English Rusia has some very nice pictures of Russian trains and railways. I wonder if anyone’s built any Russia based layouts? Given the grand scale of the Russian network they’d probably have to be in one of the really small scales.
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I may have got a little too excited when I found out Oxford Diecast were doing a Ford Pop in 1:76th scale. And I don’t think I was the only one. When I went to pick some up today I got the last two in the shop.
The first thing I did was take one of them apart to see what the prospects are like for customising. Oxford’s cars are held together with screws rather than the rivets that so many others use, so this was easy enough. The bumpers are moulded as part of the body. They’ll have to be filed off and there’ll need to be a bit of sculpting to make that convincing. The interior is a pretty basic tub. I’ll probably build a whole new one, particularly if I go with early plans to build a drag or Pro-Street car.
It’s time to dig out the old copies of Street Machine and Custom Car for inspiration.
ROCHDALE Model Railway Group will showcase some of the countries best model railway layouts at their 45th annual exhibition.
The show will be held at the Oulder Hill Leisure Centre, Oulder Hill School, Hudsons Walk, Rochdale, on February 2 and February 3. Tickets cost £3.50 for adults, £2.50 for OAPs, £2 for children or £9 for a family ticket.
More info from Manchester Evening News.
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I’m afraid I can’t tell you much about the Manchester Model Railway Club show because I was slightly out of synch, having just flown back from the US a few hours before attending.
It took place in one of the Co-op’s many buildings in Manchester, in a pair of halls also used for the CAMRA real ale festival. Overall it was larger than the Wigan show, but not by much. I took notes of which layouts I photographed and when I find the notebook I’ll go back and name all of them in the Flickr gallery for the event.
In Japan you can get fetish videos of models crushing model railway layouts. I don’t care how hot they are, no-one’s playing Godzilla with my models.
Action figures in Singapore protested an anime company’s policies. Pictures of the event are here.
Both via BoingBoing
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YouTube has a few of these in the related videos section.
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Adalberto Abbate‘s work includes a series of mini dioramas depicting little modern horrors such as riots, shootings and accidents, all done with little railway model figures and totally over the top.
via BoingBoing
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Car blog Jalopnik are currently crushing on James May, or “Captain Slow”, of Top Gear. Today they found this clip of him explaining the enduring attraction of model trains.
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The world’s biggest model railway resides in a warehouse in Hamburg. More pictures here.
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The Times and Der Spiegel discover the naughtier accessories available for model railway fans. The Spiegel article has a small gallery.
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Exactly what it says on the tin. More photos from the Wigan Model Railway Show are now in the gallery. There will be a final update in teh New Year, I took so many.
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More photos from Sunday’s show. It sounds a bit strange, but the least interesting part of model railways for me are the actual trains. So you’ll see a bias in this gallery toward landscape, architecture, vehicles and vignettes. More photos to follow.
Pictures from 2005’s show can be seen here.
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Rather than spending all week putting up all the photos from the Wigan Model Railway Show and then posting the gallery, I thought I’d do the job in chunks. So here’s my first batch of photos.
There were fewer modern image layouts this year than last, and those that were in evidence tended to display some quirky humour. There were also more foreign subjects, including a very nice French one and an American railroad town in HO with tongue in cheek names and notes.
The first batch of photos-
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I forgot to put these links in the last post.
Unit Models make lots of good looking buildings and lineside accessories in resin.
Express Models have lighting sets and digital controllers.
Karen Rush doesn’t have a website, but you can email her at karenrush {at} tiscali {dot} co {dot} uk (email address messed with to keep the spiders from finding it and spamming her. Photos of her work here and here.
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This is on at the weekend, I’ll probably be going on Sunday.
Hazel Grove and District Model Railway Society 40th Annual Model Railway Exhibition
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It was Manchester Model Railway Show over the weekend. I missed it, but there are a few pictures here.
via Kalyr.com
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I’ve got a box of toy soldiers that I bought on EBay with the intention of painting them up and leaving in little scenes all around town. However, as with so many projects, I never quite had the time to do it and they sit there still, awaiting release.
The person who runs the little people blog has managed to get around to painting and placing his guys all around London. They look to be model railway figures by Preiser or Faller, in 1:72nd or 1:87th scale, with clear bases where needed. I hope they’re being superglued in place so that more people can appreciate them.
Now then. I’ve got some aliens and marines somewhere just itching to have a fight in the park……
via BoingBoing
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It looks like model railway giant Hornby may be ready to bail out Airfix after the companies recent collapse. I hope this happens, it would be a shame to see Airfix disappear completely.
via Alan Bell
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Internet Modeller has an interesting article entitled Stereolithography & the Future of Aftermarket about the use of 3d printing for prototyping and even production of aftermarket components. I’ve been pondering this for a while. When I get more experienced at 3d modelling I’d like to use it to produce a bunch of figure masters for model railway characters. I’ve even got a list somewhere of suitable subjects. Now all I need is to sit down adn master Blender or Hexagon, the two 3d packages I own.
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