Tag: Mike Wild

Picture of the Month – June 2021

This months picture... An Andrew Barclay 0-4-0t simmers in the June sunshine on the quayside at Canute Road Quay. She is modified with dumb buffers from a Hattons model.  

Picture of the Month – April 2020

This months picture... An unusual visitor to Canute Road Quay is ex SER 0-4-0CT Crane Engine No. 1302. Built from a South Eastern Finecast white metal kit. 

Picture of the Month – February 2020

This months picture... Canute Road Quay can be see on 15th of  this month at the Tonbridge MRC, Exhibition at The Angel Centre, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF

Happy New Year! – Picture of the Month – January 2020

This months picture to bring in the new year...   ex LSWR B4 0-4-0t No. 90 'Caen' in Southampton Docks livery, rests at Canute Road Quay. She is a Dapol model, with lamps and crew added and weathered. Check back here on 6th January, just after 9am, for a roundup of the Hornby new range … Continue reading Happy New Year! – Picture of the Month – January 2020

Canute Road Quay features in Hornby Magazine Issue 142 April 2019 published today.

I am pleased to advise that Canite Road Quay features in the latest issue of Hornby Magazine. Publication follows very pleasant day spent back in January with friend and Hornby Magazine editor Mike Wild (albeit fraught with a few travel travel problems due to icy road conditions and dubious Sat Nav directional choices) nattering and … Continue reading Canute Road Quay features in Hornby Magazine Issue 142 April 2019 published today.

Warley Exhibition 2017 news round up for Southern related items, Bachmann, @hornby, @hattonsmodels, Dapol

The weekend saw the Warley National Model railway Exhibition at the NEC,  as in previous years I have endeavoured to round up some of the news and items of interest from mainly a Southern / BR(s) perspective.  It has been usual for some of the manufacturers to use the event to make announcements of new items or … Continue reading Warley Exhibition 2017 news round up for Southern related items, Bachmann, @hornby, @hattonsmodels, Dapol

November exhibitions and open day; Fisherton Sarum, Wycrail, Showtrain and Warley

November sees the continuation of the bust Autumn schedule of exhibitions and an open day. Fisherton Sarum is making two appearances and it is also the annual Wycrail exhibition of the High Wycombe and District MRS, its open day two weeks later and at the end of the month The Warley National model railway show … Continue reading November exhibitions and open day; Fisherton Sarum, Wycrail, Showtrain and Warley