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Boxing day beer wagon build
It's nice to recieve a project for Christmas, I know I don't need any more, but what the heck. Anyway, one for the garden railway is this Timpdon Models beer wagon. The wooden parts are laser cut, and...
View ArticleFestive Film Club: Applying electrostatic grass
With everyone full of festive food and looking for some non-challenging stuff to watch, I thought I'd pop a few of the videos I've made for BRM on the blog. Is there anything that has changed the look...
View ArticleFestive Film Club: Build an N gauge Wickham Trolley
Time for a bit of N gauge kitbuilding. Sadly, this little Wickham is non-working, but it would still make a lovely scenic detail on a layout, and is a perfect intro to whitemetal fiddling.
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A new project in BRM plus a dirty narrow gauge loco
Can you weather a locomotive to look clean? I have a go with Heljan's latest - Lyn. Since this is the earliest livery in the range, it doesn't want to be filthy, but no real steam engine looked as...
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Review of 2021 - the "work"
Since 2021 has been a year with more modelling for work than for leaisure, I thought it would be interesting to look at some selected highlights from the last 12 months. This isn't a comprehensive list...
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2021 - Review of the year
2020 was rubbish, and so was 2021 if I'm honest. OK, here's the annual project update copy'n'pasted from 2020: 7mm scale Garratts STILL haven't been out of their boxes. I'm looking for a new builder...
View ArticleFestive Film Club: Watching trains at the SVR
It's something of a tradition for me to take a trip to the Severn Valley Railway to watch some trains between Christmas and New Year. Starved of days out, I reasoned that standing on a station...
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The calendar dilemma
So here we are, 2022. I have a new calendar on the wall, and I'm wondering if like last year, it's there just for the pretty pictures. Is there any point in putting in shows and events, or shall I...
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Railway Enthusiasts Diary 1979
I own a lot of railway books. Far too many if I'm honest, and every so often I weed them out by donating some to the local model railway club. Or a charity shop if it's one of those books every rail...
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Warehouse Wedneday: Scammell Trailer
On the way into the Severn Valley Railway car park, there is this wonderful (to me) abandoned Scammell trailer. It doesn't fit the railway's neat and tidy image, but is representative of road...
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Parkside Hand Drill Set
Bit of a heads up for a bargain. RMweb alerted me to a rather nice little tool set in the infamous middle isle of Lidl. £7.99 buys you a vice, pin vice and sets of drill bits with multiples of 9.5mm,...
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Bradford Model Railway (Manchester) Centre bag
Would you like an old plastic bag from a model shop? Of course I would. Just around the corner from a Wimpy - can things get any better? The Bradford shop closed in 2006, but by then it had become...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Q&A with Jason Shron
Rapido Inc's Jason Shron has always been open with modellers, and in this latest Q&A, he's pretty clear about the various pressures affecting the manufacture of model railways - something that will...
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Keeping the costs down
I know what you're thinking, "£362.99 for two power cars!!!!" and you'll probably head to your favourite forum to post something about model railways turning into a hobby that's only for rich people....
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Where's my Nutmeg Spice?
In the run-up to Christmas, I ordered some picture fromes from Wilko online. The local branch seems to mostly stock empty shelves and I need three identical ones. When filling in the order, I stuck a...
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Nearly calling the Doctor
I was supposed to be getting some work done on Saturday - it's often the best time to crack on without people bothering you - but thanks to an Instagram post, found myself falling down a Dr Who cast...
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These are not MY new kits
Having said yesterday I'll be shopping in my own stash for projects this year, I recieved a box of goodies from the Model Railway Club Second Hand Shop a couple of weeks ago. The usuaul excellent...
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Your friendly issue of Garden Rail
A garden railway is more than just a collection of tracks and trains - often it's the people who build and run it that matter. We visit the Friendly Light Railway, a G-scale line that has brought...
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Meccano Percy
My approach to eBay is to leave things on watch for a long while, on the basis that occasionally, I get lucky and something I want pops up at a price I am willing to pay. Meccano's model of Percy falls...
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