Category Archives: Inspiration

Tonbridge MRC show 2017 #1

Posted on February 20, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

After a busy week, I decided a little model railway therapy was required, so I asked Derek whether he was going to the Tonbridge show.  He was, but was starting early to visit the Maidstone toy fair.  So 7am on … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #3

Posted on February 18, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The weather is still the same!! Woke up to find a new dusting of snow with low cloud/mist. During my travels it was sunny but cold. Returned to hotel to find weather as it was this morning. Today travelled via … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #2

Posted on February 14, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A few more pictures from Ron’s Swiss holiday.  The weather has not improved! Fresh snow overnight so had a lie in. Left hotel in sleet with slippery pavements and made my way over via Berne to Zurich. As it was … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #1

Posted on February 10, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Ron is on safari again – off to Switzerland in the snow!  It all looks very pretty, but I think I prefer the summer…. Flight taxied on time and took off 10 minutes later. it was subject to turbulence and … Continue reading →

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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….

Posted on February 8, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

From last weeks news….  Firstly, an Atlantic storm passed through the UK, with some high winds around the south coast.  The rail line along the sea front at Dawlish was under attack from the sea once again, and these fine … Continue reading →

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A little light relief

Posted on February 6, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A little light relief today (thanks to RMWeb and the BBC.) An idea for scenic detail…. I hope that those bollards are removable.  It would be good to model this and see whether any visitors at an exhibition notice the … Continue reading →

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Easier train tickets?

Posted on February 2, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

I was pleased to see that some of the train operators in the UK have finally been pressured to sell people the cheapest ticket, and not hide the best fare in the small print somewhere.  It looks like you will now … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends….

Posted on January 31, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Some odds and ends to end January. An interesting article on Australia’s worse rail accident.  New to me, but no doubt familiar to some of my readers.  I was struck by the big improvements made in maintenance of the railways … Continue reading →

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Have you given up on your resolutions yet?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Every year, the NMRA send me a magazine to tell me about voting and the like.  I don’t subscribe for the other 11 months, as the BRNMRA magazine ‘Roundhouse’ is far better (or perhaps it is just more British?)  However, … Continue reading →

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Hours of fun with maps – and two interesting designs

Posted on January 27, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

I was recently reading an RMWeb on building an ‘O’ gauge layout based on the King’s Cross loco stabling point.  This thread is very interesting itself, with track layouts and some excellent photographs of King’s Cross in the steam and … Continue reading →

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