At least they should. Having recently enjoyed the relatively novel experience of finishing (as opposed to nearly finshing) a locomotive, I find that I rather enjoyed it. It did give me pause to consider why I don’t do it more often and to wonder what needs to be done to finish the small stud of…
In which your correspondent actually finishes something for a change, and the travails of doing so… F154, my final test build for the F kitsets has been lingering at the point I typically get my models to before putting them in a box for ‘later’. I.e. all the soldering and construction done, but little of…
NZR trackwork is always a challenge. RTR track is easy, but inevitably wrong, being intended for other scales/gauges. Injection moulded or printed sleeper bases are much better but still not entirely convincing. Handlaid track is nice but, even with etched bedplates, track fixings are tricky. If you want a Fell centre rail, then it is…
As a manufacturer, there is nothing quite as rewarding as seeing others turn your humble offerings into really nice models. What’s particulary neat is seeing builds or finishing that are not how you envisaged the product at all. This blog post showcases a lovely build from the Gig kit (KS016) by Rick Schreuder. Rick’s natural…
Personally, one of the great joys and challenges of model making is to make something that is not only an accurate scale model, but also looks like the real thing. This is, I suppose, the crossover between the science and art of modelling. I have to admit with struggling a little on the artistic side,…
The W kit has filled the blog for quite a while. The first batch of kits have been shipped and I fondly imagine a tribe of happy modellers out there building them. Of course, the reason I did the kit in the first place was that I want models of 192 and 238 for Rewanui,…
I recently had cause to reflect on the ultimate questions, and got little further than ’42’, or Leonard Cohen’s ‘do dah dum…’. The root of this reflection was a decision to quit my long-standing remunerative employment for a ‘sabbatical’ of uncertain duration. Essentially I was jaded and in need of a change. Ironically, in the…
Not NZ Labour party marketing, but the sentiment is probably similar to Adern’s. The W kit has been on the go longer than the incumbent government, so I’m in a mood to move on! Over the last few weeks I’ve been putting together the initial batch of kits, writing instructions and other significant, but not…
Based on drawing S210 (28-2-1901). Semaphore posts must have been a costly item, and thus for any location the shortest post consistent with appropriate visibility would have been used. Posts were square in section and tapered to 7″x7″ at the top to fit the finial. In reality the post top was rebated so that the…
