Regular followers of this blog know that I tend to concentrate on backwaters - frequently in the west of England. As a nice change a couple ...

Click to enlarge The problem with with small shelf type layouts can be achieving a believable looking depth. Fountain Colliery is only 1...

Click or tap to enlarge The works train stops at the works halt to pick up Roger Sprocket - a tiresome man, who for all of his career has wo...

Toy trains don't have to be an expensive hobby, disposable coffee stirrer are a great source of cheap timber, or possibly free if you ha...

As always, click on the fuzzy photo above for a bigger view - a really big view in fact because I'm too lazy to resize the original file...

I regularly get requests as to whether I can undertake model making commissions .... so, with a deep breath I have decided to take on a li...

Brew Street update. Starting to look like a layout with the J15 looking very at home here. It's ex-box, so will need renumbering and gru...

Extending Brew Street from its original 2 x 1 feet to a whopping 4 x 1 - I think I've reached the point of no return. In its origin...

A little messing about to possibly extend Brew Street. And in anticipation I've ordered another diorama case from www.timhorn.co.uk to ...

60 years ago today, Johnson 1P No. 58086 departs Combwich through an early morning late summer mist. This loco sadly was withdrawn just 2 ye...

I've been asked to 'enhance' a Metcalfe printed card kit. Mostly involves adding card overlays to formerly printed detail alo...

Click to enlarge Here's a cheap trick for fans of the 3 foot rule (don't get too close basically).... Some budget yard lamps,...

iPhone 7 photo as shot, note bleached highlights and clogged out shadows. Click for a bigger view Love them or hate them, for mobile ph...

Yesterday I dedicated time to sorting out the right hand side where trains exit stage. Disappearing roads in to a backscene are a problem, w...

This weekend's progress. I've been stuck at home with Norovirus (probably picked up at some music jam I imagine - my other interest)...

I've finally a name for my Forest of Dean project - Fountain Colliery - it sort of sounds 'Forest of Deany', probably because of...

Progress is now moving forward at a good rate. So much so that I hope to be taking it to a show in Warminster on Saturday the 17th of June. ...

Click for a bigger view 44417 carefully propels a rake of empties up the gradient in to Polbrook Gurney Colliery. Note the ancient tip...

Dug this late 1970s Airfix 14xx out the other day. I recall it was one of my first weathering exercises around 1980 using airbrushing and dr...

Forest of Dean Project update... Cork sheet as a track underlay is so 2007 darhlings... I lay my track on 6mm foam board, then insert and...