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Today’s competition

Posted on February 18, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

No prizes, but what is wrong with this extremely festive Christmas card, sent to me just in time for Chinese New Year by Cha(i)rman Allan? Yes, the Routemaster on the left looks like it’s an export model and it could … Continue reading →

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Adventures in time and place #1

Posted on February 16, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

No, this is not a review of the latest episode of ‘Dr Who’.  Rather, there have been some interesting posts recently on how ‘time’ and ‘location’ work when we are building a model railway.  I’m a sucker for these ‘philosophical’ … Continue reading →

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Southern Railway Coach formations

Posted on February 14, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

With the advent of the excellent Dapol Southern Railway Maunsell coaches, we’ll need to know how to put together a realistic formation.  I came across this useful information on the Worsley Works etched ‘scratch-aid’ and kit site (originally from the … Continue reading →

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The railway lines alarmingly close to the sea

Posted on February 12, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

The quantity (and quality) of railway articles on the BBC website is a pleasant surprise.  There must be a few closet ‘gricers’ somewhere the organisation.  This latest one is about those stretches of railway in danger from the sea.  We all remember … Continue reading →

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Is this Google’s fault?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

It continues to amaze me that one of the most read posts over the last 18 months is a little item called, “Jon’s Modules – Peco lash up”.  I don’t know what people expected to read?? And I pre-dated ’50 … Continue reading →

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Signal problems at Redhill

Posted on February 10, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

The Sorry Error, whoops, Surrey Mirror reported yesterday that…. Signalling problems causing delays of up 30 minutes for Redhill commuters COMMUTERS are facing delays of up to 30 minutes this morning due to signalling problems around Redhill railway station. Southern … Continue reading →

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‘OO’ Coaches – Jon’s old trains #3

Posted on February 8, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

From Irish narrow gauge to Southern coaches.  Here are a few of my early efforts.  Some of my first successful scratch built models were this SECR ‘Birdcage’ rake.  They never got lettered or lined, but weren’t bad at all.  Note the open … Continue reading →

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Ideas matter

Posted on February 2, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

This is from another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… Our craft suffers from a scarcity of ideas. Ideas that change our image of what the hobby could be. When Frank Ellison suggested that a model … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Dreams – Jon’s old trains #2

Posted on January 31, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Most modellers have what is generally known as a ‘gloat’ box – but mine must be worst than most.  I’ve been excavating some more, and have come up with all sorts of things.  A lot of them I’d forgotten completely. … Continue reading →

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Living in the past – Jon’s old trains #1

Posted on January 29, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Not much progress on the modules since coming back from Hong Kong, but I decided it was time for a real turnout of my storage boxes of trains, dating back nearly 50 years.  It’s time to keep a few things, and … Continue reading →

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