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Southern Railway Coach formations
With the advent of the excellent Dapol Southern Railway Maunsell coaches, we’ll need to know how to put together a realistic formation. I came across this useful information on the Worsley Works etched ‘scratch-aid’ and kit site (originally from the … Continue reading
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Is this Google’s fault?
It continues to amaze me that one of the most read posts over the last 18 months is a little item called, “Jon’s Modules – Peco lash up”. I don’t know what people expected to read?? And I pre-dated ’50 … Continue reading
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‘OO’ Coaches – Jon’s old trains #3
From Irish narrow gauge to Southern coaches. Here are a few of my early efforts. Some of my first successful scratch built models were this SECR ‘Birdcage’ rake. They never got lettered or lined, but weren’t bad at all. Note the open … Continue reading
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Ideas matter
This is from another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… Our craft suffers from a scarcity of ideas. Ideas that change our image of what the hobby could be. When Frank Ellison suggested that a model … Continue reading
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Forgotten Dreams – Jon’s old trains #2
Most modellers have what is generally known as a ‘gloat’ box – but mine must be worst than most. I’ve been excavating some more, and have come up with all sorts of things. A lot of them I’d forgotten completely. … Continue reading
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Living in the past – Jon’s old trains #1
Not much progress on the modules since coming back from Hong Kong, but I decided it was time for a real turnout of my storage boxes of trains, dating back nearly 50 years. It’s time to keep a few things, and … Continue reading
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Tagged irish railways, model railway, narrow gauge
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Model Railway Journal no. 235
I used to buy the MRJ regularly, enjoying the high quality of model making, and sometimes even taking away an idea that I could use myself. Why did I stop? I’m not sure – I stopped buying most railway magazines … Continue reading
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Book review – ‘Great Model Railroads 2015’
One essential purchase every year is the Model Railroader ‘Great Model Railroads’ special. I may have given up Model Railroader itself, but this annual magazine, and also the ‘Model Railroad Planning’ issue in the new year, are always worth buying … Continue reading
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An ideal present for the railway enthusiast
After the Stuttgart marathon blog, back to some more random railway posts. Have you ever wondered what to call your model railway? It’s easy if you are modelling a real prototype, or making a free-lanced line in real countryside. But … Continue reading
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Some interesting (non-Stuttgart) photographs
Two links I came across recently. The Daily Telegraph has a picture gallery of women at work on the railways during WW1. Interesting stuff, and some good photos of London termini, and also of Horwich works, with its own narrow … Continue reading
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