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When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our...
If you so wish, wear your poppy with pride today, pause respectfully for two minutes at 11 am this Armistice Day and again this Remembrance Sunday remembering all those, both service and civilian...
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Westhill Road, an introduction #2
My first Westhill Road, introduction #1 post provided a little of the what and the why behind the plan for Westhill Road, this introduction #2 covers more of the what, and some of the when, with...
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Picture of the Month – December 2021
This months picture… 30067 catches the light on the quayside
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British Railways Modelling, World of Railways fourth virtual #BigWorldShow...
This weekend 4th/5th December sees the fourth World of Railways Virtual Exhibition, and a weekend filled with entertainment for all ages, model railways of all shapes, sizes and scales, plus...
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas to you all, fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and perhaps hopefully some time for modelling. Who knows what the next few weeks or even months might...
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Canute Road Quay – Exhibition update – Stafford Railway Circle Exhibition 5th...
I have been advised that the Stafford Railway Circle Exhibition that Canute Road Quay was due to attend on 5th & 6th February 2022 has been unfortunately cancelled. The show organisers have...
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Westhill Road Ramblings#1 3B or not 3B choosing a signal box
Welcome to the first of my Westhill Road Ramblings as I think thoughts (or why isn’t that thunk?), yes dangerous I know, to develop the concept in my mind / imagination and start to make actual...
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Picture of the Month – January 2022
Happy New Year. The first picture of the month for 2022. Adams B4s Guernsey and Caen shunt at Canute Road Quay in the early 1920s
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New Golden Arrow etched plates from 247 Developments
My good friend, excellent modeller and proprietor of 247 Developments Brian Mosby has advised me that he now has produced in his vast etched range Golden Arrow headboard and Arrows that adorned either...
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Astolat Guildford Exhibition – Sunday 16th Jan is GOING AHEAD – See Canute...
I am pleased to advise that the Astolat Model Railway Circle exhibition on Sunday 16th January is GOING AHEAD which makes a welcome change at a time that has seen many shows cancelled. I look forward...
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Hornby announce their 2022 range, new liveries for SR/BR(s) items
Hornby have today announced their forthcoming range for 2022. Although no tooling from a Southern Railway perspective modellers, the highlights include new versions of the Class 423 4-VEP EMUs, a new...
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Workbench Witterings#12 Building an LSWR Type 3B signal Box for Westhill Road
In my Westhill Road Ramblings#1 post here, I discussed my thought process for selecting the style and type of signal box for my new little modelling venture Westhill Road. This post looks at my scratch...
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Rapido Trains UK announce South Eastern & Chatham Railway wagons, the Diagram...
Rapido Trains UK have announced today that they are producing two new ‘OO’ gauge South Eastern & Chatham Railway wagons, the Diagram 1426 van and the Dia. 1744 ballast wagon. These vans were...
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Picture of the Month – February 2022
This months picture… The snow has melted since my Christmas picture as Drummond T14 NBo. 466 passes Bulleid Battle of Britain s21c159 Sir Archibald Sinclair waiting on shed at Fisherton Sarum
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Bachmann reveal decorated samples of their upcoming Bulleid coaches in 00
Bachmann have released images of decorated samples for the much anticipated brand new range of Bulleid 64ft coaches. It is good to see further progress in the development of these coaches, I have...
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Workbench Witterings#13 Backdating Hornby Bulleid Merchant Navy to 21c11...
Following on from my previous Workbench Wittering posts where I have been forward dating Hornby Series One Merchant Navys #10 21c3 and #11 21c7 to their 1947 condition, as Hornby have so far only...
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Workbench Witterings#14 A quick brake… in 3D a SECR Diagram 1558
One of those occasions when looking for an item you come across something else purchased a while back and think I should really finish it… The other weekend I found my 3D print, purchased from Simon...
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Workbench Witterings#15 Going bananas with a Great Eastern flavour
It is not often I post about a new Great Eastern ready to run model but this post is about the latest Oxford Rail Great Eastern Railway 10 ton banana van, confused? Read on… In fact, along with some...
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Rails of Sheffield announce ex SECR / SR Maunsell D1 Class 4-4-0 in 00 Gauge
In partnership with Dapol, Rails of Sheffield have announced that they are producing the ex SECR / SR D1 Class locomotive. Production is already well underway with a current ETA being late Autumn...
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LSWR style etched brass lattice footbridge kit available from Severn Models...
Severn Models have added a LSWR etched brass lattice footbridge kit in 4mm scale to their excellent and ever increasing range of etched brass model kits and detailing parts. Their D24 kit is based on...
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