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A House in Your Hand
To some of you, the title of this post will seem familiar – most likely because like me, you supported Andy Vaughan’s project on Kickstarter (here). Now I have no connection with Andy other than...
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Swallow’s End – a first attempt at a 2mm layout
Long time readers will know I tried building a 2mm Scale layout whilst still teaching in Longreach way back in 2011. The last entry on the topic was in October of that year when I was ripping it all...
View ArticleFestive Festivities
Not much modelling going on what with the end of the School year, the start of the Christmas season and the preparations for a massive renovation (which will add two bedrooms to the house – so more of...
View ArticleSouth East Queensland Area Group Meeting – 10 January 2015
Time sure does fly. 3 years ago I started the combined 2mm Scale Association, N Gauge Society and British Railway Modellers of Australia Queensland N Gauge Group and I’d like to think it has been very...
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Bogie Luggage Van
Readers with either very long memories or recently arrived and trawling though the back catalogue may remember the title as being attached to a post made back in April of 2010. For those now curious...
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Mill Lane Sidings Shock Opens
Another one of the “somethings” aka my UFOs which Amity decided needed fixing up was my three Mill Lane Sidings (now N Gauge Society kit 36 – see here for the details on the kit) shock wagons.From what...
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Chivers LMS Tube Wagons
Another UFO getting close to FO status – this time with a much shorter gestation period! These LMS tube wagons date from 2012 when I saw some on eBay and purchased them. They were duly made up in...
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Chivers GWR Python
I have had this model kicking around for sometime waiting, as seems to be the trend, for transfers. Lots of kits unfortunately seem to be produced without transfers being obviously available (or if...
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A Shed in Your Hand.
I posted late last year about the Kickstarter project from Andy Vaughan which resulted in me getting a number of the etched building kits he was offering under the Severn Models banner. Andy has since...
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Victorian Railways K Class Part III
Another one of the long term projects. Part I and Part II date from 2011. Since then progress has been spasmodic with the tender bogie situation referred to being sorted in 2013 when I obtained some...
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Class 128 Parcels Railcar
In March last year I made my first purchase from Shapeways. Regular readers will have seen my post about the Atso-Cad N2 which I obtained along with the Patriot kit from the same stable. I also...
View ArticleSouth East Queensland Area Group Meeting - 14 February 2015
This months meeting was again a visit, this time to the local outpost of the SDJR - see Neb's blog to the side for more details.We were well down on numbers this month owing to illness and work...
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Friday Night Update –20 February 2015
I thought I’d bring back the FNU owing to the fact that most Thursdays I get together with a couple of mates and we try to “get stuff done”. This get together was initially organised by my wife along...
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LNWR D6 3D Print from Shapeways
At the end of 2013, I was asked if I would be willing to teach a Technical Drawing class in 2014. Now as someone who did it to Senior, I wasn’t especially fazed and agreed to teach 8 Graphics to help...
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South East Queensland Area Group Meeting – 14 March 2015
As one of my former Heads of Department was wont of saying when time got away from her, day late, dollar short. So it is with this report on our Monthly Meeting. Once again we were on the road for...
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New Farish Duchess
I have been impressed with the various versions of the new Duchess Bachmann have released under their Farish brand for the N Gaugers for a while. I have seen a number of them, belonging to fellow...
View ArticleSouth East Queensland Area Group Meeting – 11 April 2015
First up an apology – I managed to leave my camera at home so no photos for this month. At least I am getting the report in on the day of the meeting so that’s a plus. We returned to Ben’s this month...
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Toowoomba Model Train Exhibition 2015
Last weekend was the annual Toowoomba Model Train Exhibition. We have been going up for a number of years now and always have a great time. This year was no exception but it was notable for a couple...
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South East Queensland Area Group Meeting –13 June 2015
Same day report – don’t get used to it! (And yes – apologies for not having one last month at all!)6 of us gathered at a new venue (well new in the sense we haven’t been there as the LAG before but...
View ArticleEppur si muove (after Galileo)
As David says right at the end - it does indeed work. Warms the cockles it does. Now to get Swallow's End to a similar state of activity...
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