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Newborough Beach It’s good to take a step away from stuff. Ogwen Valley This post was to be an #FEF theme, but having been away for a few days last week mixing work with pleasure, (it can work), I thought I’d put up some pretty pictures instead Snowdon Horseshoe / Yr Wdffa The last time I was on Yr Wyddfa I was perched on Crib Goch as my starter for ten. Quite the intro for hill walking, if you know, you know! Eglwys Cwyfan These are all north Welsh locations, it’s a country I love and is excellent for detoxing, and with stunning scenery. If you’ve not been there, go. #fef If I had done #fef ..read more

This is the most recent part of the improvement package I’m doing on the Bachmann Standard Class 5, and as this covers the improvements made to the front bogie wheels and the chimney, sort of comes under the #fef banner! Most of the components used here are from the Alan Gibson range. Good quality replacement parts always make these sort of tasks easier and quicker, as do good tools. The above work not taking much more than an hour, makes these improvements a viable set of small changes, that can be done sequentially. Next steps will be changing the smokebox door detailing and AWS boxes whic ..read more

Severn Models N28 With the festive season officially over, twelfth night and all that, it’s been quite a good couple of weeks of getting stuff done. Over the period I was able to do some short bursts, as well as lengthier sessions in the man cave. We all pick up kits and models at shows, or from friends over time, and the shed from Severn models above is just one of those examples for me. I’ve got a number of things underway at the moment, preparing items for a trial N Gauge layout, some 4mm Bachmann makeovers, and a couple of Accurascale gems to complete. Severn Models N28 The benefit of doin ..read more

As we take our last steps out of 2023, it’s time to say thank you to all you readers, who take the time out of your day to read the blog, or look at the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook pages. Also thank you to my fellow social media authors whom provide me with inspiration, as always, please take time to look at or read their links they’re always a good read. A final nod of appreciation too, to the manufacturers and publishers of the products we use. In my experience they’re approachable, helpful and enthusiastic about our hobby, without them our ‘world’ would be a much poorer place. While t ..read more

Covent Garden At Christmas It’s that time of year again, a quick thank you to you readers for taking your time to drop by and spend some time here. The blog, YouTube Instagram threads and Facebook wouldn’t be possible without input and inspiration from other modellers, and friends in the trade whom all inspire and support in many different ways the production process f this blog and associated content. As always if you have time to spare do read the linked blogs and social media accounts, they’re full of good, wide ranging and interesting content. This is one of the few Christmas periods wher ..read more

An introduction to a makeover I’m giving to a Bachmann BR Standard Class 5. The model dates from the early noughties, and still holds its own today. The overall accuracy is excellent, the shape and core dimensions are all there and correct, so why the makeover? Well this release, and one other had a variety of detail errors. By this I mean that the wrong components were assembled making an inaccurate representation of any variant of the class. A bit like Eric Morecambes ‘all the notes are there, it’s just they’re not in the right order!’ What I intend to do is to cover the modification and re ..read more

Yep, I’m N gauged! Finetrax Code 40 Bullhead Track This won’t come as a surprise to some readers, as I’ve worked in N gauge previously. A good few years back I built Collier Street which featured in Railway Modeller Collier Street N Gauge This was built from a plan by my good friend and frequent partner in crime, Paul Lunn. The plan was from the N gauge Set track plan book to show what could be done to give a realistic look using off the shelf components, in addition to set track. Collier Street N Gauge Over the past few years I’ve been aware of the improvements in N gauge Uk outline equipment ..read more

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MODEL RAIL MAGAZINE MODEL RAIL 009 VoR 2-6-2TMODEL RAIL 009 VoR 2-6-2T OXFORD RAIL Oxford Rail Cowans Sheldon 15T Crane It was nice to see Oxford Rail back in the room with an update of their 15T Cowans Sheldon crane. It’s is again under development with the addition of a match truck of a design yet to be shown. The 5 plank here is just for show. The crane I think will do really well for them, its niche, but small enough for most modellers to adopt one as a nice to have. The J26 is also back on track and the EP’s certainly capture the overall look of the class. Oxford Rail Cowans Sheldon 15T C ..read more