When does a quay, or for that matter a wharf, become a dock, and what is the difference between a dock and a harbour..? A quay and a wharf are pretty much the same thing, being somewhere alongside the water that ships or boats can tie up to load and unload. A dock however is … Continue reading Canute Road Quay heads to a dock like a dock to…
Category: Canute Road Quay
Picture of the Month – June 2024
This months picture... See Canute Road Quay this month at the Southampton Trams Museum model event – (Solent Sky Museum) Albert Road South, Southampton, SO14 3FR (Just around the corner from the real Canute Road!)
Why Canute Road… and a very local exhibition…
What's in a name... I am often asked why Canute Road Quay… The arrival of the excellent Model Rail Magazine commissioned USA Tanks (which I had a slight hand in the development for), and already having a kit built Adams B4 (prior to the arrival of the Dapol versions) got me thinking about a quayside … Continue reading Why Canute Road… and a very local exhibition…
It’ll be all Wight on the weekend.. heading to Vectis…
Canute Road Quay is on tour regularly throughout this year, this post highlights it's next outing this coming weekend 11th / 12th May. I cheated slightly with Canute Road Quay and modelled the quayside but not the water itself so I won't have any issues carrying water over water when Canute Road Quay heads to the Isle … Continue reading It’ll be all Wight on the weekend.. heading to Vectis…
Picture of the Month – April 2024
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Daffodils and Easter wishes
The daffodils are in bloom this Easter as LSWR B4 'Guernsey' in early Southampton Docks lined green livery shunts at Canute Road Quay. The budding trees, the new flowers, and birds that sing, whisper to me that it's Easter, and that the supermarkets full of chocolate of all shapes (many irrelevant), sizes and special offers! … Continue reading Daffodils and Easter wishes
Happiness is the Road (and ferry)… Canute Road Quay on tour
Canute Road Quay is on tour regularly throughout this year, I thought I would highlight below the next couple of shows coming up in May and June. Canute Road Quay is next on the road (and for the first time a ferry) at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway Model Show – Havenstreet Station, Isle … Continue reading Happiness is the Road (and ferry)… Canute Road Quay on tour
Picture of the Month – February 2024
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Picture of the Month – January 2024
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London Calling… Canute Road Quay to appear at The Model Railway Club’s 10th December mini-exhibition
Canute Road Quay will be making another appearance at The Model Railway Club’s open day / mini exhibition being held on Sunday 10th December at their London Keen House club rooms. It will be six years to the very day when Canute Road Quay last appeared at Keen House, having managed to still attend the … Continue reading London Calling… Canute Road Quay to appear at The Model Railway Club’s 10th December mini-exhibition