New South Wales firefighters have controlled a grass fire that was sparked from a coal train that derailed on Wednesday. Key points: Twenty-six carriages of […]
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2022 – A Quiet Year?
Before writing this, I was thinking that 2022 had been a bit dull in OTCM terms, however trying to find a few photos to illustrate this made me think that maybe that was a bit unfair. The start of the year was actually mega productive, the C word meant thee was a lot of time …
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It’s Show Time
When we put BWS away in February 2020, after the Tonbridge show, I wasn’t quite expecting it to be October 2022 before we exhibited again…..! Still, here we are, and next weekend, the 8th and 9th October, we are out on the road once more, at Hornby Magazine’s Great Electric Train Show in Milton Keynes. …
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Staying Alive….
Firstly, I’m sure you’ll all enjoy the Beegees fuelled ear worm this post title has created…. Yeah, sorry about that. A couple of years ago (I might be being kind to myself here, it’s probably more like 5) I picked up a couple of the then new Hornby 0-4-0 Sentinel shunters and repainted them to …
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A Dreary Tuesday… Part 4
The fourth update on the new layout focusses on finishing the wiring job for the fiddle yard. As this was filmed a little while ago I’ve been able to make a little further progress and am in discussions to get a custom fiddle yard control panel engraved… very fancy! Work on the layout has slowed …
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A Dreary Tuesday… Part 3
Work continues apace on the new layout – as I’m posting videos slightly in delay of actual progress, the latest charts the first stages of construction of the fiddle yard, while in reality I’ve just finished building points for the scenic section…. Keep up at the back! As such, here is part 3 of the …
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Another New Layout: Part 2
I’ll be the first to admit it, I am running a bit behind when it comes to putting posts on here of how construction is progressing with the new layout – I can’t even blame the fact I have been busy modelling, as things have slowed down over the last few weeks due to other …
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Another New Layout….
Here at OTCM, layouts are like buses, and turn up at the same time – perhaps one of us working on one inspires the other to do the same thing…. And so it is that no sooner has Oly posted about his latest 4ft endeavour, I’m posting about something a little larger. I was actually …
Enterprise in 4mm
Sorry it’s been a while, it has not been through a lack of desire but I’ve just had other shit to do. Work has been horrific and COVID for everybody has turned a screw in one way or another. My shituation is no better or worse than a million battles we’ve all had to get …