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Showing posts with label Odsock Corner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Odsock Corner. Show all posts
Sunday, 27 September 2026

A Cunning Plan - Part 1 - The Heywood Flat

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"I have a cunning plan..." or words to that effect, muttered only to myself but possibly broadcast on the NGRM Online forum a coup...
Friday, 18 September 2026

Heywood Brake Van - The Paintshop

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I'm pleased to report that the Heywood brake van is now complete, painted and ready for service... Now you may be thinking that we have ...
Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Another Od-Job

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Another day, another od-job. The old Black Dog Mining tub now has it's load of garden waste. Baking paper was again used to line the ins...
Sunday, 19 April 2026

Odsock Od-Jobs

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Whilst dithering in the workshop with all the "what next?" ideas I opted to get 'odsock Corner out of the box for a play and e...
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Thursday, 26 February 2026

Sitting Comfortably?

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The driver of the Lister was not alone in his journey through the paintshop. For company he had the passenger and baggage for the 4w coach f...
Saturday, 24 January 2026

Odsock Wagons - The Black Dogs

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Modellers setting out in O9 today may not appreciate the influence that the Black Dog Mining and Avalon Line ranges had on the scale over 20...
Thursday, 22 January 2026

Odsock Wagons - 422 Modelmaking Drop-Side

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Next on the conveyor of wagons is the 422 Modelmaking 2-plank drop-side. As with the 1-plank wagon this had a little refinement during paint...
Monday, 19 January 2026

Odsock Wagons - Unit Models 1-Plank Open

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Perhaps the most distinctive of the new wagons is the Unit Models 1-plank painted in green and lettered for the 'Estates Dept'. Gree...
Saturday, 17 January 2026

Odsock Wagons - The Junkbox Coach

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After a short delay I have managed to get all the planned 'odsock Corner rolling stock equipped with wheels, couplings and final weather...
Sunday, 23 November 2025

Further Echoes

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About a month ago I posted some mock-ups based on concepts for my 23.5" x 15.5" cork board baseboard. I was rather pleased that I ...
Saturday, 21 June 2025

Parking up the Mini

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Perusing Phil Parker's blog I spotted that he had recently completed a 7mm scale Mini from the Airfix/Heller kit. It is a later model t...
Monday, 26 May 2025

Sign of the Time

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The office at 'odsock Corner now has a sign to indicate to all lost souls where they have ended up. However, it may not assist their con...
Saturday, 17 May 2025

Tyred

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I realised that a feature of the Mini was not really apparent in the pictures posted recently. As a fairly cheap model the tyres left a litt...
Saturday, 3 May 2025

Three Pound Mini

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There is a new arrival at 'odsock Corner in the form of a Mk1 Mini tucked to one side of the lane. It's very unlikely anything will ...
Saturday, 26 April 2025

Watching the World

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A new addition to 'odsock Corner is a lone figure sat on the bench outside the office watching the world go by... I've decided to be...
Saturday, 19 April 2025

Saturday Snapshot VI - One Year On

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This popped up in my memories feed this week, a year ago I was playing with the cardboard mock-up for what would become 'odsock Corner...
Saturday, 5 April 2025

Batteries not Included

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One of our local exhibitions takes the form of a joint event with the Model Bus Federation and attracts an interesting range of traders. One...