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1964 Honda T360 pickup
It's a busy time on the workbench at the moment with loads of exciting magazine'y stuff to do and quite a lot of Interewebby and novel goodness going on as well. A sensible person would sleep a lot...
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T360 painting
Nice neat paint jobs start with restraint. Don't stick all the bits together than then try to paint them, splash the colour while they are still on the sprue. Then let them dry. Be careful with the...
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Klear and transfers
Time for a bit of an experiment. The paint on the T360 is matt and transfers prefer to sit on gloss - if microscopic air bubbles are trapped underneath you see a silver ghosting effect. So, I did out...
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Trailer movement
Another piece of advice from British Railways in 1961. If you have the proper appliance, you can move Scammell Mechanical Horse trailers by hand - if they are empty of course. I didn't know this ever...
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31 601 goes to Leamington
Waiting for my train to Birmingham on Thursday, I was more than little surprised to see a Class 31 diesel run light engine through the middle roads. As I wrote in the excellent, Modelling British...
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Poppies in the four foot
Following on from yesterdays post showing a Class 31 at Leamington, here's a rather less agreeable part of the modern railway scene. Once upon a time, plate layers were allocated lengths of line. They...
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T360 chassis and interior
Neat bit of design inside the T360. Vehicle interiors can be a bit of a nightmare for plastic kit makes. Ideally you want to attach them to the insides of the body but then fitting the glazing becomes...
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Honda T360
Job done. A cute little vehicle. The colour suits it very well. Lesson learned - much better dust protection is required. I thought I'd got away with it but close scrutiny of the photos and then the...
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Book Review: British Rail 1948-83 A Journey by Design by Brian Haresnape
Let's start with the cover - an arresting design that grabbed my eye as I walked by a second hand book stall. The cover is based on a poster by the Danish artist Per Arnold and is part of series of BR...
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What colour is a paving slab?
I spend quite a lot of my time looking at things and wondering what colour they are. Some are obvious, like locomotives. Some can be bodged with a bit of dirt, like bauxite colour railway wagons for...
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Overhanging load
The last picture pinched from "Your Personal Safety for Cartage and Handling Staff" on the blog. This one illustrates another important point. If part of your load is sticking out, hang a flag on it...
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Modular modeling meet
We are all accustomed to traditional model railway societies that meet up in their clubrooms on a regular basis to drink tea and occasionally do some modelling. Like me, you've probably visited a good...
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I love an ugly railway locomotive, but have to admit that when looking at No.18 Ailsa on the Isle of Man Steam Railway, someone is taking the mickey. I mean, this thing is uglier than a baby budgerigar...
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A little welder
Oh dear. I've seen figure painting on many a model display stand and if I'm honest, the sort of bloke who spends his time painting near naked miniature women seems...well, he's probably not seeing the...
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Welder assembly
With two sets of parts to work with, I decided to have a go at assembling the grey, flash encased example first. I'm working on the basis that if it goes wrong, I've not really wasted anything....
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Book Review: The Hellingly Hospital Railway by Peter A Harding
If you know my model making output, you'll be surprised to see this book being reviewed on the blog - after all, it's the one that inspired me to build a model of The Hellingly Hospital Railway years...
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Gimme some skin man!
Skin tone time. While I normally stick with enamels, I've been experimenting with Lifecolor acrylics recently for some projects. You won't be surprised to know they are from the Flesh Colour set....
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Sasha painted and dirty
Stuff that looks good in real life and rubbish in photos No.1 - Washes of dirt. The little welder has been finished with several base colours dry brushed with mixes of the base + a pale brown. All...
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Manx Model Shops
Last week, I was enjoying some time on the Isle of Man and as is my thang (as da kidz probably don't say any more), I looked up any model shops I could find when I was there First, we found ModelTech...
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Manx models
The Isle of Man has given us many lovely prototypes and is you like getting your hands dirty, plenty of models. There are the GEM whitemetal kits along with the Branchlines detailing parts for the...
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