Victory for Planet Industrials
In a breakthrough similar to minerva’s entry into the O gauge ready to run market, Planet Industrials have announced a 4mm RTR Kerr Stuart ‘Victory’ class locomotive. Here’s the brief news on it, I’ll...
View ArticleTransformation Tuesday, Genesis
It’s not often the hobby gets a bit of a kick up the arse with a new release, and throws a little bit of controversy in for good measure, but Hattons are showing the potential to do just that, with...
View ArticleHeljan MIOG 2020 Release News
O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic...
View ArticleMotivation Monday Southern Alberta Rail
As many friends and quite a few readers know I have a thing going on ref North American and Canadian short lines. I’ve primarily worked in HO (see above), but not long ago Chris Mears of Prince Street...
View ArticleMotivation Monday Ground Frame 1
Severn Models Signal Box Details It’s a Monday and having had quite a good run of finishing man cave shelf queen projects, my attention is turning to those small completion jobs for Shelfie2. As it’s...
View ArticleMotivation Monday 02 Forwards
Craftsman 02 It’s funny how this little engine has been quite the motivator. Started as much as eight years ago, likely quite a bit more, but I can’t really remember it’s been so long! But this one...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday, Chris Klein, Minerva Models
minerva chris-klein Lovely bloke, he’ll be missed. RIP
View ArticleTransformation Tuesday & The Skill Fading Shelf Queens…
We’ve all got them. Projects that get started and then ‘mature’…. I can look around the man cave and see an almost embarrassing number things that have been started and are yet to reach conclusion....
View ArticleMotivation Monday, The 02
Nope, not the arena. This one.. Craftsman 02 kit This is one of those escapees from the shelf of doom. It’s been kicking around for quite a while, and last week I decided it’s about time it got...
View ArticleHornby 61XX R3723 Review
Hornby Prairie R3723 R3723x R3719 R3719x R3721 R3721x R3725 R3725x In through the man cave doors this week from Hornby is their latest release of a GWR 61xx design. The original Hornby 61XX model was...
View ArticleHornby Prairie R3723/R3723x
Hornby Large Prairie R3723 R3723x R3719x R3721x R3725x The first of the Hornby Large Prairies has arrived at the man cave. Firstly an apology, I’ve taken it out of its box and run it already. Sorry...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday, The 74
74xx Bachmann 64xx 31-636 It was around five years back that Bachmann brought their 64xx to market. Adding to the high and low cab variations of the 57xx family already in the range. I bought a couple...
View ArticleVE Day
Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.
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