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Showing posts with label A1 Models. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A1 Models. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 August 2023

Buffers and Baggage

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For a while I really couldn't be motivated to get anything going on the workbench, however the weather was really telling me to stay ind...
Saturday, 11 February 2023

The Green Machine

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We last saw the A1 Models 'Albert' in a sneak-peek in between painting and varnishing. Following application of a coat of Halfords m...
Sunday, 5 February 2023

January Jumble

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January has turned out to be a month of finishing off and tinkering. I've already shown the completed tramcar, and sneak preview of the ...
Sunday, 1 January 2023

Highlights of 2022

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On the face of it, 2022 seems to have been a quiet year modelling wise for me, at the end of the year it doesn't feel as if there is any...
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Thursday, 22 December 2022

'Albert' in his Prime(r)

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The A1 Models 'Albert' was given a good clean up with a fibreglass brush, a scrub with Cif and then dried thoroughly to avoid any ta...
Thursday, 8 December 2022

Developing the A1 'Albert'

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When we last saw the A1 Models 'Albert' build I had assembled all of the provided parts and I subsequently started to consider what ...
Friday, 18 November 2022

Building an A1 'Albert'

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Back in July John Flower from A1 Models handed me his latest etched O9 kit, based on the locomotive 'Albert' of the Littlehampton Mi...
Sunday, 16 October 2022

'The White Rose' is Revealed

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A vintage photo of a 15" gauge Bo-Bo diesel 'The White Rose', mid to late 20th century, location unknown... I can now reveal th...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Pushing the Bo-Bo towards the paintshop

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In my last post I left the MicroTrains coupler hanging below the bufferbeam of the A1 Models 'Royal Anchor' look-alike, looking for ...
Saturday, 27 August 2022

A firmly 'Anchored' chassis frame

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Although I have the Bachmann chassis that the A1 Models diesel is designed to fit (in my case a U36-B) I have opted to instead use an Atlas ...
Sunday, 21 August 2022

A new spin on 'Royal Anchor'...

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On return from a week in Scarborough I cast around for something to do model wise, and my eyes fell upon the A1 Models O9 3D printed Bo-Bo l...