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Silence in the cloisters

Posted on April 3, 2023 by ijstock

Much silence here on the modelling front, as a combination of new activity in both the professional and musical spheres occupies my time. Another post on the latter coming up soon… The Bryandale Railway is showing signs of spring awakening, … Continue reading →

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Train watching

Posted on March 2, 2021 by ijstock

I have been out early filming the first part of the day’s timetable operations at Port Deveron. Yes, we really did witness the sunrise…. No whizzy high-speed model trains here, just the ebb and flow of activity at a quiet … Continue reading →

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A summer’s day at Port Deveron

Posted on December 28, 2020 by ijstock

More experiments with sound and vision. I am trying out more distant views, as seen from the high ground behind the town on the other side of the harbour – a more panoramic experience. I also discovered that the BBC … Continue reading →

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Wine wine chirrup chirrup chop chop toot. (A.k.a. The Just So Stories).

Posted on December 5, 2020 by ijstock

Railways are like good wine. Seriously. For me “Château Class 20” has a strong bouquet of East Midlands coal train, with notes of Skeggy summer-only and Loughborough Central on the nose, and a little Midland Railway overbridge on the finish. … Continue reading →

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Sunny Days

Posted on September 6, 2020 by ijstock

The year is moving on, and the start of the new academic year has curtailed modelling activities somewhat here, as expected. But a handsome cheque from Peco, thanks to two articles simultaneously in Railway Modeller and Continental Modeller (the latter … Continue reading →

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Unfamiliarity breeds contempt

Posted on July 29, 2020 by ijstock

It’s all a question of neural pathways: when we encounter something new, we need to create new connections in the brain. Creating them leads to repeating thoughts, and through that to familiarity and perhaps acceptance. I could swear the process … Continue reading →

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The magic box – and a serendipitous discovery.

Posted on March 15, 2020 by ijstock

More carpentry this weekend, putting the finishing structural touches to the baseboards. Most importantly, the fiddle yard theory has been made flesh (well, wood…).  And it seems to work. A couple of fairly beefy hinges seem capable of taking the … Continue reading →

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Seismic shift…

Posted on February 21, 2020 by ijstock

  It’s quite a shock to go from a virtually complete layout that has taken you four years to build, to bare boards in the space of one afternoon. But Sulle is now safely stored pending future use, and in … Continue reading →

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Empty vessels….are world class.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by ijstock

Originally posted on SPREZZATURA:
We in Britain are regularly regaled with the claim that every next new thing is going to be ‘world class’. Methinks the country doth protest too much: anywhere that needs to bang on like this with…

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Sulle, September 2018

Posted on September 7, 2018 by ijstock

I’ve taken the plunge and dismantled the layout – in order to do some electrical work underneath. This meant separating baseboards that hadn’t been split since I did the scenic work. Luckily, everything went without major damage being done. This … Continue reading →

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