The cold weather of January, February & March affected progress in quite a number of unheated workshops whilst members found ‘other jobs’ in warmer circumstances.  No doubt a large number of household chores were completed that had been put off for the duration! Dave S. has been back in his workshop now Spring has sprung Read more about It’s Been A While…..[…]

Since completing his 5″ ‘Manor’ class David N. has been contemplating something a little bit more exotic, but appropriate to pull behind this & his 5″ V1 tank: ‘Having spent some 40 years and perhaps travelled hundreds of miles riding behind different miniature locomotives on my simple wagon, I have decided it is not too Read more about Pigeons…….[…]

Stan has dropped a line about a wee repair job he did recently for his grandson.  As model engineers I am sure we are all well used to getting these requests.  ‘Grandad, can you fix this please….?’ & the pleading eyes looking up to you…… ‘This time it’s a repair for my 5 year old Read more about Ladling It On…….[…]

In Paul’s earlier article (The Ubiquitous Figure Of Eight) we left him as he moved into the newly built shed.  Paul brings us further up to date with developments…… A bit of gardening The construction of my shed foundations had left a bit of a legacy (mess) of the rest of the garden. The people Read more about On Shed……[…]

Another works affected by the low temperature has been Bathgate.  Before the Factory Inspector shut the premises for contravening the Factories Act minimum temperature rquirements, Robert sent in this short note……. ‘Tricky job today bending the smokebox handrail.  One main radius followed by a small quick radius & then another radius to lead it along Read more about A Bad Case Of The Bends…….[…]

The Editor hadn’t heard from Dan for a while which was quite unusual, so an email was dispatched to find out what he had been up to during the cold weather……. ‘You have hit the nail on the head, my workshop has been quite cold since the end of January most of what I have Read more about Even Brass Monkeys Feel The Cold……[…]

Chris M. has sent in from coldest Edinburgh this update on the Russian Su 251-53.  Quite a unique subject to scratch build from a photograph.  I am sure we can persuade Chris to tell us the story of how he achieved this in a future article.  Meanwhile here is an example of the level of Read more about Progress At Zavod Sormovo……[…]

The website editor has been busy too with a different project…. ‘In 2014 I was asked to restore a number of wooden toys that had been props in the 1985 film ‘Santa Claus – the movie’ starring the late Dudley Moore.  The film is a regular on television every Christmas.  One of the toys was Read more about A Whimsical Project……[…]

‘Trails & tribulations at the Bathgate locomotive works this last week! The first challenge was the petticoat pipe. The first job was to turn out the die for the shaped end, followed by the blank for the parallel end. By placing a threaded bolt down the centre then by tightening the bolt it should force Read more about A ‘RawlBolt’ Petticoat Pipe…..[…]

Bathgate Locomotive Works has been suffering ‘downtime’ recently due to the adverse weather conditions reducing the temperature inside the works below the legal limit for the workforce.  However, time has not been wasted as it has allowed the works manager time to draw up the plans for the next phase of the work. There have Read more about When Will My Lumb Reek……?[…]