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Following my article in Railway Modeller (November 2024), Max Birchenough was kind enough to email me with recollections from his...

I'm not changing gauge, but I couldn't resist this 00 wagon when I came across it. (Original photo 1939.)

Made it into print! Railway Modeller, November 2024

My thanks to Richard Parrott who saw my layout at the Macclesfield show in April and returned to give me the photo below when he came to...

All packed up ready for Stafford Railway Circle LTD  show this weekend (slightly early so we could do a loading test of my mate’s car)....

Tried the in-camera focus stacking of my new Olympus Tough 7 (awful name!). Easy to use; fairly good results without much effort to...

Saw this pair of pre-painted delivery bikes on the North Western Models stand at the Macclesfield show but was too busy to go back and...

Two of the new Isinglass Gresley Open Thirds ready for my excursion set - one D186 and one D302 - either side of a Dapol Corridor Third...

Pleased that Macclesfield Hibel Road has been invited to this year's Stafford Railway Circle show at Stafford Country Showground, 28-29...

Five kits from Chivers Finelines: LNER long CCT (D6), GWR Python LMS 27' tube and twin bolster wagons LNER horsebox D5, next to an...

I was quite pleased when I renamed my Royal Scot to an engine that was recorded passing through Macclesfield, 46131 The Royal...

I decided to renumber my passenger express locos to ones recorded passing through Macclesfield. Nameplates from Fox Transfers, custom...

I wrote a piece for the Macclesfield Model Railway Group's newsletter on my impressions on exhibiting for the first time at their April...

This week has mainly been taken up with writing articles: a layout description for Railway Modeller experiences as a novice exhibitor for...

I had a fantastic weekend at the Macclesfield MRG show this weekend, thanks to the many people who came to share their personal memories...

First team debut (Under-70s). Home crowd advantage?

Pleased to get a mention on the local news website for today’s Macclesfield MRG show. https://www.ilovemacc.com/.../macclesfield-model-ra...

Completed some more N Gauge Society open wagon kits ahead of the layout visiting the Macclesfield show 20-21 April. LMS-5-plank (added...

Running a rehearsal with friends meant I had many pairs of eyes looking at every bump and glitch. So I finally found why my Fowler 7F...

Many thanks to my U3A group who came along this afternoon to help me test the layout in front of visitors. I discovered which operations...