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Scratch-building a signature industry
May 18, 2024 May 18, 2024
Two days of people and British trains
May 17, 2024
Who are we exhibiting for, and why?
May 11, 2024
A weekend of running 7mm trains, GWR-style – after so many years
May 9, 2024
(*Well, almost.)
May 8, 2024 May 9, 2024
Testing some slick lighting effects for street-running ops
April 25, 2024 April 25, 2024
Can’t have just one, apparently. Or two…
April 24, 2024
Don’t call it Toby and don’t scare the horses
April 19, 2024 April 25, 2024
Overdue Overland Upgrades
March 14, 2024 April 24, 2024
Hello, old friends! I blame Smith & Matthews.
March 2, 2024
April 27-28, 2024 in Brampton Ontario: See you there!
February 29, 2024 March 2, 2024
Shaddup and take my money
December 25, 2023 December 25, 2023
The top of the bar was not sufficient
December 17, 2023 December 17, 2023
A “short” train…
December 7, 2023
It’s Stephen’s fault: Second in a series.
December 6, 2023
It’s Stephen’s fault: First in a series.
December 2, 2023
A good-enough model started with an excellent kit from the other end of the world
December 2, 2023 December 2, 2023
An important step closer to delivery
November 30, 2023
A unique staging idea for a show home in Australia. Remember: It’s not about the layout!
November 29, 2023 November 30, 2023
Is this working? If not, what does?
November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023
Adding sound to a BR Class 37
September 26, 2023 September 26, 2023
Fixing my URL.
September 25, 2023 September 25, 2023
Eating the Proto:48 elephant.
August 30, 2023 August 30, 2023
“Napoleon did surrender…”
August 15, 2023
For the inevitable boo-boos
August 10, 2023 August 10, 2023
Fake it ’til you make it, in the August RMC
July 27, 2023
Not “fun”, but “satisfying”
July 20, 2023
Thanks, Machina Ex Marcus!
July 20, 2023 July 20, 2023
When “distressing” is a good thing
July 20, 2023
Thanks, Peter Bowen!
July 18, 2023
Bling for the engine service area
July 11, 2023 July 11, 2023
Cut, glue, repeat – following SP prototype practice
July 10, 2023 July 11, 2023
The NS&T ends up in a new location
July 10, 2023 July 11, 2023
It’s past time to dump the “Sacred Sheet” from the hobby
June 29, 2023 July 11, 2023
Ready for ties, ballast, and rail
June 27, 2023 July 11, 2023
I have most of what I need…
June 22, 2023 July 11, 2023
A friend visits, and a new project gets its official launch
June 21, 2023 July 11, 2023
A remarkable achievement in so short a time
June 20, 2023 July 11, 2023
Accidentally designing an SP layout in Proto:48
June 2, 2023 July 11, 2023
Wig Wag!
June 1, 2023 July 11, 2023
The best kind of mystery box…
June 1, 2023 July 11, 2023
Going beyond the train show
May 24, 2023 July 11, 2023
Discussing the future at Queen City Express
May 23, 2023 July 11, 2023
One week until the NMRA convention in Regina
May 12, 2023 July 11, 2023
I have always depended upon the kindness of strangers
April 25, 2023 July 11, 2023
Just another day at the Welland Avenue car barn…
April 21, 2023 July 11, 2023
My sixth freight motor is complete
April 18, 2023 July 11, 2023
Evoking a bygone era.
April 12, 2023 July 11, 2023
Because I’m trying to keep the discussion going
April 7, 2023
The GWR adds a trio of Siphons
April 5, 2023 July 11, 2023
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