Workshop is set up!
Finally after something of a hiatus, I have got myself in order and got back to modelling The last two years have seen a lot of change for me on a personal level. That’s...
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No Ally Pally for me this year
So I find myself unexpectedly free tomorrow and thought, ooh I’ll got to the model railway show at Alexandra Palace. However, the railway gods have decided that is a silly idea. The exhibition at...
What’s been going on?
Seems like forever since I last posted an update. So here’s what been going on. Life has been busy the last few months, I’ve taken up an active volunteering role at the Mid Norfolk...
Back after a short absence
As you may have noticed, there has been a bit of a hiatus on this blog recently. Happily I am now back and writing a plenty, with a number of helpful articles lined up...
New Limited Edition Class 03 Shunter From Kernow Model Rail Centre
In the grand scheme of things the show at Alexandra Palace at the weekend was relatively quiet for new announcements. A lot of the major manufacturers had made all their big announcements a few...
London Festival of Railway Modelling: 2022
So yesterday I had a day out in ‘the big smoke’ with a trip to Alexandra Palace. Getting there and back from rural Norfolk was an interesting challenge given the Anglian Main Line was...
Layout planning – week 2
Honest update? Ok, not much has happened. Work this week while it should have given time to thing about important things whilst travelling, ended up keeping me very busy. Something are more assured than...
Layout planning – initial concept & scoping
Ok, so the cover image is a bit OTT in terms of electrical drawings, but what do you do on a cold wet winter’s evening? Play trains? Sadly not as I am in the...
Revolution Announces More Nuclear Wagons
Revolution Trains have announced their next wagon project this week at the Model Rail Scotland exhibition. They are to add to their range of nuclear fuels traffic wagons with the new-build FNA-D nuclear flask...
Revolution Trains Announce Class 175 and 180 DMUS
In their round up of 2021 there was a teaser from the boys at Revolution. They promised more multiple units in 2022, and now they have gone public. Revolution Trains are offering both the...