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I loved visiting a Little Chef restaurant. An Olympic Breakfast was a thing of beauty, especially if you were heading back home after an exhibition. Obviously, this wasn't always prefect; it was in the car park of one of these establishments that someone broke into our van and stole my stockbox,...
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I've never been fussed by model coaching stock. Wagons are much more interesting, and far more interesting to build too. The paintwork is easier for a start. Recently, I found my first coach model. It's a Lima MK1 in my favourite blood'n'custard livery. The thing has been through the wars. Almost...
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I've never been a fan of fixing road vehicles to model railways. For a start, it allows me to use the models on more than one layout. Then, it means that the models will "move around" between shows, so the display looks slightly different each time. I've usually got too many models anyway, so the...
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A rather more useful selection of goodies from Covrail than normal. No weird kits, although I looked hard at a Roundhouse HO scale loco that would have been interesting to put together, but decided I really don't need any more loco kits...I started with a servo from Amazing Little Trains. Andy...
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There's more practical Phil in August's issue of BRM than we've seen in the last few months. I start by showing how to add coal to a coaling stage. It's the same process as adding coal to a locomotive tender, something anyone can do to produce an immediate upgrade to their models. Diesel fans...