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Category Archives: Hints and tips
Filling boxcars with stuffing
Last day today….. Then packing up, and a flight home for me, and a long drive back to the UK for Allan and Derek. But here’s a link to bemuse y’all…. No, Horace, I know Christmas is coming, … Continue reading
A Modeling Hierarchy
Yet another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog. Here he focusses on how to compose the scenes on our model railways, and how there might be a “hierarchy” of detail in our modelling. He introduces the … Continue reading
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Links for the middle of the week
I’ve got a set of photos to post from the excellent Farnham show, but that will have to wait till later in the week. For now, here are some of the links that I’ve come across recently. If you are … Continue reading
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Odd modelling ideas #23
Two links today…… A train passenger’s view of India Shanu Babar loves train journeys so much that he began documenting his. Soon, others joined him…. On 21 July 2015, Mr Babar launched @windowseatproject to record his journeys on Instagram. The … Continue reading
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Learn To Love The Process
Yet another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… I have two thoughts in mind and I don’t know if I can connect them in a coherent narrative. The first is simple, maybe even obvious: you can … Continue reading
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Links – Modules down under +The Flying Scotsman
A couple of links to start the month….. N Scale Modellers, Australia, have an on-line magazine that is free to read and download. Fun to have a browse, not only to see the Australian models, but also to see a … Continue reading
Odd modelling ideas #2030
For the climate conscious (and it would make a cool model)….. Rail Energy Storage Harnesses the Power of Gravity All the Livelong Day A California startup is repurposing trains and rail cars to help renewable energy utilities compete with fossil … Continue reading
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Don’t delay, start today
Some good insights from Steve Flint, writing in the latest Railway Modeller editorial… There are three categories of model railway enthusiast. The first is the person who has a specific layout project on the go…. The second is the collector…. … Continue reading
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DC or DCC?
In the latest edition of Model Railway Journal, Jerry Clifford’s editorial has some helpful thoughts on model railway electrics. Edited highlights below…. The old and the new…. A good friend and very fine modeller recently said to me that, in … Continue reading
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New York port railroad maps
For the map enthusiast, a few more hours of tracing rail lines….. From the UMSL Digital Library, maps of the port of New York , prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. These maps are a set … Continue reading
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