Category Archives: LNER

Railex Preparations Vol I

Over the next couple of weeks or so I’ll be burning some midnight oil as Railex at Aylesbury approaches. The layout will be assembelled as its been stored for five months or so and tested. In the intervening period I’ve … Continue reading

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Make Your Mark

Hampton Hill Makeover Bachmann OO Signalbox Catalogue. No. 44-010 Of late there have been many releases of resin cast buildings in both 4mm/OO and 2mm/N gauge scales from both Bachmann and Hornby. As these are mass produced items there is … Continue reading

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Fifteen Minute Heroes

Ever thought I’ve only got fifteen minutes, not enough time to do anything with that, well this new page will hopefully show one or two of my fast jobs that make a difference. They’re not much, but all become a … Continue reading

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‘Trinity’ 08 Brassmaster Rods

Heres a quick step by step on how to do the conversion. This isn’t the Brassmasters version as they assume a wheelchange too, which if you’re doing EM/S4 is the most likely way forward. I didn’t want the expense of … Continue reading

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Bachmann/Brassmasters/Shawplan Trinity 08

Not quite the holy trinity, but a decent place to start. Many years ago when t’interweb was a bunch of MSN chatrooms and Yahoo groups with people in effect emailing each other abuse, I did a makeover of four Bachmann 08’s, one … Continue reading

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