Category: books

Layout Revamp Video Review

My book review in the March 2024 Australian Model Railway News!How the year has flown. We’re in April already, but it still only feels like the beginning of the year! From the excitement of knowing my book Revamp An Existing Layout was queued for print…

Layout Revamp Book Launch

Finally there’s some good news to share, with my new book Revamp An Existing Layout hitting the shelves of your favoutite hobby shops this month!This is the book that follows the budget-savvy revamp of my current bookshelf layout. From its days set in …

The Summer of regrowth…

It has been a summer of regrowth on Philden Beach. Both literally and metaphorically. Exactly one year after starting down the path of converting my HO scale Australian shelf layout from its former inner-city Melbourne setting to a slice of railfan par…

December AMRM Book Review

The December issue of Australian Model Railway Magazine features two of my books in the reviews section.My latest title Model Railway Weathered Wonders and this year’s Model Railway Backdrop Basics are still recieving a lot of exposure, thanks to reade…

2023 BRMA Convention Brisbane

The weekend of September 22nd to 24th 2023, saw me attend the British Railway Modellers of Australia convention, held this year in my home city of Brisbane, Australia. The coming together of modellers from across the country was held in the top floor c…

Weathered Wonders Video Review

My book review in the August Australian Model Railway News!What a huge weekend it has been! Fresh back from exhibiting Philden Coast at the Sunshine Coast Model Train & Hobby Expo on the Saturday, my latest book Model Railway Weathered Wonders was …

2023 All Gauge Sale

2023 All Gauge Model Railway Club Table Sale, Brisbane 30 July 2023Early this year I set myself the task of completing 4 books and attending 4 model train events over the course of 2023. With my 3rd book already released only a week earlier, this weeke…

Weathered Wonders Book Launch!

Book launch #22 Party time! Model Railway Weathered Wonders is available now!It’s the one dirty book you won’t get in trouble for leaving on the coffee table, and I haven’t let the fact that there’s now a few of these famous book launch platters in the…