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Tales from my workbench, shows reports and build project updates for my models and model train layouts.
I didn’t mean to do that
How working on the model river lead to flooding one of my points with masking fluid! [...]
Making a river, exhibition layout
Starting on the scenery. [...]
Mission impossible: The impossible railway
I've seen some bonkers model railways over the years but nothing compares to this. [...]
Building an OO scale mill house
Building a mill house. [...]
Revision, exhibition layout
With the baseboard construction and track laid down, I've had a chance to plan some of the detail of the layout and typically this highlighted a problem. [...]
Laying the track
Now for the fun part. [...]
Backscene Selection
For me, the back scenes of layouts are critical. [...]
Track planning on modular base boards
My exhibition layout has been designed with a track plan finalised but track plans for modular baseboards are slightly different to normal layouts. [...]
Making my first exhibition layout
It was just another email. [...]
A present to myself
I don't smoke. Or take drugs. And I only drink moderately. What I do have a weakness for is... [...]
Organising and storing my paints
Life in lockdown continues, as does the move to our new house, which is putting a damper on my man-cave activities.
Instead, I've been looking at ways to [...]
Update: a move and new space for train tinkering
For a good reason posts have been lacking here recently but with a little luck that will change after Christmas. [...]
Can you help?
It's that time of year again when we share love and goodwill. [...]
Triang Merton Factory
One of my layouts, the Wandle Valley, will feature the old Tri-ang factory in Merton. Sadly, the building is no longer there which makes modelling it difficult [...]
A family visit turns into railway reconnaissance
It wasn't planned but a family visit turned up an expected surprise and a massive aid to my layout construction.
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Rebuild, revise or carry on?
Well that's annoying. [...]
A trip down memory lane
As mentioned in a previous post, I've recently rediscovered a few of my long lost childhood trains. [...]
Which are you?
Recently while making space for some of my father's things, I came across an old issue of Railway Modeller magazine. [...]
Richard Leaning, Dad.
This isn't a post I expected or wanted to write. [...]
£35 Model Railway In A Box Conclusion, part 8
Although the core of the model railway in a box challenge wasn't completed last time, there were a few little bits around the layout I wanted to tidy up. [...]