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#savethehovercraft
Is it national "Scrap our heritage transport" month? First the Manx Horse Trams and now the BBC reports that the last two cross-channel hovercraft are to be destroyed so a property developer can make a...
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Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible...
Apologies if the posts on here have been a bit random of late. I've been working on Ramsay's guide and also a stack of magazine projects. Free time is minimal and if I'm honest, the impetus to rush to...
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A Lister for the garden
Today's slightly random picture is an IP Engineering Lister diesel kit I built many years ago. Picked up cheaply when they were selling some excess kits off, I built the model and then sold it on eBay...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Leamington's hidden warehouse
Hidden down an alleyway in Leamington is a warehouse. Now a gym, it is an interesting brick building right in the middle of several others. The "road" in front is little more than 10 feet wide....
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Sentinel, canopies, cakes and a 3mm scale wagon in BRM
It's a busy month for me in the March issue of BRM. Since this is a Somerset & Dorset special, I find myself building an etched brass model of the Radstock Sentinel. Not a shake the box kit, this...
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Epoxy bodgery
A feature of Ruston Quays that has proved popular but troublesome is the chimney at the back of the scene. Popular, because at the touch of a button it belches pungent smoke everywhere. Troublesome,...
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Unexciting modelling
I have been modelling recently, it's just not all that exciting. For Ruston Quays, I need a lot of bridge parapet for the back of the high level section. So, on Thursday I made use of the one of the...
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Restore the Starship Enterprise
Spotted on The Register a few days ago, Researchers at the Smithsonian Institute are planning to show off the original model Starship Enterprise from the TV show. Before they can though, it needs...
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Locomotive chassis jigs
Richard asks: I know you have one of the Expensive Frame Jigs, did you get a chance to try any of the others before buying it and which one is it.I'm guessing you are referring to the Hobby Holidays...
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Hand painting models
Jim asks: Can an acceptable paint job be done on a loco by brush - I'm thinking smallish, specifically a Hornby Sentinel - if so, what's the best way to go about it please?I think it partly depends on...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Stafford hothouse
A slightly offbeat building this week. If you take the train to Stafford, just across the road is Victoria Park. In the corner of the park is an aviary and fantastic hothouse. Just the place to escape...
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Clapperboard
Duncan asks: Years ago- 40- I bought some Slater's clapboard and clagged it together to make a NER waiting shelter. It did not stand up well to my card models- reinforced cereal boxes with Superquick...
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Doncaster bound
Today, I'll be packing up two layouts and heading up North to Doncaster. It's 20 years since the first Warners exhibition. At the time I was working for a vegetable research institute and writing the...
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Stafford 2016
First class! I travelled first class to Stafford. Well, from Birmingham New Street anyway. Thanks to bumping in to someone I knew on the station. His pass got us into the coach, although the only seats...
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Model Tractor & Plant show 2016
Now for something completely different - a model tractor show!I've seen this show advertised before but always been otherwise occupied. Having a free day this time, took the chance to go along. Heavy...
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Cast Hut - Part 1
Looking around for a new hut to grace Ruston Quays, I found this model from the Harburn Hobbies range. Cast in stone, it's ready to plant on your layout but I really don't like the paint job and...
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Cast Hut - Part 2
If it's metal, it rusts, as this rather atmospheric iron toilet shows: (From the Great Gidding website) With some Lifecolor Rust Wizard paints to hand, I washed my hut's walls with various shades of...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Newton Stewart tile works
OK, not a warehouse, but such an interesting picture it deserves an airing. Anyway, it's brick and stored clay products...Also known as Carty Tileworks, this was a typical small rural tileworks, making...
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Cast Hut - Part 3
With the hut planted on Ruston Quays, it's possible to compare the etched building from Severn Models with the stonecast version.Not too bad but you can tell the detail of the metal version is sharper....
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Quick and dirty landrover
Trundling the layout back to the car from Warley, the one glued-down road vehicle decided to part company with the baseboard, leaving only a single wheelset. I've no idea what happened to it but wasn't...
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