Category Archives: Weird and wonderful

Odd modelling ideas #37 – Cranes

Posted on May 22, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Redhill has seen a little excitement over the past week, with the arrival of a tower crane to help build their new Sainsbury store.  It involved a road closure, a certain amount of confusion, and a chance to examine some … Continue reading →

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Virgin on the hilarious

Posted on April 30, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We’ll end the month with a little non-railway related humour.  The Daily Telegraph reported: Virgin on the hilarious: airport worker entertains passengers with brilliant boarding messages As anybody who has answered “did you pack your own bags?” with sarcasm will … Continue reading →

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April fool!

Posted on April 2, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A day late, but here are a few railway orientated jokes, past and present. Residents of Copenhagen who visited the square in front of the town hall were greeted by a strange sight. One of the subway cars from the … Continue reading →

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Wombling on…..

Posted on March 31, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Allan sent me this gem of a photograph….. For those with a sheltered childhood, or from remote parts of the world that escaped the Womble plague, read more here.  My children were lucky enough to miss them first time around, … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #666 – A challenging prototype?

Posted on March 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

The Daily Telegraph came up with a fascinating set of photos of life in North Korea, that included a few of the railways.  It’s an interesting modelling challenge, with little prototype information to go on – I suspect Chinese prototypes … Continue reading →

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Pacers: The train that the UK has struggled to get rid of

Posted on March 9, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

An observation about railway modellers is that we are not very good at modelling the ordinary.  It takes a lot of discipline to keep your model making or buying to a specific era or discipline, rather than apply “Rule 1” (it’s … Continue reading →

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Lego sushi ?!?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

I grew up with Meccano – my children grew up with Lego.  But they never got this keen!  It’s not railway modelling, but one has to admire skilful modelling in whatever shape or form.  How about a complete sushi restaurant … Continue reading →

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Two photos

Posted on February 28, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

To finish February, two random photographs I came across whilst ambling around the web.  Sorry, I haven’t got the links or owners… Firstly, unloading an elephant from a circus train.  (From the file name, I think this is an entry … Continue reading →

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BadSouthernRail

Posted on February 24, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

With Southern Train’s unenviable reputation, it’s no wonder that mock Southern Rail Twitter account https://twitter.com/BadSouthernRail is doing so well and has more than 3,000 followers. Here are a few Tweets which Redhill residents may be able to relate to….  

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Odd modelling ideas #2

Posted on February 22, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Thanks to N Gauge Forum for this gross idea – “Something prototypical I’d rather not model,”  with a link to this BBC page.  The BBC is a bit over-the-top about the risks – only 10% of UK trains still deposit … Continue reading →

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