BRON HEBOG

Last week I posted about the 'Barn' carriages in their short-lived varnished wood livery which were scratch built for the Minffordd ...

When we set out to make Minffordd it was with the intention to make as much use of ready-to-run rolling stock as we could. That may seen an...

Even though 009 is fast becoming a ready-to-run scale its good to know that some old fashioned modelling is required to produce the appropri...

It's a contentious opinion, but I'm already fed up of the Platinum Jubilee, and there's still best part of a week to go for us i...

Princess has returned to the test track from Himself's where it had been sent for the application of a little subtlety. As it comes out...

It wouldn't surprise me if Peco's PR people are a little frustrated this weekend. (And if they're not, then they ought to be.) F...

Model Rail Scotland returned at the weekend after a two year pandemic-enforced break, and it brought home to me how 4mm narrow gauge modelli...

Tracklaying on the narrow gauge side of the 'test track' has continued apace this weekend, and already I'm getting a glimpse of ...

Recently I find myself bemused by the self-censorship being shown by what we'll call the 009 community online towards manufacturers in c...

The appearance last week of images of decorated samples of the Peco / Kato FR England models has been greeted with almost universal acclaim ...

Due to popular demand - well, a couple of comments, anyway - I thought I would post an update on the 'test track' project. The stand...

Best wishes for 2021 to everyone who clicks in to read this blog! I wonder what this year will bring? I predict it's going to be a very ...

I wasn't able to get to the Warley exhibition at the NEC at the weekend, but I sent a spy in the form of Himself to report back for me. ...

I think the time has come for one of my occasional Op Ed pieces where I pass comment on matters in the real or model railway world. (Pause...

I got a very pleasant surprise a couple of weeks ago when one of the luminaries of PECO Publications told me that they’d dug out the picture...

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

The old adage goes that the customer is always right, even when they're wrong. When I'm building models to order I always do my be...

I posted last week about my fears that Himself was about to be distracted from the narrow gauge project by his grandson (aka The Trainee) an...

By discreetly squirrelling away some of his meagre pension into a secret slush fund Himself has saved sufficient pennies to buy some more po...

I've been building a trio of SAR wagons for a client who wanted them ready to run complete with couplings. On his layout he's fitt...