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6000
It's taken 16 years, but this is the 6000th post on Phil's Workbench! Thank you everyone who continue to read this stuff every day. Sometimes I need to write it just to motivate me. Other times, the...
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The Dumpy Book of Railways of the World
Needing something to rest a camera on during a photo shoot at a show, I grabbed this for a quid. It looked interesting, and at 130mm by 105mm and 20mm thick, it was perfect for the job in hand. Don't...
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Cars at the Spa 2022
I've been very busy over the last few weeks, with precious little time for my own modelling, but I have been out and about a bit, so there are lots of photos to show you instead. We kick off, with...
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Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2022
With a long break from exhibiting, and being shut away in their workshops, it's nice to see a rush of new models appearing at the MMEE this year. Competition classes, which have been a bit thin in the...
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Tea and cake with the Heart of England Narrow Gauge Modellers
An e-mail arrived a couple of weeks ago from the Heart of England Narrow Gauge Modellers. I have a freind who is a member and this means I'm on the mailing list. They were holding an event in Rugby,...
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Off to the GBMRS this weekend
Today, I will be mostly packing up my car with models to show at the Great British Model Railway Show this weekend. At the time of writing, I have no real idea what I'll be taking, but it will be a...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Hoversprite
This is mad. So of course, I love it. And want to build a model. It must have been pretty noisy in there though!
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Trevor Cousens - RIP
I can't remember when I first met Trevor, probably at a L&WMRS exhibition many years ago when he'll have been sat behind a huge pile of etched brass loco kits. It was certainly a long while ago,...
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Unboxing the Victory
My job presents endless temptations. When interviewing the guys from Planet Industrials a few years ago, they told us about their first RTR locomotive, and I was so tempted, I jumped on the pre-orders...
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Berlingos and Bacon
My parents have a Citroen Berlingo. It's their second one thanks to someone parking a Golf in the back years ago. It's an odd car. Utterly unpretentious, but if you talk to an owner, they love thier...
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Larger scale aircraft 2022 - you do NOT need a 'plane!
I couldn't stay long at the Berlingo event mentioned yesterday, because I wanted to pack another in on the same day. This time the static display by the Large Model Association, just down the road at...
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Benches, a workshop and dirty wagons in December's BRM
This month, let's start with the photos. I've been a busy boy, and you'll find three layout shoots by me in this issue. First, we have the East Derbyshire Mineral Railway. This EM gauge layout wasn't...
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To build, or not to build?
Here is the sum total of my modelling carried out while demonstrating at The Great British Model Railway Show last weekend. Three axleboxes attached to a Parkside brake van chassis. This shows I...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Lion: Mistaken Identity?
Historian Anthony Dawson looks into the history of "Lion" or the Tifield Thunderbolt as many will know her. I'll admit I got a bit lot with all the detail here, but it's a terrific piece with some...
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The Great British Model Railway Show 2022
A busy weekend. My usual position at the top of the escalators - where there isn't any electricity - was filled with projects. Fewer than last year because I gave the DHAPR Wagon works a trip out and...
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Great big, chocolate block
Two lengths for a quid. Bargain. You probably think this is just normal electrical "chocolate block" connectors, but these are the largest examples I've ever seen. Each one is 155mm in length. What I...
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Mystery orange blinking thing
OK, another challenge. I bought this for pennies at Stafford show, from the dangerous second-hand stall. It was cheap, orange, and I wanted to know more about it. Rather then dig out the box contents...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Rural workshops
While my car was being attended to by the Rutland Hand Car Wash team, I wandered around the back of the old garage they occupy, and spotted these rather nice, and very modelable, workshops. They don't...
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Playmobil and a steamy Peckett in December's Garden Rail
It's all action in our big layout feature this month. Playmobil trains mix it up with slot cars in a display that has been delighting kids of all ages at exhibitions for years. And since, it's...
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R30202 Hornby Collectors Club locomotive - 2022
The Tri-ang collector in me couldn't resist this. It's the 2022 Hornby Collectors Club loco - a lovely little tribute to 70 years of Tri-ang. OK, it's the cheapo 0-4-0 in a nice colour, but there is...
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