Well, if I've got to grow older, then I deserve cool stuff to make up for it. So, roll on my newly acquired C R Clarke 1210 vacuum former [http://www.crclarke.co.uk/Products/VF/1210.html]. Photos to follow, but for the uninitiated, it's a plastic former that...
Having been swamped with things over the past few months, I've neglected my blogs and any form of self-promotion (work purposes, I'm not an attention starved sociopath - yet). So, spending a couple of hours this afternoon, I've updated both blogs (I'm afraid this counts as updating this blog), and...
...and wipe off the gluey finger prints. My first foray into the fantastically detailed Scalescenes [http://www.scalescenes.com/] self-print OO (and N) gauge model kits. The idea is great; artwork in PDF form to build a highly detailed model, but the added advantage of being able to butcher and...
Well, a new year has come, and we're into March already. I've spent most of my free time procrastinating, making lists and watching action hero films ranging from Iron-Man (1 et 2), Green Hornet, Star Trek (2011 reboot) to X-Men (1-5), Daredevil etc. Pretty much sums up the year to...
It's rant time. I'm getting so frustrated by the ever increasing number of devices that rely upon traditional alkaline batteries. And the dumb thing, is that by standardising on these low-grade batteries, actually increases the size of the equipment and mean-time between failures. My Mamiya 645AFDII takes 6x AA batteries....
In a packed weekend, I got to see lots and lots of Barbary Macaques [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_macaque] up-close in a forest... Oh and I got to drive two trains. Oh yes. Not only did I get to drive a class 03 diesel shunter [http://en.wikipedia....
