The B layout. With the A layout reaching an approximation of completeness it was time to start getting a few corners in place on the RM epic. Lumpy narrow gauge layouts need a lot more planning as there are more verticals to play with. This isn’t…
Not only have I gone and listed another batch of weathered Australian models for sale on my eBay page, but this week I’m also clearing my wardrobe of any distractions ahead of sitting down to start writing my next book, by having my biggest ever eBay s…
Work continues on the ‘A’ layout. A big push in the last couple of days to finish the green stuff and to get the ballast down. The later has not been plain sailing with the first dry mix being hoovered up and a new lighter mix going down. Then I …
Plans are proceeding for additional train stations for Te Huia in the Upper North Waikato. Here's an update on where this work has got to. A business case w
This weekend is the Showcase event which features regular shed tours at Weybourne Works including the carriage shed. Do come and see in person what we have been doing if you can!London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)Work ha…
Both Mk1 and Mk2 Rhiw were based around the movement of scrap and chemical traffic through the scene. Mk2 has been backdated slightly to 78-83 and not only leans more on first generation DMUs, but there is a subtle shift in wagonary. The huge slab…
It’s been 10 months since my last update on public transport patronage in Christchurch so well overdue for another one. It dropped off massively through covid a
Baseboard building. This to be ready for June and for a certain magazine. A change this time and a deliberate move away from the RTR ply boards. Two reasons for this: 1. I really can’t write a whole article about gluing a pre-cut board together f…
This was a weird one. Not as in creepy paedo games teacher, but weird in how it was put together and not advertised. I’ll admit that the trip north was tentative and hopes not high. The pluses were a haul of static grass and some RTP tr…
A fond farewell this afternoon to the layout that has perched to my right for a good number of years. Built as a fairly quick micro layout project and as a one day exhibition beast, Dury’s Gap has been somewhat successful, though perhaps not as intende…
