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Body in primer
There's not much detail to go on the steam tram body - just some handrails. The knobs for these are nicely 3D printed, and I reamed them out to take a 2mm thich piece of plastic rod.They are a little...
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Wardie Master Models Good Yard Crane - I bought it for the box
Spotted on ebay a few weeks ago, and bought for a fiver including postage, it wasn't the model that specifically appealed to me, but the box. I'm not a box keeper. In fact, I'm all for throwing the...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Curator with a Camera - Thomas
My mate Anthony does something with a camera.
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Statfold Barn model railway show 2023
Look at that FILTH! Lovely stuff, and a good part of the appeal of the Statfold Barn show. The main event takes place in an excellent exhibition hall. Because of the venue, there is a higher...
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Boiler built
With a free Saturday afternoon, and a freshly purchased DVD box set of Blake's 7's first series for background, I got some time in on the steam tram. Boiler fitted, I could move on to the rest of the...
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Boiler painted
A blast of matt black aerosol provided most of the colour for the boiler. The rest of the work was just picking out the pretty bits. Wooden cladding is a couple of coats of Humbrol 93 (Dessert sand)...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Thetford Station
Driving back from Bressingham, I passed through Thetford and spotted a sign to the station. Since I wasn't in a rush, I took a little detour to have a look at it. The station seems to be two buildings...
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More than just track and trains in May's Garden Rail
Garden railways are more than just track and trains. The Stella and Corglass Railway has provided its builder, Peter Dawes with a focus while he recovered from illness, and terrific friendships along...
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Off to the National Garden Railway Show
All being well, as you read this, there is a hire van outside my house, and it's full of borrowed plants. Later today, I'll head to Peterborough to build another "Layout in a day" for the NGRS. Yes, I...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Behind the scenes at the Thrill-O-Matic
I don't like funfair rides. Yes, this makes me a bit of a wuss, but I don't care. However, if I visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach, I'd be tempted by the gentle charms of the Wallace & Gromitt...
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York 2023
York is like a big, comfortable jumper. Maybe it's a little tatty, but you love it and keep putting it on. I found my first programme for the show recently - it was from 1983, making this a staggering...
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Painted body
Fire up the Badger 100!Keeping the upper and lower halves of the tram sperate, makes painting easy. The top is Revell 48 - Sea Green - because I'd lost the Humbrol Grass Green I bought for the job. On...
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Find me a driver
Th tram needs a driver, and the only unpainted figure I had was too tall. As, it seems, and I, in miniature form. Digging through my collection of people, I found a couple of G scale crewmembers, that...
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My favourite part of the NRM
Previously known as "The Warehouse" and now called the North Shed, this is the home to lots and lots of bits of railwayana, that simply can't be shown any other way. All museums have a reserve...
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Plenty of layouts in BRM May, and a case in point
I think this is the first time I've been able to say this for years, but there's no actual model making from me in the latest issue of BRM. I've not been idle though, instead you have a couple of...
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Having a quick tug in the middle of the town...
I drove a train!The train in question is James Finister's Tug, running on Steve Purves's There and Back Light Railway. The line had been laid at the top of the Parade, in Leamington Spa. A message on...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: National Garden Railway Show 2023
Rob takes us on a quick tour of the NGRS, culminating in a chat with yours truly.
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I built a garden railway (again)!
As you might have spotted in yesterdays post, last weekend, I built a garden railway. It was brill. The downside of all this work, and chatting though, is that I didn't get to take much of a look...
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Getting tanked up
Regular readers will know that my plan had been to build a pair of side tanks for the steam tram. These would replace the saddle tank that I didn't like, and provide somewhere to hide the Loco Remote...
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Wired up and working
Since I can't hide the Loco Remote and battery in the water tanks, they have to fit under the footplate. Fortunatly, there's plenty of space under there. The Loco Remote is fixed to one end with some...
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