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Warehouse Wednesday: Minehead goods shed
I'm very busy right now, so here's a couple of photos showing Minehead goods shed from last weekend. It's certainly an attractive, and well restored building. Here is is, with a chuff-chuff.
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Appearing in Engineering in Miniature and The Collector
A couple of extra chances for Phil content this month. I've been a busy boy. And don't I know it - phew!We start with a quick show review in Engineering in Miniature magazine. Since I was going to be...
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Bristol bound today
An early start this morning, to get to the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition. The show opens at 12:30 today, for a full day, until 7pm, and then we are back for Saturday and Sunday too!I'll be on the...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Snow Hill Station in the 1960s
I only know Birmingham Snow Hill station from it's rebirth in the late 1980s. I walked through the tunnel and marvelled at the new look, clean lines. What I didn't understand, is the older version. How...
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RMweb members day 2023
A lovely day out, plenty of chat, some excellent cake and really impressive layouts. As far as layouts go, I can do no better than point you at Callum's video. He's captures everything, and this saves...
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Early closing frustration
Since I live as far from the sea as it's possible to get in Britain, for the members day, I decided a Saturday night in Minehead would be nice. Travelling down in the morning, I arrived around...
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Iain Rice tools
This is probably going to sound a bit silly, but at the members day, one of the guys was disposing of tools belonging to the late Iain Rice. And I bagged these three. We were looking at the dregs of...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Minehead RNLI station
Built in 1950, and enlarged in 1993, Minehead's lifeboat station is home to a D Class and Atlantic 25. Both are launched by Tooltrack tractor. An attractive building, made of the local red stone, it...
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APT-E
5 years ago, I was in Canada, at a model railway show. And ran a Rapido APT-E on my tiny layout. It didn't fit.
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Desirable property in the (Tri-ang) countryside?
Picked up for a couple of quid at Bristol, for many, this is a rather uninspiring lump. To those in the know, it's one of the first "ready to plonk" buildings. According to Pat Hammod's book on Rovex,...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: LNER Royal Train stories
Well, I really needed to find something suitably Royal for today, didn't I? What with Charles getting his new hat and everything...
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Bristol 2023
When the show opens at 12:30 on Friday, and doesn't close until 7pm - that's a loooooong day...It makes for an interesting mix of crowds though. Were I local, I'd probably take the afternoon off and...
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Tram roof
The tram roof makes use of a 3D printed interior skelton, on to which the builder sticks a piece of plastic. The holes for safety valve and chimney are pre-cut, which makes me hope I didn't make the...
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Completed tram (well, nearly)
I'm calling this one done. Well, nearly anyway. I little revisit will be made in the future. The finished tram, looks in my opinion, very good. Adding a set of names plates from the 247 Developments...
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Warehouse Wenesday - Metropole Garage
The last couple of shots from Maidenhead. Maybe not that exciting, but as I got wet taking them, I'm going to use them!I can't really work out how this building should work. Were it not for the stone...
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A locomotive cavalcade in Garden Rail
Our “Layout in a day” for the National Garden Railway show might only exist for a few hours, but during that time, we managed to run 14 different locos on it, including some live steam. Enjoy a...
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My first gauge one wagon
In my stash of future projects is a Barrett Steam LNER J65 live steam kit. Picked up at a bargain price, that still required me to go and have a sit down, cup of tea, and slice of cake to decide money...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: The Girder Bridge and Thunderbirds
Sit back, and enjoy this exploration of the uses the humble Airfix Girder Bridge was put to in Thunderbirds. If that sounds nerdy, it is. And brilliant.
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Coronation steam
Coronation Sunday was glorious. A day full of lovely sunshine. Unfortunatly, we'd arrnaged to enjoy a running session on the Monday - when it rained. No matter. A good time was had by all. My Merlin...
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MR (big) box van kit
Spotted on a stand at York, a Slater'S Gauge 1 box van kit. Part built, but, as far as I can tell, complete, and priced about £30 cheaper than buying new, I snapped it up. I've built this kit in 4mm...
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