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1971 – July – Birdcage discomfort

Posted on April 27, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Also in the July 1971 edition of Railway Magazine was an interesting article on the Oxted line of Southern Railway and BR Southern Region.  This line branched off the main Brighton line at East Croydon, wound its way through Oxted … Continue reading →

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1971 – April – “Gricers” reach Wales

Posted on March 30, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The April 1971 edition of Railway Magazine contained an article informing us that there were still seven classes of steam locomotive operating in Malaysia.  They had certainly all gone by 1985 when Maxine and I took a train from Kuala … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on March 24, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A good article from the BBC, exploring how ten London Underground stations got their peculiar names: How tube stations got their unusual names Scan a map of the London Underground for the first time, and you’ll likely notice that it … Continue reading →

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Living in the past

Posted on February 12, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

I came home from our last ESNG with a pile of old rail magazines, prototype and model.  Ian was offering them free to any takers, and what was left I offered to take home and have a browse then recycle … Continue reading →

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Shelf layout design

Posted on December 14, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

An interesting clinic presented at the NMRA MCR “Thoroughbred Limited” Convention May 13-18, 2015 by Philip Gliebe.  It’s interesting as this is an American looking largely at UK branch line layouts for inspiration.  ‘Shelf layouts’ in the USA are often … Continue reading →

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Swiss Redux #2

Posted on July 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Another quiet day mountain train spotting…..

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How to do an undecorated model

Posted on July 17, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

I was delighted to receive my long ordered Rapido Osgood-Bradley coaches.  I was less delighted that they chose to take the money from my account just as the pound tanked after Brexit! The Rapido models are delightful, and full of … Continue reading →

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Swiss Roll #2

Posted on June 29, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

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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MODELING- New Weathering Technique..for me

Posted on September 3, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Originally posted on Gene's P48 Blog:
I have become a fan of plastic modelers who build armor and aircraft models. No, I am not building them but I am learning new techniques from this band of talented modelers.  I know many of…

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Fun? A little of what you fancy does you good….

Posted on August 26, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

“And she’ll have fun, fun, fun, till her daddy takes the t-bird away” (Beach Boys) “I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”  (Dr. Seuss, The Cat … Continue reading →

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