While the Telosians share a striking resemblance to Earth humans, their physical characteristics boast a notable divergence, marking them as a distinct and intriguing species. At first glance, one might find it challengin…
A decision was made to have regular running sessions for the current exhibition animals. This rather than the last minute check before a show. This week Rhiw came out of the box and some of the new stock was introduced, the short wheelbase pickin…
For a small and simple layout such as this, it wasn’t really necessary to draw a track plan on paper before I started constructing the layout. All I needed to do was draw the track plan directly onto the sheet of 596 mm x 1200 mm x 7 mm plywood, and ma…
The government won’t step in to regulate ferry fares on the downtown Auckland to Waiheke route even though its been deemed an integral part of Auckland’s public
The weekend saw a push to get a rake of vac-braked 16 tonners painted up. These representing what must have been the last use of these on scrap traffic. With four left to do it was a case of looking at Paul Bartlett’s excellent wagon photo site an…
For some modellers the sight of a 600 mm x 1200 mm x 7 mm sheet of plywood isn’t going to do much to excite the senses or go too far towards completing the benchwork in your walk around model railway plans. So when the sheet measured only 596 mm wide x…
EBEs are engineered humanoid automatons, whose thin frames stand three to four and a half feet tall (0.91 to 1.37 meters). EBE skin tones are milky white to gray. Their slanted eyes are hauntingly large and they wear da…
Only a few details and some scenic patching to do now, all well ahead of the deadline of Beccles on June 1st. Most of this scene is either s/h junk or other peoples chuck-outs. I bought a bag full of tatty trees off a club stand and refurbed a co…
Since the late twentieth century, governments have selling off our buses, trains, metros, trams, ferries… you name it! But do we, the passengers, actually ben
A recent image captured by the NASA Perseverance rover and shared by Neville Thompson on his Gigapan page reveals a prominent rock formation. Upon closer inspection, an intriguing detail emerges just to the left of the rock – a distinct, black, and shi…