March 2024

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3D Printing On The Layout

3D Printing On My Layout I suppose it was inevitable I would end up with a 3D printer at some point. My work in technology and my hobby would cross paths eventually. I recently purchased two 3D printers. An FDM/filament type and a resin printer. Elegoo Nepture 4 Pro – Filament | Link https://amzn.to/3TLwwa3 Anycubic…

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OO Scale Garage | Frank Tinley Autos

This OO Scale Garage aka “Frank Tinley’s Autos” is a scratch-built model based on the Scalescenes kit. It is very typical of the kind of thing you would see all over the UK. The term “Garage” is often used in the UK to mean “Mechanic/car repair workshop” or “Petrol/Gas Station”  These were usually owned by…

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What’s on the Workbench? – March 2024

What’s on the workbench? When I took that photo of the workbench above, as you can see, a load of crap was on it. I’ve been getting more into airbrushing. I know there are several ways to “Weather” rolling stock but I wanted to try weathering with the airbrush. I dug out a couple of…

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OO Scale Tower Block | Manvers Court

Block of Flats, High Rise, Tower Blocks. Whatever you want to call them. This group of three buildings in OO Scale, two 10 story, one 7 story is an attempt to showcase the bleak concrete architecture of the towers that were built across the UK in the 1060s.  Manvers Court is a group of multi-story…

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