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As mentioned at the start of the month, I went and manned a demo desk at the Brisbane Miniature Train Show. Naturally I was, like Caesar, ambitious with what I hoped to do.To give some idea, I took with me the Chivers kits which appeared in the previous post, along with 3 Black 5s to renumber, ....
Today's meeting was mainly a talk by Richard Wilson.Also included was distribution of a draft of his "workshop tools" list, which will probably finish up on the VAG - this gave rise to some discussion of various individual items on there, such as optical centre punches, with Richard and Justin using ....
A lack of posts over the last few weeks has been down to a lack of progress worth sharing. I've spent quite some time trying to get a system of operating the TOUs going over and over the options, trying and failing and re-thinking.
Initially I used wires linked directly from the switches to the TO ....
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Can't believe this time last week I was weathering the roof canopy, painting the track and adding brute trolleys to the ends of the platform
On reflection this week, I have been giving a lot of thought to the future of PWBIAB and indeed all my layouts with our impending move back to ....
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An update on how the layout faired and some initial thoughts on my future modelling plans...
Yesterday, PWBIAB was launched at the BHMRC exhibition 2013, a one day exhibition which I exhibited KIAB at in 2010.
Time had run out on me last week, a mixture of work commitments, the unti ....
Not much modelling has been achieved in the past few months as I've been using all my spare time to train for an Ironman distance triathlon on the 1st June. However a bad calf strain has all but put pay to that ambition. The silver lining is that I now have a more time for modelling. Fearnan is a ....
In a scandalous misuse of the limited time remaining before Railex, Jackie and I took the Cheltenham Flyer from Tyseley to Paddington and Back with 'Castle' class 'Earl of Mount Edgecumbe'.
The run was superb - a storming ascent of Sapperton and some fast running in both directions on the main line ....
A quick wee note on the May 2013 meeting, on SUNDAY May 12th 2013 at Keighley MRC from 10am, coniciding with the KMRC's open day.The topics for this meeting are -Replacement of curved track at the Bradford end with straight track to interface with fiddle yards. Installation of single slip for Brook ....
...ing carsThe Met Camm SLC is the first of the four coaches built during the cold season to escape from the paint shop and take its place between its two friends.The build is almost identical to the other two. There are a few minor improvements because I now know more about the real things (and hav ....
Greetings from Uckfield in April.
The following photos give an idea of what we#8217;ve been up to in the lead up to the next meeting and Richard#8217;s 10th year challenge.
Nigel brought along the surgically enhanced GWR Collett Goods. This now has loco drive allowing the tender to be cut down to ....
Things are pretty hectic right now getting stuff that we have planned finished in time for Railex but here's a little photo taken at a recent meeting.
Those longer in the tooth may remember this loco on our old group layout 'Helsby Tumill and Haddon'. It was built from a Foxhunter kit by the late ....
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With only 9 days to go, I seem to have found myself in a worse position than in 2010 when I exhibited KIAB
A dose of bad luck in that the laser cutter at work broke (and has just been reinstated today) has meant that a few things won't be done in quite the way I had envisaged them, ....
"An extremely busy end to 2012 on the domestic front saw less trains being done than I had planned - stuff happened, but more often than not I didn't get around to photographing what I did. I do have some which I will upload in coming days." I wrote this back in February. The title hasn't ....
Me again!This weekend I havent had musch time (or inclination!) to carry on with the point rodding so instead the short time I had spare I had a go at something else...These have been on my mind for a while now and as usual, the only solution was to experiment!I have been growing my own asparagus fe ....
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Work has been progressing as and when I can mid week and weekends but with not long to go I start to wonder what compromises may need to be made to get things done...
With the laser cutter at work still out of action until some time next week (projected) I have trying to progress oth ....
A few weeks ago I thought I would do some weathering on my rolling stock. I wanted to create the filthy conditions that you get with the ferry vans. I thought I would use the side of an old Tiger POA, as this closely ressembles the sides of the Cargowaggons and VGAs, i.e. panels with ribbing.
I use ....
Aside from running out of ideas and being in desperate need of linking a lever frame with my TOUs so that I commence scenic work I have been slowly putting brick after brick individually in various walls.
I have a plan to produce my own brick paper 'kits' for the three station buildings (station bu ....
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