BRON HEBOG

We had an unexpected new item of rolling stock to play with - The Boat! For those who are not familiar with Festiniog Railway heritage this ...

I've not hung around getting Kidbrooke ready to be permanently abandoned on a length of track in Minffordd Yard. I don't have enoug...

There's nothing so strange as receiving a new model in the post and then immediately starting to hack it to bits, but that was how I spe...

There's one finishing touch to be added before we pack up Minffordd to take it it Porthamdog next month. Having recently become aware t...

I bet we've all got them, haven't we? Those modelling projects sitting in a box which you say you will get around to one day. This p...

You can call me a hypocrite if you like, and I won't disagree, but after many years of - lets call it scepticism - about 3D printing the...

Now back from his sojourn down south Himself is getting on with preparing Gelert for it's roll-out at the Greenock show. We've de...

The first navy blue topcoat is being applied to Gelert . Himself is still not entirely happy with the way paint takes and dries on these ...

Himself has been doing some lovely detailing work on our Robex Gelert . This is what really lifts a 3D printed body and makes it someth...

With the prototype chassis complete and working well, Himself has been beefing up the Bagnall, Gelert , to give it a little more tractive ef...

Gelert has moved under its own power. Himself sent me a short video of it undergoing a test run on Dduallt . As is self-evident f...

I'm usually quite circumspect and diplomatic on this blog. I try not to go in for polemics or to stir up controversy for the sake of i...

Himself's birthday has come around again, and just like last year I decided to treat him to a Robex 3D print. We've seen what a fa...

With the name and works plates from Narrow Planet fitted our Robex Lilla is ready at last. We'll just leave these here. ...

So, after many hours of very delicate work, here she is - a lined out Lilla . All she needs now is for the name and works plates to be ...

Happy New Year to you! I've got a rather nice picture for the first post of 2018. Himself has been making steady progress with th...

Let's face it, there's not a lot of modelling gets done in the run up to Christmas, so I've got into the habit on the blog of t...

With apologies to Sir Mick and Keith, but it appears I have a decision to make with regards to our Lilla . Himself has been adding a ...

Himself has been working on fitting the new cylinders, slidebars and crossheads to the Minitrains chassis on our Robex Lilla . He told ...

We have some wheels for our Lilla at last. The Robex 3D body is resting on top of the Minitrains F&C outside frame chassis, but there...