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Gerrorf moy train set!
All being well, by the time some of you read this, I'll be stood behind Melbridge Dock at an exhibition. Hopefully, I will not be suffering something that annoys the heck out of me. The photo above...
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Banbury 2015 - The last show?
I've always had a soft spot for Banbury show. Years ago we were booked in with Melbridge Dock and at the time had no more appearances in the diary. After a fun day, we took home 9 invitations to other...
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Baby Bantam
A baby Bantam?Yes indeed. You see, Ruston Quays needs a tugboat for the canal basin, and, well I just happen to know the very vessel. More details in the December issue of BRM, or come along to the...
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Scarlet reporting for captain duty
Nearly a month ago, I showed you Captain Scarlet with added Milliput being prepared for his role in charge of the Bantam tug. He's now been smoothed, sanded and repainted for the role. Using the...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Regency Wharf
I've been hanging around the towpaths of Brimingham recently in the interests of research. Right in the city centre, I spotted this conversion of an old industrial building. I can't find any history on...
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Big brick buildings in BRM
I'm bricking it in the November issue of BRM. It's time to make some big buildings and I really do mean big. The main warehouse is 50cm long but is joined by a smaller one shown above and over 5 feet...
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So that's what's in a Hornby TTS loco
For various reasons, I'm in the process of ruining a Hornby Class 40 fitted with TTS sound. It's the first sound fitted loco I've ever owned and running the model on the club OO layout, I was pretty...
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Daventry 2015
Tempted by the offer of excellent cakes, we hauled Melbridge Dock out of storage for a day in sunny Daventry. In my role as MREmag editor, I was to open the show by cutting a ribbon. That was fine -...
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How to make me grumpy at shows Number 423
There you are, standing behind the layout operating trains when someone thrusts a model in your direction. "I'm looking at buying this. Can you see if it works for me".There is an implied but unspoken,...
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Montini blocks - NOT Lego
Found in an old box in the club second hand stock. Not Lego, although it looks a bit like it, but plastic blocks from the Italian firm Montini. Digging around the web, it seems that these might date...
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I've been scanned!
While at the Great Electric Train show last weekend, thanks to a deal done through my local club, I've been 3D scanned by Modelu. The process is simple - you stand still while Alan walks around you...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Tewkesbury
Sat on the River Avon, in the picturesque town of Tewkesbury, is this imposing and somewhat ugly mill. Originally two brick buildings, now joined by a metal-clad bridging part, the result is very...
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Demo build - AEC Monarch
Modelling time has been at a premium recently. At the weekend, I was sitting behind a demo table as part of the DOGA stand and at 8 in the morning, didn't know what I was going to build. Rooting around...
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Off to Peterborough
Today, I'll be packing up Ruston Quays for it's first exhibition appearance at The National Festival of Railway Modelling at Peterborough. The layout is far from finished but I'm keen to show it this...
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Midlands Model Engineering Show 2015
For a change, I'm posting this while the show is on! You'll have noticed that if all is well, I'm in Peterborough this weekend. Normally I'd have a trip to the MME on Thursday to enjoy a mooch and...
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Great Electric Train Show 2015
I've just time for a quick post on this event:Cake - Excellent. Strawberry and white chocolate. Soft, not too sweet and nicely decorated. Layouts - Also excellent. I don't think there was a duff one...
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Ruston Quays detailing starts
All being well, I'm fast asleep as this post goes live after a busy weekend at Peterborugh with Ruston Quays. With the lighting rig built, all major construction is finished and I can move on to the...
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Parked up AEC
While posting Ruston Quays shots, I thought I'd show the AEC lorry mentioned last week. It's finished and parked up near the baby Bantam tugboat. I need to add figures and tools and stuff for it to be...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Doncaster
Warehouse Wednesday has proved to be far, far, more popular than I expected. So much so that I've started receiving photos from other people to include. Here's the first from Keith Parkinson:Please see...
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More plastic noodling - Bantam steering gear and hatch
After it's appearance at the Model Engineer show, and a trip to the Model Boat Show in 3 weeks time, I've got to try and finish the Bantam Tug. An evenings messing around with plastic has moved the...
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