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Category Archives: Inspiration
No New Ideas
Mike Cougill continues to post challenging – and dare I say it philosophical – articles on his OST blog. It is not that common to read contributions from authors who can build models, but also to think and write. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged hints and tips, layout design, model railway
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Three links for Thursday
Three links for this Thursday. First the BBC visits Baghdad Central station. It’s an interesting and sympathetic article, interviewing a veteran train driver. The state railway’s heyday, when it offered luxury travel to Jerusalem and even as far west as … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway
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Ron’s Rambles #2
More of Ron’s pictures, this time from Leipzig. First, the railways. Seeing the ‘McCafe’ reminds me that the inventor of the Big Mac died this week, age 93. Perhaps he never ate his own invention to get to that age! … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Germany, inspiration, prototype, railway
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Ron’s Rambles #1
A new contributor to the blog for the next couple of days – Ron Dawes, brother of Allan. Ron is on safari in deepest Germany, around Leipzig and Hanover, I think, visiting an eclectic mix of Christmas markets and stations. So welcome, Ron, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Germany, inspiration, prototype, railway
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Back to my childhood haunts
The day before going to Stuttgart, Maxine and I had the privilege of going to the wedding of a Chinese friend of ours. An interesting experience, with the church service in Mandarin, translated back into English for the few English … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, railroad, railway
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Layout design – redux – different voices – simple layout, complex operation
The third post, a long way behind the traction ones, is about small, switching layouts. Another interesting voice in the layout design world is Lance Mindheim, who most originally posts at http://www.lancemindheim.com/. He has built a number of very interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design
Tagged Layout design, model railroad
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Off my trolley – redux – streetcars and trolley layouts
As I’m in Stuttgart this week, I thought I’d repost the three most popular posts since I started blogging three or more years ago. I’ve updated them a little, too. One difference I note from starting blogging – I cut … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design, Traction
Tagged interurban, Layout design, model railroad, traction
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Tolworth 2016
A year has slipped past, and once again I scrounged a lift off Derek Atfield to pay a visit to the Tolworth Showtrain exhibition. And once again I nearly didn’t go – it was a foul wet morning – and … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Inspiration, Layout design, Out and about
Tagged exhibition, France, model railway, N gauge
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Odd modelling idea #96
I don’t think I’ve done this one before! From the Daily Telegraph and CNN (amongst others.) Main road swallowed up as huge sinkhole collapses in centre of Japanese city Residents of a major Japanese city woke up to a main … Continue reading
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Tagged Hints and tips, inspiration, Layout design, model railway
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One for election day…..
As America goes to the polls, with a choice ‘from the sublime to the ridiculous’ (and I’m being very careful not to say which is which), here’s a nice little story from Model Railroad Hobbyist. Election campaign train dirty tricks The … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, inspiration, prototype, railway
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