Category Archives: Inspiration

Seaboard Southern NMRA show, 30 September 2017

Posted on October 3, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Saturday was the local NMRA group’s annual meet at the Charis Centre in Crawley.  I’ve missed the last two Seaboard Southern shows, as they clashed with other family commitments, so I was pleased to get to this one.  An easy … Continue reading →

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Two views of modelling – 2

Posted on October 1, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

And from the other end of the October edition of Model Railroad Hobbyist, Joe Fulgate asks, ‘Are we making the hobby too complicated.’  A rather different perspective…. Are we making the hobby too complicated? As I look at the “ever … Continue reading →

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Two views of modelling – 1

Posted on September 29, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The next two posts will have two differing, but perhaps slightly contrary views of our hobby.  Both come from the (free) Model Railroad Hobbyist e-magazine.  It’s all American, and sometimes has little of interest, but it’s free, and occasionally comes … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #23

Posted on September 25, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

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

Posted on September 21, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

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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Wisbech & Upwell doodles

Posted on September 19, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over the motion. It all started with Iain Rice’s ‘Creating Cameo Layouts’ book, where I was … Continue reading →

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Ron flies east #2

Posted on September 17, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

More from our European rambler, who has reached Germany.  Day 2…. Rail trip to Cochem. Photos show inside and outside of station plus train at platform and Cochem’s road train After time looking round town we were taken to a … Continue reading →

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Ron flies east

Posted on September 15, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Ron’s off on his travels to Europe again…. Got on Eurostar at St Pancras only to be told that we were being held as there was a problem in the Chunnel. We finally got away 10 late. On arrival in … Continue reading →

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Old Oak Common 111 #2

Posted on September 7, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

There were more steam locomotives on display than I expected, and that were in the original published list.  BR ‘Britannia’ Pacific’s are a personal favourite.  When I was returning to primary school after lunch, I often used to see the … Continue reading →

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Old Oak Common 111 #1

Posted on September 5, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Last Saturday, I visited ‘Old Oak Common 111’ that celebrated 111 years of the west London depot – once home to GWR steam locomotives – ahead of the demolition of part of the existing facility. It marked the introduction of … Continue reading →

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