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Category Archives: Out and about
Tolworth 2015 #1
Fraternite et Solidarite avec La France! Can it really be a whole year since I was extolling the virtues of the enormous 2mm layout Fencehouses at the Hampton Court MRS show at Tolworth? It seems to have come round very quickly, … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Inspiration, Layout design, Out and about
Tagged exhibition, France, model railway, N gauge
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The bridge over the River Kwai
In 1997, I was working in Thailand, and took a weekend visiting the bridge over the River Kwai and the surrounding countryside. If I recall correctly, this is a rebuilt bridge, as the original that cost so many Allied soldiers’ … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, Thailand
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Climbing Everest on the Tube
For you fitness fiends, here’s an idea that I, for one, will not be taking up, from the Daily Telegraph: This Tube map shows you how you could climb Everest using the London Underground The map tells you how many … Continue reading
Posted in Hints and tips, Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype, Weird and wonderful
Tagged inspiration, London Underground, prototype, railway
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A prehistoric station?
If you’re a German modeller, how about this for a station name? I suppose, obviously enough, they named the species after the place it was first found. The plan comes from the Sporenplan site with lots of mainly continental track layouts. The … Continue reading
Posted in Layout design, N Club International, Out and about, Prototype
Tagged Germany, inspiration, layout design, prototype
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Abingdon & District MRC Exhibition 31 October 2015
I’ve just had a week off work, and a morning at a model railway show to finish off the week seemed a good idea. (I had aimed to get lots of modelling done, but I seemed to have spent more … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Exhibitions, Inspiration, Out and about
Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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Software malfunction?
This blog is not political or commercial. But this picture deserves an audience! Thanks to David (who sells VW campers) and was about to take this photo into the office when I borrowed it. Anyway, I’ve decided that my next car … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, railway
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Not true – I prefer Thomas!
Another Facebook contribution from Allan….. Actually, I don’t think this is true. There’s nothing wrong with Thomas the Tank Engine and I might prefer an LBSCR E1 class and a 4-4-0 to an American monster. I was brought up on … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, railway
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Odd modelling idea #692
Thank you, Duncan, for this wonderful link. It is all in German, but a link to the UK Evening Standard gives this interesting text…. The strangest football stadium in the world? Train line runs through the ground of a Slovakian … Continue reading
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Tagged hints and tips, inspiration, layout design, model railway
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King’s Cross, January 1970
Scanning some more old photographs, I came across these pictures of King’s Cross on a raw January day in 1970. My camera was awful, so apologies for the fuzzy focus. But I’d forgotten what a great place the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, King's Cross, prototype, railway
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