One area of Canute Road Quay that I needed to correct, as it had been both constructively and bluntly pointed out to me on a couple of occasions, is that a few of the road vehicles were slightly out of my usual self-imposed modelling period of 1946 to 1946. Obviously, I want all aspects of … Continue reading Workbench Witterings#17 a period making vehicles
E1 class No. W2 Yarmouth in 00 from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Further to my post here announcing the LBSC E1 0-6-0T variations being produced by Rapido trains UK the Isle of Wight Steam Railway have today announced that they working with Rapido trains UK on an exclusive 00 gauge model of our E1 Class locomotive W2 Yarmouth. The finished model will be depicted in Southern Railway … Continue reading E1 class No. W2 Yarmouth in 00 from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Happiness is the road… Canute Road Quay exhibiting this Saturday
A reminder that Canute Road Quay is on the road again and appearing this Saturday 20th August 2022 at the Silverfox DCC MRC exhibition being held at the Oakgrove School, Venturer Gate, Milton Keynes MK10 9JQ It is good to be at exhibitions again, especially as many Model Railway Clubs/Societies have lost such valuable income … Continue reading Happiness is the road… Canute Road Quay exhibiting this Saturday
Trains Times Model Shop exclusive Rapido Trains UK LB&SCR E1 0-6-0 locomotive identities revealed
Further to my post last month where Rapido Trains UK revealed the versions of the LBSC E1 class 0-6-0 tank locomotives they are producing, it also advised that Train Times of Eastbourne announced a exclusive livery versions for the Rapido Trains UK LB&SCR E1 in LBSC Lined Black . [Edit: this exclusive is no longer … Continue reading Trains Times Model Shop exclusive Rapido Trains UK LB&SCR E1 0-6-0 locomotive identities revealed
Workbench Witterings#16 The foundations of the Westhill Road Station Building
Amid some of the heart breaking events and issues that life is throwing at many of us at the moment, being able to step aside into model building can be very therapeutic. This is a quick post to show some of the progress being made on another one of Westhill Road's key buildings, this time … Continue reading Workbench Witterings#16 The foundations of the Westhill Road Station Building
Bachmann Showcase Product Announcements – Autumn 2022 include SECR Diagram 1559 Dancehall Brake Van
Bachmann Europe have continued their new policy of making quarterly product announcements the highlight of todays announcement of new tooling is the SECR/SR Maunsell/Lyons Diagram 1559 25 ton good brake van first introduced in 1918. These 'modern' 24ft long 16ft wheel base brake vans with their spacious guard's accommodation were given the nickname 'Dancehalls' . … Continue reading Bachmann Showcase Product Announcements – Autumn 2022 include SECR Diagram 1559 Dancehall Brake Van
Picture of the Month – August 2022
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Rapido Trains UK reveal the ex LBSC E1 class 0-6-0t versions being produced in 00 gauge
Hot on the heels of my post last month of the Rapido trains UK ex LBSC E1 class 0-6-0t Cad renders, that can be seen here, the list of the 14 'E1' versions being produced so far to cover all key variations has been revealed as below. Rapido trains UK have done their best to … Continue reading Rapido Trains UK reveal the ex LBSC E1 class 0-6-0t versions being produced in 00 gauge
Heljan shows Engineering Prototype of North British / Ivatt 10800 ‘wonder engine’ diesel in 00
Heljan first announced that they were to produce the North British 10800 800hp prototype diesel only in February this year, at this weekends DEMU Showcase exhibition they showed an Engineering Prototype (EP). As I stated and detailed in my post in February 10800 is not strictly a Southern Region Locomotive, however 10800 did see trials … Continue reading Heljan shows Engineering Prototype of North British / Ivatt 10800 ‘wonder engine’ diesel in 00
Ch-ch-changes, Turn and face the (s)train…
With apologies to David Bowie... regular readers may have spotted a slight change to the layout of my little corner of the world wide web. The previous WordPress theme (page style) I was using had become obsolete and was causing a few back office and functionality issues, so I therefore have adopted a new WordPress … Continue reading Ch-ch-changes, Turn and face the (s)train…