-
What I Have Wrote
Older Stuff What I Did Write
Other Blogs What Have Been Written
That Bloke’s Stuff
acrylic paint Alan E Hill American TV amplifier Battleview Orchards BBC internet radio streams Beattie 2-4-0WT bicycle Bolsworthy Manor Bolt Tor Tunnel Boltorr bridge Boltorr Brook Boltorr Brook bridge Boltorr Reservoir Boltorr Reservoir Dam Boltorr Road DCC schematic Boltorr Road Halt boulders bridge kit Bristol Brompton Bicycle Brooklyn Chris Nevard Chris Rea Christmas Cliffwood Beach Cornwall cycling cycling safety DAS clay DCC digital hifi Disraeli Gears Exact Audio Cop - EAC Flying Lotus foam-board granite grass GWB Have Yourself A Merry Christmas hifi hills Homasote hot glue html script internet radio jazz Keyport landscape landscaping LEDs Lionel Manhattan Manhattan Bridge Mary J. Blige masonry MDF model railroads model railways modelling mp3 Mrs Bloke music music player NAS NCE ProCab r network file server - NAS new blog New Jersey Transit New York City Noch OO P4 poor old Chris Christie Princeton Raritan Bay recording software representing model water river river bank S4 Sansui AU-317 mk II Season's Greetings 2014 Shaper Sheets ShoutCast ShoutCast GUI sidebar Sourlands Spruce Coal and Timber Railroad stand up static grass style sheet SunDeala That British Bloke track plan track-bed transition curves weathering wet water WordPress
Category Archives: Railways
Boltorr Road – 20160212 – Going DCC
The major difference from the time of my first faltering steps in railway modelling has been the introduction of DCC – Digital Command Control. When I first started the most common type of train control was 12vDC transmitted directly through … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20160130
Originally Boltorr Road was going to be represented in a 12ft x 2ft area, but reality intervened and I’ve cut the size to 8ft x 2ft. This isn’t really a compromise. It means that the layout will be able to … Continue reading
Boltorr Road. A Short History
Boltorr Road Halt– Alight for Bolsworthy House and Links – has been a long time in the making. I think every kid, well boy at least, who grew up in the UK in the 1950s read The Eagle and had … Continue reading
Posted in Modelling, Railways
Tagged Boltorr Road Halt, layout design rationale, line history, OO
Leave a comment
Boltorr Road – 20160129
Well, let’s get straight to the point. There’s been a bit of a break caused mostly by my right arm being in plaster or otherwise immobile for a month or so. But the time did enable me to take a … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20151113
It’s a particular bugbear of mine that so many admirable, in other respects, model railways exist on a perfect plane. The world is an incredible place which exists in at least three dimensions. Most model railway worlds only exist above … Continue reading
Posted in Modelling, Railways
Tagged Bolsworth Warren, Bolsworthy Manor, Boltorr Road Halt, china clay, Homasote, model railways, Pendon Museum, space frame, SunDeala
Leave a comment
It’s A Small World
I don’t know what it is, but in my life I’ve often noticed a link between cycling, photography and trains. Oh yes. And beer. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it works for me. A propos of nothing, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Modelling, Railways
Tagged Chris Nevard, Cornwall, Devon, model railways, Rod Stewart
Leave a comment
King Of The World – As Far As I Know
I’m in the process of resurrecting an old hobby of mine. Yes. Model railways. Or If you prefer, model railroads. I don’t know what it is about railways, particularly steam railways. Maybe it’s the elemental blend of Air, Earth, Fire … Continue reading
Posted in Modelling, Railways
Tagged HO, model railroads, model railways, OO, P4, points, S4, ScaleFour, switches, track, turnouts
Leave a comment
That Grumpy British Bloke Is Back
Yes. I’m back on the blog. It’s been a while, but I’ve just been too absorbed in facebook and kind of lost the plot. But Oh! That British Bloke is back on a new platform. It’s even on my own … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycles, Hifi, Modelling, Music, Railways
Tagged Alan E Hill, cycling, hifi, modelling, music, new blog, That British Bloke, WordPress
Leave a comment