Category Archives: Weird and wonderful

Happy New Year 2020!

Posted on December 30, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

A Happy New Year to you all!  I hope that it’s a good one and plenty of modelling gets done.  I will try and do a little more modelling this year.  With retirement this should be possible, but there seem … Continue reading →

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Post-Christmas links

Posted on December 28, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

First, a little modelling challenge.  How about a “Book nook” Book nooks are defined as “mini worlds created within your bookshelf”, usually as a diorama of an alley.  The idea seems to have originated in 2018 from a Japanese artist … Continue reading →

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End of an era

Posted on December 14, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

After 43 years working for the same company, I paid my last visit to work today.  As I have been working part time and on zero-hours, I submitted my final invoice, and handed in my computer and door card. Truly … Continue reading →

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More links

Posted on December 4, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Weeks of timewasting profitable browsing with these two galleries of photographs. The late David Heys’ site has an informative text and is full of great photographs from all over the country.  Just browsing, I was surprised to find BR Co-Bo … Continue reading →

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Couple of links

Posted on October 2, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Just returned from a rather windy and wet weekend in Wales (how about that for alliteration?)  Worst disruption on the roads, though, was following a large flock of sheep up a single track road.  So just a couple of links … Continue reading →

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Thought of the day

Posted on September 24, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Sound advice seen on the London Underground.  Mind you, a potato would be an improvement over some of our club members…..

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All-terrain Ice Cream

Posted on September 18, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Another little modelling challenge, if you have a spare Oxford models Land Rover available.  How about a conversion into an ice-cream van? See the O9 modeller blog for this idea!

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Another modelling challenge?

Posted on September 12, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Now this would make a good animation for your station…. But please don’t try this at home, gentle readers!

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Odd modelling ideas #456 – Believe it or not?

Posted on September 6, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Or what to do with an old roundhouse…. From Facebook and originally Google Earth, this car repair shop has been adapted from part of a roundhouse.  The turntable has been replaced by some rather tight curves.  This would make such … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #70 – An interesting project?

Posted on August 24, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

From Facebook, Micro/Small Railroad group.  It’s not Photoshopped, but from Englewood Logging Ry, Vancouver Island, BC.  Anyone game to model this in ‘N’? It makes the ‘Pacer’ units positively modern, and I suggest that a Dapol Pacer could be a … Continue reading →

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