Blogs about Railway modelling

An update to this blog is severely overdue, it appears. I hadn't realised it had been so long since I had last posted.There's been no big leap forward since the autumn but there have been …

A little paper planning and a few problems, well not problems so much as fairly obvious setbacks. All looks fairly good in my head until I factor in immovable objects like radiators. This doesn't add …

Waving Willy and Waving Wayne wave in the arrival of the new covert mobile moonshine production rail car. Bought secondhand from British Rail, Laboratory 20 was originally used to develop food items and beverages for …

I've been continuing to try to finish off some things that have been hanging around and this started with a couple of brake vans. I do have a bit of a thing for brake vans …

The Dawes Brothers have spent the weekend in Kidderminster, visiting the Swiss exhibition and perhaps even the AGM, and riding on the Severn Valley Railway. A few shots of the exhibition today, with full size …

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Hang on, this post is all over the place. That is to say, the road is winding, with turns aplenty. Periodically I search eBay for a particular car; a card side refrigerator car that fits …

Adding 70ft of N-scale layout and some overview picturesKanata Rail overview pictures Feb 2024:

Only just in April, that sure beats last years June! The annual post-winter tidy up and clearing of the tramway this weekend saw on Sunday late afternoon as the shadows lengthened, trains running for the …

This old shack and truck were both scratch built using a few commercial parts. The shack was built with board by board siding over an internal frame. The roof shingles are commercial. There are two …

As part of the preperation for the NGRS, I've been sorting through the 32mm gauge stock to assemble a (hopefully) reliable collection for the day. I'm going to run through the trains, as much as …

A personal philosophy In order to be a modeller of railways there needs to be a model railway. It doesn't matter if it is a loft or an Ikea box, there has to be a …

I love that Steve Thomason photo, at Far Ings Tileries. As I said when learning to make the dirt, 3 ties, some broken concrete: I love this study: “I’m not a very good modelmaker and …

Today marks 54 years since the passing of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE. He was of course Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway between 27th May 1937 and 31st December 1947 and then briefly …

Railway Modeller May 2024 featuring Invermire The May issue of Railway Modeller features the Hessle Model Railway Group’s 7mm scale layout Invermire – how wasn’t it Railway of the Month though? I have watched the …