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Kernow models announce Boscarne Junction LSWR Ground Frame Hut
Following on from the announcement by Kernow models of the London South Western Railway (LSWR) Type 3 signal box based on Boscarne Junction back in August, I am pleased to advise following a...
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Next Pictures: Arnold / Hornby N Gauge Brighton Belle Running Prototype
Last month I was able to post the first pictures of the Arnold / Hornby N Gauge Brighton Belle fist off engineering prototype tooling that is being produced in the British 1.148 scale rather then the...
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Fisherton Sarum appears in Model Rail Magazine
Although still October, the December 2013 issue (Number 189) of Model Rail Magazine has already hit the subscribers doormats and is also available via their iPad app. Copies hit the newsagent shelves...
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Once again Spalding exhibition and once again St Stephen’s Road
As is usual for this time of year it is a busy period for model railway exhibitions. Following hot on the heals of the successful High Wycombe & District MRS Wycrail exhibition last Saturday, this...
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Kernow Model Centre exclusive models update
The Kernow Model Centre have today made the following announcement about their exclusive models and commissions and I post it below in full. In our determination to provide high-quality detailed models...
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Pause today to remember
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short...
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That was the Warley that was…from a Southern perspective
As per my post last week I attended the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition Last weekend assisting Hornby Magazine editor Mike Wild operate his Topley Dale layout at its first and last public...
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Modelling the Southern Vol2 published and features Fisherton Sarum
Following on from the publication in May 2012 of Modelling the Southern Volume 1: Ideas and Inspiration by Jeremy English, via Kevin Robertson’s, Noodle Books stable this week sees the publication of...
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An announcement…about announcements
In the true tradition of ”if you notice this notice you will notice it is not worth noticing” this post is an announcement about announcements announcing new products by both Hornby and Bachmann. As I...
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Hornby 2014 announcement from an SR/BR(s) perspective includes Drummond 700...
Hornby have today announced their 2014 range and included within it are a number of new items of interest to Southern modellers with the headline being the introduction of a Drummond 700 class 0-6-0...
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Hornby 2014 announcement update 700 class and 2 Hal / 2 Bil
Following the announcement by Hornby on Monday of their plans for 2014 that included an ex LSWR Drummond 700 class 0-6-0 and SR 2 Hal EMU a number of questions had been raised. Another shot of the pre...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas Fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace and happiness. OK so it’s Photshop trickery…my 21C14 in slightly unfamiliar surroundings, but Merry Christmas and Happy new...
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Talking Stock #27 4mm Bulleid coaches – new R-T-R on the way?
The topic of Bulleid coaches has come to the fore again via a number of mediums. Firstly; the new Graham Farish Bulleid coaches in 2mm N gauge have hit the shops, a good review of them by Nigel Burkin...
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Bachmann E4 first EP pictures
The ex London Brighton and South Coast 0-6-2 E4 class of radial tanks were first announced by Bachmann at the 2013/14 product launch in March last year and detailed on this blog here. Work on their...
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Bachmann E4 EP update and Hornby delivery news
Further to my last post with the first Bachmann E4 class Engineering Prototype pictures I am now also able to post the following images that are copyright and courtesy of Andy York (clicking the images...
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Kernow Model Centre O2 progresses to tooling and other model news
I am pleased to exclusively announce that the CAD drawings for the 6 versions of the Kernow Model Centre Adams 0-4-4T O2 class locomotives have now been signed off to enable tooling to commence. Kernow...
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Kernow Model Centre announce an additional O2 livery variant
Further to my post here last week exclusively announcing that the Cads for the Kernow Model Centre ex LSWR O2 class have been signed off for tooling, they have today announced a further livery variant....
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The casualties of exhibiting…post Watford thoughts
There are some who will wonder why we do it… we spend hours building a layout and its rolling stock to then transport it miles around the country, set it up, intensively operate it then pack it all...
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Controlling Interests #7 Fiddle Yard exit power
Although I have been exhibiting Fisherton Sarum since November 2006 feedback from my operating team has resulted in suggestions and ideas for ways to continually improve the way we operate and exhibit....
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Graham Farish N Class Engineering Prototype first pictures
Back in March 2013 Graham Farish announced its intention to produce the N Class 2-6-0 mogul in N gauge. I am pleased to show below the first pictures (copyright and courtesy of A York) of the...
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