Friday, 19 April 2013

Lights please.


Well, I wasn't sure it was going to ever work, but I've now overcome LEDs, resistors, 12v incandescent bulbs, soldering and adapters, all mixed on the same model.  (Two weeks ago, this electricity thing was little more than witch-craft.)
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Ivy

Well, that's the worst of the wall 'warping' covered up with ivy ... still just making the best of a bad bit of paper v. damp planning but I'm not making another bloody wall.  (May change my mind next winter when it finally curls up like and starts flapping like the 'red fish' one finds in a Christmas cracker.)
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Monday, 25 March 2013

Humbrol Video

From Evernote:

Humbrol Video

Well, this is a handy video ... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFGofuW_6aE&list=PL772014C4BF1D5598&index=3]





Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Plug-In Oil Radiator Not Included

From Evernote:

Plug-In Oil Radiator Not Included

Having made remarkably little progress again in the past few weeks, I decided that what every 'site' needs is an office ...


"Fear Builds Walls"

From Evernote:

"Fear Builds Walls"

And Scalescenes makes walls which, I fear, take many, many hours to build ...





Friday, 8 February 2013

The Difference Between UK and Germany

From Evernote:

The Difference Between UK and Germany

So here's a sample of what's available from a UK model railway catalogue ...



And here's an excerpt from a German model railway catalogue ...


Es lebe Deutschland

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

By Crickey!

From Evernote:

By Crickey!

It's scenery!  Not much, but here's a glimpse of how it's coming along and how it will finally look ... its main purpose is to hide the hole in the curved back scene (left of picture) - and, oh, how I wish I'd fillered up that gap in the back scene before I sprayed it.