Category Archives: Operation
Some excellent viewing
Unfortunately, I’ve never seen Kier Hardy’s Hornsey Broadway at an exhibition (remember those?) It is, though, one of the best models that I’ve seen for a long time. If you’ve got a little time to spare, these two videos make … Continue reading
Two views of modelling – 2
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
Two views of modelling – 1
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
How do we describe our hobby?
Some good thoughts from “The Erratic and Wandering Journey.” I think the starting point [to explaining model railways] would be to embrace the sheer range of interests and abilities encompassed by this most democratic of hobbies, from the 2 year … Continue reading
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
Exhibitions, are they worth it?
Julias Modelopolis (Julia makes marvellous 2mm fine scale models, with some 3-D printing thrown in for good measure) recently commented on taking your layout to an exhibition. The money comments were….. Browsing the interweb forums I always stumble across people … Continue reading
Less is more – two interesting examples
I used to follow a blog called ‘The Staging Yard’, following a UK based modeller’s trials at building a US layout, until it went quiet in 2014. Reading RMWeb the other day, I saw that the blog had reappeared and was being continued … Continue reading
Shunting scrabble
I am always impressed by the realistic operation of US model railroads, compared to what we do in the UK (see my recent post on ‘Time’). I even recently read a Model Railroad Hobbyist article where the layout had padlocks … Continue reading
