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Pannier Throwback Thursday

This week I’ve had the opportunity to spend time servicing my brass 97XX. This is a Samhongsa RTR model from the mid 1980’s and are in the real (not ebay) sense of the word ‘rare’. Korean and Japanese brass models … Continue reading

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PC87 Parkside LMS Dia 1661 Cattle Wagon Review (4mm Scale)

Parkside PC87 4mm scale Cattle Wagon kit LMS Dia 1661 £9.00 The Parkside kit represents Diagram 1661, an unfitted cattle wagon. The LMS built 2,050 of these wagons between 1923 and 1926. They lasted in use until the early 1960’s. … Continue reading

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R3325 Hornby J50 Review

Announced in December 2014 and delivered December 2015, the OO gauge, 4mm scale, J50 from Hornby has arrived. The example reviewed here is the early BR Crest J50/4 catalogue number R3325. Packaged in the typical outer sleeve and cardboard inner … Continue reading

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The Peninsula Club

Is that where he’s been, The Peninsula Club? Low cut dresses, heels and G&T’s by the bucket load. That’s enough about what I do at the weekend though. The Peninsula. In the UK a pretty rare piece of layout design, … Continue reading

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Forest of Dean Lines Book review

Forest of Dean Lines & the Severn Bridge Price £30.00 ISBN 13: 9781899889 98 3  http://lightmoor.co.uk   This is Volume 2 of British Railway History in Colour from Lightmoor Press. Volume 1 dealt with the Wye Valley lines and north … Continue reading

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The Other 02

Much frothing has taken place over the past few weeks regarding 02’s of the steam engine variety, I’ve not seen one yet, though Warley show beckons and I may catch up with one there. With the Warley show coming up … Continue reading

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200 Not Out …

In the way that odd or interesting numbers sometimes appear on the car dashboard, an interesting one has appeared on the dashboard here on’t blog. That number is two hundred thousand. The number of hits the blog has achieved since … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday 64xx 31-637

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New Life ..

You could say that the hobby at the moment is better than its ever been, new companies and new products and techniques than we have seen before. We can pick and choose what we want, because there is so much … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday 5201

Double click images for bigguns…

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