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A Foreign Layout!
Regular followers of this blog know that I tend to concentrate on backwaters - frequently in the west of England. As a nice change a couple of weeks ago I picked up a part complete project, the owner...
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Layout in a Box!
Brakevan rides today!Happy New Year!Apologies for the lack of posts here, I've been rather busy with photographic shoots for Model Rail magazine and more recently a few commercial model making...
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Scotland
In December I was as a commercial job invited up to the Scottish Borders to give a Hazelbank a scenic up and under. The layout depicting a could have been scenerio on the Waverley Route is 21 x 15 feet...
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LNWR Webb Coal Tank
A little bit of loco tweaking this afternoon. A Bachmann LNWR Webb Coal Tank renumbered and weathered (washes and dry brush, sealed under a top coat of Tamiya Matt). It was originally in LMS livery....
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March 2018 Update
March 2018 update...Since moving in to model making commissions the diary has been filling up nicely, keeping me nice an busy when not out on the road for Model Rail magazine. My photography often...
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Somewhere in Suffolk
A little fun in the studio, messing about with one of my photo planks, a grubbed up Hornby J15 and a recently built Airfix windmill. The background is a bit of computer jiggerypokery, because I didn’t...
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Nano Layout?
Finally finished the tiniest layout I’ve ever built. Just 14x4 inches without fiddle yard. Designed to live in a small plastic storage box. Working in such a small scale and footprint definitely...
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Mini Branch Line Terminus
Progress with my current commission. A OO Gauge (1/76) branch line terminus in a foot print of 4 x 1 feet. Exit left to fiddle yard. I’m using traditional copper clad point construction here, one of...
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Peco Lineside LK 200 Wooden Station
For my current customer project based on a Colonel Stephens style branchline terminus in OO (1/76 scale), I'm using the Peco Lineside LK 200 Wooden Station building kit, which for the price between £10...
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Terminus in a Box
Some progress with a little Colonel Stephens style branch line terminus commission. Next to go in will be the backscene which is currently at the printers and some brighter than normal LED lighting...
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Thanks Allan
Click on the photo to enlarge There are many ways to weather models, here’s a Dapol (Airfix) water tower/tank kit (a bargain that can be found for around 6 or 7 ££££) after a blast of a few primers. I...
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Sticky Backed Plastic
Model railway commission update: I picked up the photo printed backscene a short while ago (from AJ Signs in Guildford). It is intentionally over sized to allow me to trim 3 or 4 cm off the base so it...
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BBQ Skewers
Passing the loading gauge on Polbrook Gurney Colliery. I used code 55 rail here for that lightweight industrial look. Filing the point switch blades takes moments with such fine profile rail. Note one...
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85 Hours
My latest commission is almost complete after 85 hours. Yesterday was spent fabricating and adding details.... click on the image for a super sized view..
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3 x 1 Plank
A personal quickie I worked on last week for me between commercial jobs, all on a 3x1 plank. The inspiration is the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, a mostly unfenced railway that ran next to, or actually...
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Combwich look-a-likey
I’m currently building a OO Gauge layout based on Combwich for a customer. It’s using a mix of secondhand buildings and kits. Size is around 9 x 7 feet scenic in a L shape. The build so far has taken...
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Trainset!
Porth Emmet Railway Station - click to enlarge.Recently I was commissioned to build a traditional 5 x 4 foot trainset. I've wanted to build such for some time, so this build was going to be even more...
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Hotchpotch Rd & Little Smoke Junction
Back in the summer I built this little customer layout to fit in 3 of those popular plastic storage crates that are a little under 3 feet long and around 10 inches wide and deep.I was supplied with...
View ArticleSunday Ukulele Strummalong - Putting on the Style
Sunday Strummalong in the spring garden avoiding flying drones - Putting on the Style by the great Lonnie Donegan
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Neath Riverside - A Slice of 1960s South Wales
Scale OO / 1:76Click on images for a bigger view..I've been working on this layout commission for much of the year alongside other projects. It’s a new build supported with some wonderful secondhand...
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