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 …

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, …