Practical dad, Brendan – maker, mender and modeller. Always curious, always learning. Sharing project videos on YouTube here👇

London, England
Joined October 2022
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Chigley (20th October 1969). Everyone from Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley has turned up to see Lord Bellborough and the Mayor take to the skies in a hot air balloon.
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Troops of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians Scottish Rifles on the way to trenches on board London double-decker buses from Vlamerthinghe to Laventie, 19th October 1914. IWM Q 51506
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Britain’s annual #WorldCupOfStations is back! It’s time to vote for a winner: 20 railway stations have been nominated by the public for the connections they create and the difference they make to communities. Read the stories & vote here: raildeliverygroup.com/worldc… (Open til 18 Oct)
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42 years ago today, ‘Thomas & Friends’ began airing on ITV.
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The first episode of Chigley (the final series in the Trumptonshire trilogy) was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
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Bring your models to life with TinyFX! Add sound, lighting, and other effects to your lego builds, model kits, and diaramas: learn.pimoroni.com/article/e…
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Me, in @rpimagazine!? 🍓🥧🗞️ Such a dream come true 🤩
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I’m sharing this with the world because it made me a little emotional, and Lucas (aged 6) who loves @tfl Underground, drew it specially and came up after my talk at @ltmuseum Covent Garden to give it to me. It’s his local station, Clapham Common. The dome! Arches! Those steps, island platform & central roundels! Brake lights! Pickups! It’s all there. It is smashing, it reminded me of so many good times, and I will keep it forever. Thank you ALSO to the full house who were able to came along to listen - and in some cases contributed - to today’s #Piccadilly120 talk: that you trusted me with your time was a privilege. Cheers to Molly & Gio at LTM; and for those of you who weren’t able to attend in person (and who asked, so I passed on your requests) there’s hope that next year there might be some opportunity for live-streaming talks too. A lovely day, a smashing audience, and a chance to talk about a London railway with so many stories to give. Happy 120th birthday, the Piccadilly line!
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Members quick reminder I introduced the hashtag #JustForFunScaleModels when it was announced that the community was closing as we now know this didn’t happen can you please post in the COMMUNITY TIMELINE ONLY and you can stop using the hashtag . Moderators can you RT 👍
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Part 3 of our Tiny FX learning series is now live. In this part we learn how to easily create sound and light effects. learn.pimoroni.com/article/e…
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An impressive 54 builds made it to the montage for the 30th June deadline, well done to everyone if you entered one or more it will be there video runs for 5 minutes so be patient Best viewed in landscape!! youtu.be/ldTzzEuadF0?is=v8cx…
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Ladybird cover stories, 1962-3 The Junior Science series Artist: Harry Wingfield
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Replying to @Rheumatoidman
So this would be a correct Post-Community-Disolvement post? #JFFLetterB #JustForFunScaleModels
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Can you all add this hashtag to every post #JustForFunScaleModels (bit long winded but necessary) a search of this hashtag will open a separate timeline which will show every post using it. Once the community closes 30th May it will keep us all together . Please RT far and wide
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As promised here’s the next challenge to start on 1’st May #JFFLetterB
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📢 ONE INDUSTRY, ONE MESSAGE 👉 Support Independent Retailers Model railway brands may come and go—but independent shops remain the backbone of the hobby. More than just stores, they provide expertise, service, and community—online and in person. Without them? No shops. No shows. No shared passion. Keep modelling small—but make the hobby bigger. Choose independent. #ModelRailways #ShopIndependent #RailwayModelling #TMC
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The modern world in old Ladybird books. "The newspaper train speeds through the night" (1969) Artist: Ron Embleton
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Born #OTD 1909, British aeronautical engineer Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling led a team of engineers that invented a device fixing a flaw in the Merlin engine causing diving Spitfires and Hurricanes to stall. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1949. #WHM #IWD
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Madame Decourcelle, the first woman taxi driver in Paris (1909). 📷google images
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