Village hall, my expectations had been a single trader (John Sutton, who organised it) and a couple of test tracks. In the event, there were eight traders and three...
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Weathering powder stand
Humbrol has changed the shape of the jars their weathering powders are supplied in. The change is a good one as the new wide mouth tub is easier to poke a brush in than the pervious bottle version -...
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Ferrex Drill Saw bits
I've a layout building project on for BRM at the moment, and that means I need to install point motors, which means making neat slots for the operating pin to poke through. My tool of choice is a 3mm...
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Getting some purchase
I'm not sure how this works, but it's much easier to turn a screw with a long screwdriver than a short one. As modellers, we tend to have little tools like the yellow-handled screwdriver on the right,...
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Build your own Pendon
Time to relax and build yourself a bit of Pendon - in jigsaw form. The museum has launched a series of online jigsaws showing verious scenes around the Vale scene, and you can chose to build 50,100,...
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