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Bodgery
I'm always saying that good modellers don't get everything right first time, but they can cope when things aren't perfect and need a little rectification. This is a good example. I was working on a...
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TINGS this weekend
This weekend is all about N gauge. I'm going to be appearing on the BRM stand at The International N Gauge Show (TINGS). The plan is that I'm going to build a very simple layout over the two days. You...
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Guildex 2016
The walk from Telford station to the exhibition centre was wet. Once inside thought I spent pretty much the entire time chatting to people. The plan had been to snap any new releases for MREmag (You...
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Fashion advice
Spotted at Guildex, the guys on the Polak scenery stand: If you think the image looks familiar, it's because it is the diorama I built for BRM using Polak products a few months ago: What an excellent...
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Leaving rail lying around
There has been some trackwork taking place around Leamington recently. I'm not sure where, but the soon to be installed rails litter the sidings around the station. The photo shows a stock/switch rail...
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Weathering bauxite
I've a fair bit of airbrushing kit in for review at the moment so needed a project or two to test it on. From the maturing cupboard, I found a nearly completed Parkside LMS van which seemed like a good...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Livery Street, Birmingham
It's not just railway modellers who find large, reasonably anonymous industrial building useful as a backdrop, so does the movie industry. Model railway enthusiast Steven Spielberg has been filming...
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Big and small models in BRM
This is the biggest model railway wagon I have ever built. A Gauge 3 resin and steel kit from Williams Models. Great fun to do, although there's quite a lot of actual modelling since the interior has...
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N gauge road vehicles
Working on an N gauge project, I couldn't resit some road vehicles from a second hand stall at the weekend to populate the car park. £4 for two and they are really lovely. The bus is 5cm long and yet...
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TINGS 2016
Most exhibitors turn up at a show with a layout. I arrived at The International N Gauge Show (TINGS) with a pile of materials - and left at the end of two days with a working, if not finished model...
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Book Review: The Martian
Something a little oddball today - a book review that is nothing to do with trains or boats.The Martian by Andy Weir tells the story of an astronaugt standed on the red plannet when the rest of his...
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Clever design from Ratio
Building the factory for my N gauge layout, I'ver picked the Ratio pum/boiler house kit. Opening the box I realised (yes, I probably should have spotted this earlier) that the building is based on...
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Cheap wood carving tools
Picked up from Flying Tiger for around 3 quid - a set of small wood carving tools. Quite why someone decided that these were a useful addition to the slightly eclectic stock, I'm not sure. They work...
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Warehouse Wednesday - Chubb's Lock Works
You can't visit Wolverhampton, at least by train, and not be impressed by Chubb's Lock Works. This imposing red brick building stands the other side of the canal from the station and impossible to...
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Seed scoop
A couple of years ago, while visiting the Sunday bird market in Hong Kong (get me, so cosmopolitan), I picked up a couple of seed scoops. These looked like they had modelling uses and they were cheap...
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LGB Harlequin
When you recieve a refund from HMRC, once you've checked that it IS really your money and they won't want it back, the sensible thing is to go out and buy a new toy train isn't it? In this case, the...
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Wagon loads in The Collector
Way back in the 1970s, TV show Blue Peter had a model railway.Every year they also published an annual and in one of these, John Noakes (I think) showed the reader how to make loads for model railway...
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Hat tip to Scale Model News for this fascinating film:I've always wondered what it's like working somewhere like this.All the work is so clean and precise, not like my bodgery at all!When you arrive at...
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Most People Constructing Aircraft Models world record attempt
Do you like making plastic kits?Do you fancy being a world record holder?If so, you need to head to the Shuttleworth Collection who have teamed up with IPMS Brampton Scale Model Club to set a new scale...
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Banbury North signal box
On Sunday I visited Banbury North signal box. Pretty interesting you'd think and you would be right.However, the visit was because the box is due to be demolished in a couple of weeks thanks to an...
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