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Exploring Lego Colours

27th July 2023 Going Postal 2968 Comments

There is quite enough gloom ‘n’ doom in the news nowadays so I thought I’d look instead at an obscure aspect of my hobby – Lego – and my interest, nay obsession, with the different [more…]

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The Cnuteneering Home For Wayward Lathes and Mills

5th June 2023 El Cnutador 2203 Comments

As many of you know I have been hankering after a milling machine for some time. Not being able to justify the price of a shiny new one I have been religiously checking ebay and [more…]

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Shunting along

1st March 2023 Sweaty Dave 3577 Comments

I know it has been remiss of me for not following up on the article of 16th of January. I’d planned to write one around once every two weeks as the layout progresses but time [more…]

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Shunting dusted off

16th January 2023 Sweaty Dave 2433 Comments

I’ve not frequented this site as often in the past – the last year or so, though #FFriday with a beer or two is always worth a visit and the gaffer continues to get his [more…]

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Time Flies

21st December 2022 SharpieType301 2608 Comments

… for The Professor I’ve recently been working on a little project, to make a very personal (and I think appropriate) keepsake for my old boss, to mark the end of his many years loyally [more…]

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Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Five

28th November 2022 El Cnutador 2191 Comments

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. It’s been a while – you may want to refresh your memory [more…]

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Hobby Days And Open Days

12th August 2022 Always Worth Saying 1831 Comments

I think I told Puffins that my winter hobby day project (when I can’t get into the garden) was an engine shed for my model railway, Charlisle. Based on the old Kingmoor steam shed, long [more…]

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Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Four

25th July 2022 El Cnutador 3373 Comments

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. It’s been a while – you may want to refresh your memory [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Fleet Review

23rd May 2022 Always Worth Saying 2821 Comments

Nelson reminded us it takes two years to build a frigate and two hundred years to build a tradition. The odd, the quirky, the eccentric fuels that tradition and provides the cement that bonds fellow [more…]

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