What’s this? No posts for 4 years, then 2 in one day? A bit like buses 2 come along at once. Which is the reason for this post. Besides the interest in railways, I also have a passion for old buses, particularly those of the former Ribble Motor Services of my home town of Preston. …
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Kidderminster Redux
The last post on here was almost 4 years ago and related to a trip to the Severn Valley Railway headquarters for the 5.5MM Association AGM. While I haven’t been to every one since 2021 (it has clashed with other exhibitions in some years), I did make it this year, and have come away with …
The Butterfly Effect
IN chaos theory, the butterfly effect proposes that a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon can cause storms in Texas, in other words, something seemingly insignificant can have a knock on effect apparently unrelated to it. I made a trip to Kidderminster on Saturday to the AGM of the 5.5mm Association, a very pleasant …
2021 : Where has the time gone?
Despite my good intentions, the updates on this blog seem to be getting further apart. I have to admit, I mostly use this blog to host photos to show my work on other fora. What of this update? Well, the work situation has resolved itself, the furlough lasted 4 months, followed by the first week …
2020 : Ctl, Alt, Delete
Wow. Just wow. If I had been told when I started this blog that by early 2020 the world would be turned upside down, I wouldn’t have believed it. Modelling had taken a back seat since moving house last year, due to pressure of work. That began to change in March this year, as the …
The tale of the unexpected shed
What was I saying last time about life getting in the way of modelling? Since the last post on here (February 2019), various things have happened which have resulted in me having to move from the 2 bedroom shoebox in Atherton where I was living at the time, to a much larger 3 bedroom bungalow …
Inspirations
This post is a bit later than originally intended. Apparently it was my WordPress 1 month birthday recently. I’m not going to throw a party… I don’t know about you, but I find life tends to get in the way of modelling, you know, all the boring stuff – like work, sleeping, eating, travelling to …
Railway modelling – scaling it down, and then scaling it down a bit more
Modern models in ’00’ are by and large true to scale, and any compromises are the necessary ones to keep them on the (underscale) track, and to accomodate the electric motors, but it was not always the case. In this post I shall discuss some of these models which have been available in the past, …
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Scale and gauge, and the art of compromise
Having set out my love of the quirky side of railways, perhaps I should explain something about my approach to scale and gauge, and to the differences I apply to what may be considered the ‘mainstream’ modelling scales. Scale, in its strictest definition, is the ratio between the full size and the model, e.g. 1/100, …
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Welcome to this, my new blog I have for many years now (nearly 50 years!) built model railways, mostly but not exclusively UK outline. During that time I have been drawn to model those railways which could be said to be on the fringes of the railway world. Narrow gauge lines …
Light and Narrow Gauge Railways 