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Jon’s modules – a new module – the Club House
You will recall a while back, I posted Allan’s holiday snap of an interesting building in Switzerland made out of old containers….. And how I had bought a bag of cheap containers at TINGS….. Well, I found the site of … Continue reading
Odd modelling idea #96
I don’t think I’ve done this one before! From the Daily Telegraph and CNN (amongst others.) Main road swallowed up as huge sinkhole collapses in centre of Japanese city Residents of a major Japanese city woke up to a main … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules – should I make some changes?
Over the past three years or so, my N-club modules have made slow progress. Totalling 3.6m in length, along the loft wall, they represent Rochelle Park on the Lehigh Valley. The layout has got to the point when it is ready … Continue reading
That was the week, that was…..
Well, it’s been quite some week…… The new budgie has been named ‘Busta’, as he spends his whole time trying to break out of his cage….. And sit on the lampshade….. Chantelle, my youngest, completed her music course at the … Continue reading
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Playing or creating?
Model Railroad Hobbyist is a bit of a mixture – I suppose like any periodical – but at least it’s free! However, issue 80, October 2016 has some good things in it. The editorial has some good words on model … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules – retirement projects?
As my income drops dramatically, here are a few additions to the gloat box….. A very neat sheet metal bending tool, for those etched brass kits. Supplied quickly and painlessly by this on-line shop. I never remember what I need … Continue reading
Respect the scale
More on the size question, this time from the OST blog. It’s aimed more at ‘O’ gauge, but a lot of these thoughts can be factored into any scale. Many of the layout design conventions we take for granted were … Continue reading
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Odd modelling idea #2222
Just a quick post today, as my daughter has hi-jacked her father’s laptop to complete her dissertation….. From the Daily Telegraph: Eurostar train ploughs into wild boar causing delays for passengers Eurostar passengers were delayed after a train ploughed into … Continue reading
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Does size matter?
Well, the title should get me a few reads, anyway….. But what I really meant to say was provoked by Martin’s ‘G’ scale electric… Looking at this locomotive provoked the proverbial ‘train of thought.’ It’s a brilliant model, but I … Continue reading
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Heritage Modelling
Jerry Clifford writes in Model Railway Journal #249….. There have, of course, been some superb finescale models of railways in the heritage era. Tom Everett’s contemporary model of Ropley is just one example, but there is no denying they are … Continue reading
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