by Paul Williams | Feb 19, 2016
February has been a busy month, but at last my "top shelf " Trix based layout is completed. I have total occupancy of our smallest spare room, just 8 ft 6 ins by 6 ft 6 ins. It was already full of shelves loaded with toy trains and micro layouts, a radio collection,...
by Paul Williams | Jan 20, 2016
Hello again. The renovated Truescale stations described in my last post are now in place on my round-the -room shelf top layout. With the rail level at a height of 5 feet 9 inches, a lightweight folding aluminium decorators trestle is used for operation. My layouts...
by Paul Williams | Jan 7, 2016
Hello again. This week I have been working on a matched pair of Truescale stations bought for a bargain price at the TCS Autumn get-together in 2013. Well, at least I thought so. To be honest they were in a bit of a mess. Very dirty and stained, one roof broken in...
by Paul Williams | Jan 4, 2016
Dark, wet winter days: time to do some work towards finishing the HO Trix Express shelf layout. Squeezed onto a shelf, the scenic section is just 45 x 8 inches (113 x 30 cms). The missing bit was a cassette system for returning and storing trains. I...
by Paul Williams | Jan 1, 2016
Have a look at this brilliant Kato Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from...
by Paul Williams | Dec 30, 2015
Well, actually a Christmas bargain from Father Ebay. TT is the only gauge missing from my collection, and I could not resist a bid on this set. It came to me for £46.01, which I think is pretty good value. It also serves another purpose, in that I have always...
by Paul Williams | Dec 7, 2015
Yesterday, 6th December, the TCS were on display at the Leicester Abbey Sewage Pumping Museum annual Christmas event. And what a wonderful event it was. Not only model railway and toy trains, but an endless list of attractions, including: one of the four steam...
by Paul Williams | Nov 30, 2015
TCS Committee member Malcolm Pugh has sent us this report of the recent event. The Reading Vintage Toy fair is held twice a year, and thanks to organiser Tony Oakes, the TCS are invited to have a presence. For the autumn 2015 event, we created a 3 gauge shuttle...
by Paul Williams | Nov 23, 2015
Quite by chance I came across this brilliant little video on Youtube. It shows an electric Bing Table Top set working on original track and with the original controller. It gets off to a slow start as the soundtrack sets the scene, but is is very much worth waiting...
by Paul Williams | Nov 23, 2015
Membership of the TCS has advantages! As well as the brilliant quarterly magazine, "The Collector", membership gives you access to the TCS community. As I am sure most of you know, it is common for engines and tenders to get separated. This can be really...