Tag Archives: model railway

What do you care about?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Another short, but excellent post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… What do trains help you to care about? For what it’s worth, here’s my answer: trains help me remember times and events that are meaningful. Memories that I … Continue reading →

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The fear factor

Posted on May 21, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

One of my regular blog reads, ‘Motorised Dandruff’, has been very quiet recently.  However, I found I could identify with this recent post: The major problem I have is one of perfectionist block (I think that’s what its called). I … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference!

Posted on May 13, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I hope that the Railway Modeller will forgive my use of this excellent photograph of 3 ‘Deltics’.  To explain, and to quote… An imposing line up of Deltics, reminiscent of Haymarket shed in the 1960’s, perhaps?  However, not everything is … Continue reading →

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There could be some truth in this?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Sent to me, so I’m unable to give credit where credit is due.  But I suspect it could be very close to the truth”

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Shunting scrabble

Posted on March 8, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I am always impressed by the realistic operation of US model railroads, compared to what we do in the UK (see my recent post on ‘Time’).  I even recently read a Model Railroad Hobbyist article where the layout had padlocks … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 5 February 2015

Posted on March 6, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I think this evening has been coming for some time.  At 7:30 there were only four members present, so we retreated to armchairs and waited for reinforcements.  Even the Cha(i)rman had cried off with a cold, so there was no … Continue reading →

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Adventures in time and place #2 – Location, location, location

Posted on March 2, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

A number of recent blogs and articles have had me thinking not only about time, but also about place.  There are two aspects to this – can the location of your model railway be identified before a train arrives – … Continue reading →

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What colour(s) is track?

Posted on February 28, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

I’m getting to the stage when I will need to start painting and ballasting the track on my modules.  Looking at the albums I have in my possession, one can see that it’s not a matter of a spray of … Continue reading →

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‘OO’ Locos – Jon’s old trains #4

Posted on February 22, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Last of my old ‘OO’ stock packed away were a number of Southern Railway locomotives. The two tank engines both run on the old Hornby ‘R1’ chassis.  The ex-LSWR  ‘G6’ on the left was my first cast kit (by Wills).  … Continue reading →

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Adventures in time and place #1

Posted on February 16, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

No, this is not a review of the latest episode of ‘Dr Who’.  Rather, there have been some interesting posts recently on how ‘time’ and ‘location’ work when we are building a model railway.  I’m a sucker for these ‘philosophical’ … Continue reading →

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