Category Archives: Out and about

Odd modelling ideas #322

Message from the Cha(I)rman in Switzeland….. Been trying to get a photo of this place for years.  What do you do with your old shipping containers!!! Turn them into an advertising site. This would make an impressive cameo on a … Continue reading

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Swiss Roll #5

Thanks, Allan.  Normal service will be resumed next week!!!!

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Swiss Roll #4

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Swiss Roll #3

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Swiss Roll #2

Nice to see that England’s football team are firmly in the ‘Leave’ camp – but Brexit from Euro2016 with defeat by Iceland is just too much…..  

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Swiss Roll #1

As promised, the next few days, whilst I am working in Singapore, will feature lots of wordless pictures from Allan’s Swiss jaunt in 2014.  Every year Allan and brother Ron have a Swiss holiday, staying in much the same places, … Continue reading

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Miniatur Wonderland – 5 – USA and snow

Thanks, Allan for all these excellent photographs. The exhibition is slowly moving out of mainland Europe, as the scenes from the USA show.  And there’s lots of snow around in places.  Very difficult to model well, but this looks pretty … Continue reading

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Miniatur Wunderland – 4 – Rural and coastal

Mainly pictures out in the countryside and down by the sea…..

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Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg – 3 – Mainly urban

Mainly urban pictures today…. Now that’s what I call an accident…..

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Miniatur Wonderland, Hamburg – 2 – the airport

The airport is a highlight of the exhibition.  It has everything, and it all works…. From Zeppelins…. To an air show…. To EasyJet (I was on one of those yesterday)….. To landings that really happen….. To taxiways full of moving … Continue reading

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