BRON HEBOG

I never expected model railways and politics to collide in such a media spotlight, but here we are, and it's happening in, of all places...

With two weeks to go until Bron Hebog goes on show for the only time in 2019 at the exhibition in Greenock, here's an image to whet the...

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! ...

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...

The painting of the WHHR van is going very smoothly so far. The exterior has now had three coats of Rail Blue. For a colour that was ...

Yet another week has gone by with less progress than I might have hoped for on the brake van project, however I have been able to begin appl...

Being a legendary cheapskate I decided that rather than buy a whole new can of primer just to coat the new brake van, I would try to eak out...

I've been adding the final details to the WHHR ex-VoR brake van, such as the couplings, air brake pipes and grab rails. The holes hav...

I was able to enjoy the best bit of a model build last night when I glued all the basic parts together and you get your first impression of ...

I had a couple of hours free last night to do a little bit more work on the WHHR brake van. First, I cut out the windows and then added th...

With anything in life once you've got the first one out of the way it's always easier to do a second, so it only took me around an h...

My Dundas kit for the VoR van arrived just in time for the weekend and I managed to snatch a few minutes to see how I could use it as the ba...