WMD - Woody's Modelling Diary

Recording my progress, or usually the lack of it, in building kits, creating model railways and other related and sometimes unrelated matters!

Monday, February 16, 2026

Etched brass parts! My nemesis! However, I have started so I will continue!

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So I thought that this would be a nice easy build? I really should have looked in the box of the IBG Scammell Tank Transporter 1.76 scale ki...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Still waiting for that warm and dry day!

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Still waiting for a warmish and dryish day to coincide with when I am able to get on with painting the Italeri Merecedes MP4 truck cab. As I...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Things don't need to be old to be historic!

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I took Mrs. Woody out on a trip to Uppingham in Rutland for no reason other than we had never been! It is Rutland's second largest town ...
Friday, February 13, 2026

It loos so different but is captivating at the same time!

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As I get drawn down this rabbit hole of 7mm narrow gauge or On30 as it is USA based, I am slowly digging out my collection of rolling stock....
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Bachmann 0n30 Rail Truck.

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About 10 years ago I paid £55 for this. And what is this you may ask? Well it is another of my collection of On30 rolling stock. Made by Bac...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

There is an instruction to the Instruction Booklet that instructs reading all the way through before starting the build.

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Waiting for some warmish and dryish, note the accommodating 'ish' as anything near to warm and dry will do, weather to finish painti...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

In fact it has a leak of some sorts that manifested itself by explosively depositing paint all over my hand!

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With some warmer and drier weather I had another go at painting the cab components of the Italeri Mercedes-Benz Actros MP4 with a rattle can...
Monday, February 9, 2026

A variety of finds in the Bone Yard!

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And todays Rocks By Rail Museum Treasure  Junk Hunt items include these fish plates with nuts and bolts used to join sections of rail togeth...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

It is now time to consider where I go with this potential project!

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Well, I dug out some set track and put together a first radius curve circle of track which is 15 inch radius and connected up a controller. ...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Digging around in the Man Cave I unearthed this beauty!

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 Digging around in the Man Cave I unearthed this beauty! It is another 0n30 loco which is a scale I have talked about a few days ago in a po...
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