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Accucraft open day 2017
Accucraft threw open their doors last Saturday for their annual open day. As well as a skip full of bargains, there was trade support from Swift Sixteen, Model Earth Design, Talisman Brass Castings and...
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Near disaster paint job
Painting started with a coat of Humbrol 120 (Light green). I'm not sure why I picked the colour other than it was late, I was a bit tired and working under artificial light.The next day, I knew I'd...
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EiM and Garden Rail in the shops
It's a big day - the first issues of Garden Rail and Engineering in Miniature magazines I have been responsible for hit the news stands.Starting in the garden, I've filled it with lots of construction...
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Warehouse Wednesday: More tea driver?
Classic cafe time. Bet you can get a cracking sausage, egg and chips along with a good, strong cup of tea. There's probably even tomato shaped bottles on the table for red sauce. It scores well on Trip...
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Electrical things in BRM plus cakes!
The September issue of BRM has gone all DCC - which as all fules kno is the work of the devil.Nevertheless, I have had a bit of a look at accesory decoder modules, which I have to grudgingly admit...
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Trapped!
Holding planning meetings away from the office makes a lot of sense. Take everyone away from distractions and the team can focus on layout down ideas for the next few months. This accounts for a few...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Snaefell Number 4 by drone
For the moment, we will ignore the recent issues concerning the Snaefell Mountain Railway and the hysterical contributions to the discussions by people who should know better. Instead, look at the very...
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Bressingham 2017
To Bressingham for the garden railway event. Or at least that was the plan, I'd never been to Bressingham before. I knew of it - mainly because the industrial Garratt lives there - but what with it...
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More paint
More paint. Red for the buffer beams and cranks, weathered black (why is this satin finish?) for the lamp, exhaust stack and radiators and wood for the wooden front steps. A bit of dry-brushing,...
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Down in the spraybooth, something stirred
In between all my gallivanting around, getting locked in car parks and eating cake, I managed to find a few minutes to take the railbus to the spraybooth for a blow over with some colour.To make...
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Warehouse Wednesday: 1835 Northlight building
The Isle of Man ishome to some very early examples of innovative design. We have one of the earliest electric tramways for example and here, an early "Northlight" roof building. According to...
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3 model trams
Three model trams that have been knocking around the workbench for quite some time:First, a Hong Kong tram. Diecast, freewheeling and basically a toy, it still has the look of the trams I travelled on...
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Dress code slippage
I discovered something shocking recently. Apparently ties are no longer a requirement for those working at Railway Modeller magazine. It seems that Peco are "moving with the times". Before long they...
View ArticleSaturday Film Club: Nettlecombe
Back to Brian Macdermotts's list for this weeks film. Nettlecombe is one of the those layouts where the rolling stock is secondary to the scenery modelling. There is some lovely detail which the film...
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Bristol Model Engineering show 2017
You know what I like about model engineering shows?The huge variety of different disciplines on show in one place. Where else would you find a wooden traction engine and a peel of bells?Model...
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Crich model trams 2017
To Derbyshire for the model tram event. Not a huge show, but with a few memorable moments. The first were the illuminated 4mm scale trams on Leyburn Avenue. Truly spectacular models, the larger ones...
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Covering the PCB
Covering the rather visible PCB inside the railbus proved tricky. I don't want to take the components out as they provide suppression for electrical noise as well as DCC stuff that might be useful in...
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Warehouse Wednesday: Quorn Goods Shed
When you are locked in a car park, there's plenty of time to take photos of the more interesting buildings.To be fair, Quorn goods shed on the Great Central Railway is a rather nice building. Unlike...
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Oh the huminiatures!
The railbus needs a driver - well models hurtling around the track without anyone on board look weird to me - but I never seemed to be near suitable traders to buy one. Truth is, even if I had, being...
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Railbus - done
Job done. The 20 quid "pig in a poke" railbus kit is finished.There were a few little jobs to do. The headlight has been filled with Krystal Klear - eventually it will go something like transparent but...
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