Category: commentary

2024 TOP 10 ranking

It’s time to ask ourselves that annual question… “where did January go?” (Although to be honest, I’m still asking myself where 2023 disappeared to?) However, after a year which saw more changes in my modelling preferences and circumstances than perha…

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…

Narrowing my modelling projects

With so many half completed model railway projects either underway or accumulating in boxes in the wardrobe, last month I had one of those honesty sessions with myself where I asked; ‘just where are you going to find the time to complete any of them?’ …

Celebrating 300,000 Blog Views

Happy Monday the 7th of July, 2023 to you all. This morning, somewhere between the course of finishing my coffee, checking my emails and brushing my teeth, the Philden Model Railway Blog reached the 300K pageview milestone. It seems my recent update an…