BRON HEBOG

Having powered up the narrow gauge test track at the weekend I soon found I exhausted the entertainment value in running a light engine arou...

I've decided to get a job out of the way which I've been meaning to get sorted for a few months. You may remember that when we set o...

I've been getting very behind in my blogging again. It's not that there's no modelling going on, but the lack of updates here is...

The Pickering brake van project has taken an unexpected turn. Himself turned detective and discovered the Dundas body kit is a foot shorter ...

There's certainly some head scratching required putting together the Dundas brass kit for the WHR Pickering brake coach, the replica of ...

July    As we moved into the second half of the year Livingston Thompson had been painted, lined and weathered and taken for its first test ...

Himself is getting perilously close to running out of modelling projects. If the situation does not improve he may have to resort to overhau...

I'll soon be in a position to start production of the Maenofferen tank waggon now I've successfully produced a master and test casti...

After a visit to see Himself - and his vast collection of leftover kit parts - have in my possession the bits I need to complete the chassis...

So I summoned the motivation to try having a go at the bogies for the MoD flat wagons. These are much more chunky than your standard Hudson ...

The plan for the Maenofferen tank waggon was always to try and use a 3 ton slate waggon chassis, the question was always whether the wheelba...

The final stage of rehabilitating our Blanche is to give the lady back her modesty with a set of outside frames. In this case she...

I dropped hints at the weekend on the Bron Hebog social media feeds that things were about to happen with our old Blanche . This is our o...

The recent transfer of two of my a favourite FR locomotives to a shed at the furthest reaches of the railway reminds me that we also have a ...

Himself has been doing some last minute maintenance on the stock ahead of the exhibition in Troon which starts tomorrow (Saturday). We’re ...

Among the interesting things to see at Model Rail Scotland recently were these samples of PECO's next OO9 products. I'm delight...

Lilla will be one of the models getting a first run on Dduallt at an exhibition this weekend, having only been completed last year, long a...

I've hit a snag in my effort to complete the transfers on the WHHR / VofR brake van - I don't know what the other side looks like! ...

By the time you read this Himself and I should be well on our way to Bressingham to set up Bron Hebog ready for Narrow Gauge East tomorrow ...

As a general principle of modelling in 009 you aim to make your locomotives as heavy as possible and your rolling stock as lightweight as yo...