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"Thompson B3/3 re-emerges…and some obligatory A4 modelling"
This model has been on the boil for nearly two years now. Started in what feels like a completely different life, I've now got around to shortening the B1 chassis at the front end, cutting and...
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"Modelling roundup: A4, J50, N1, A2/2 and a few more…"
This is an absolute bumper round up of LNER modelling on a scale I've not quite done before. So bear with me…!First up, my A4 Pacific project no.17 Silver Fox. She's nearly done!I have posed her in...
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"AJModels J50/3 tank engine "
The sun was out, so I thought it would make a nice change from all of the Pacifics I've been building the last year or so to showcase what I can only describe as the next big thing in railway...
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"No.103, Flying Scotsman"
You may remember this locomotive from a blog a few years back. It started out in life as a bog standard 2012 edition Railroad Flying Scotsman model.It's now in grey primer and currently in storage....
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"The backbone of the East Coast main line…The Gresley A3 fleet starts to emerge"
Hornby's Railroad Flying Scotsman. Retooled and then re-released in 2012, complete with an excellent new chassis incorporating a flywheel motor and die cast cartazzi. The heavier chassis runs very well...
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"LNER no.97, Humorist"
No prizes for guessing the identity of my latest Railroad Flying Scotsman conversion I hope…? This particular model was second hand off eBay and advertised with a broken buffer beam. I decided it was...
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"Tender thoughts…"
The next stage of my descent into madness over building A4 Pacifics for my new layout has arrived. I have taken delivery of a 1935 tender for which I am confident I can now create a mould for a much...
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"Mallard"
I have spent an inordinate amount of time, effort and some (budgeted) money on building up a few prototypes of A4 Pacific models to help myself develop my modelling more, and to provide a clear cut way...
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A little video of some runs Silver Fox made alongside a proper Hornby A4 (namely, Merlin) owned by Tom Foster and my solitary Thompson A2/2, Wolf of Badenoch, on Tony Wright's exquisite Little Bytham...
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"The layout building begins…"
Many years ago, I had a little six feet by four feet model railway. It was a Christmas present from my father and grandfather, when I was seven years old.The baseboard which formed that first model...
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"Casting resin tenders…"
The great thing about model railways, is that one day you could be building baseboards, painting a train, or messing around with rubber moulds and Alumilite resin plastic.As regulars to this blog may...
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"…Mallard, and a minor rant on buffers"
So I am aware I may be boring a large majority of you at present. For the last two years, the majority of my blog posts - when it comes to modelling anyway - has centred around the Gresley class A4...
View Article"Hacked emails and other updates"
Firstly, my apologies ladies and gents - the old company email, copleyhill@live.co.uk was hacked earlier this week and was sending out odd emails. I've since got it back under my control and have...
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"Mossflower Abbey: new layout, new name, same old trains…!"
Imagine if you will, for a moment, that the bare wooden boards contain a cutting, with a ruined and moss covered Abbey on the crest of the hill overlooking the railway line, and that the straight out...
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"A few modelling updates"
Evening all. I thought I'd do some railway modelling to cheer myself up. Not been feeling myself for some time as many of you will know, but I am getting better every day, and that's due in part mostly...
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"The Permanent way…"
The next stage in the story of Mossflower Abbey/Little Ganwick* is a difficult one - laying the track. Seems easy at first until you remember that each section of the layout is removable.I've used...
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"Books and model railway products"
Just a quick note to say that I will be closing the order book for Tale of the Unnamed Engine from Thursday, as a new pricing structure for all of our products will be coming into place from the 1st...
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"Springbok"
Recently I welcomed back an old friend. Bought in my youth for a mere £25 (and at the Bluebell Railway no less) no.1000 Springbok has never graced the pages of this blog, because she never actually...
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"Tale of the Unnamed Engine - price reductions effective immediately!"
Effective from today, the paperback version of Tale of the Unnamed Engine is now on sale for £5.99, a reduction of £2 exactly. This reduction in price is also met by a halt in postage costs. There will...
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"Some budget modelling…and Thompson's B3/3"
It's been a strange few weeks. I turned 27 last week and had a great week at work, culminating in a lovely night out with some work colleagues on the Friday.The sales of our book, Tale of the Unnamed...
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