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Biggest Little Railway, Toy Trains on Telly?
My mate Mr Parker (philsworkbench) gets the low down on a telly project to be filmed this summer, sounds bonkers, and fascinating in the same sentence!
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Southern Nouveau
With Shelfie out on loan, the space it occupied has been filled with another project. This one has been on the back burner for a while, and is very firmly influenced by Ian Futers. Ian’s layouts have...
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When you’re digging a hole…
Often said, when you’re digging a hole, know when to stop! I’d been pushing on with my Southern Electric project, and it wasn’t lighting my fire as it should. It’s at this point it’s a good idea to...
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Great Central Weekend
Busy weekend due at the Great Central Railway at Quorn. Exhibition looks good and some interesting trade exhibits. This is the EP for Dapols LSWR B4 At first glance it appears popular with the punters...
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Player, or Builder?
There’s a question…. I took Shelfie to the Warminster show last weekend, a round trip of 430 miles just to show the layout for one day. I don’t often do one day events, but occasionally there’s a show...
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Throwback Thursday , ballasting…
Remember the good times? Spending hours brushing ballast into the sleepers, getting the point work clean, repainting, filling the gaps afterwards? No, me neither! However it is one of those chores that...
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Throwback Thursday
Albion Yard Here’s a blast from the past, seven years ago roughly. The link to today? well both locomotive and wagons are in use on test on the new layout, and Albion Yard?, well that’s in storage, not...
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Removals….
A while back I reviewed the DJM J94, and came to the conclusion for me that it was a bit ‘meh’, I know, I know, that sayings ‘so last year’ now! The review is here djm-j94 Since then the model has...
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Setting the Scene
Black Lion Crossing EM Gauge Geoff Kent Last week I had the privilege of a call from Roy Jackson asking for a few of my thoughts. A brave man. So I gave him a few of them and then we got on with the...
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Canadian Throwback Thursday
A week ago, the view from the ‘office’. The office being a chair on a dock pontoon for a short break away from normal life. This is the Canadian ‘Near North’ a days drive directly north from Toronto....
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XTC Throwback Thursday
A few Thursdays back I posted this on the Albion Yard Facebook page which likely seemed bit left field even for regular readers of the blog, so why has it and other XTC references appeared? Well,...
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Showtime, ‘This is Pop’ 7pm ET
For fans of pre Brit-Pop music, and that crossover from MOR music to the punk era, tonight on ‘Showtime’ 7pm ET there a unique documentary regarding the British band XTC, called ‘This is Pop’....
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Chiltern MRA 2018 Exhibition
This weekend it’s the Stevenage Chiltern Model Railway Association at the Stevenage leisure centre. First show of the year and always a good one, (see above). Well worth the effort of getting there....
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London ToyFair 2018 Airfix
Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim A09186 Here’s some aviation content, the new releases from Airfix for 2018 seen at the London Toyfair. Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim A09186 Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hunter...
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Hornby London Toy Fair 2018
NBR/LNER/BR J36 Hornby J36 R3600TTS R3621 R3622 On the Hornby stand one of the EP’s for the new J36 was available to have a good look at. The Prototype is definitely a Scottish model, so those of you...
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