Not only have I gone and listed another batch of weathered Australian models for sale on my eBay page, but this week I'm also clearing my wardrobe of any distractions ahead of sitting down t… Read More

The weekend of September 22nd to 24th 2023, saw me attend the British Railway Modellers of Australia convention, held this year in my home city of Brisbane, Australia. The coming together of… Read More

I've just spent the past three weeks downstairs in the garage weathering a small empire of Australian HO scale models. Many were simply over-purchased ahead of sitting down to write my Model… Read More

My Philden Coast layout is safely back home after travelling to its second model railway show in the space of two weeks. This time I ventured north up the Bruce Highway for the Sunshine Coas… Read More

My book review in the August Australian Model Railway News!What a huge weekend it has been! Fresh back from exhibiting Philden Coast at the Sunshine Coast Model Train & Hobby Expo on the… Read More

After releasing my Model Railway Weathered Wonders book in August, you'd think that I'd be well and truly sick of weathering any more models. However, in not knowing how many different examp… Read More

2023 All Gauge Model Railway Club Table Sale, Brisbane 30 July 2023Early this year I set myself the task of completing 4 books and attending 4 model train events over the course of 2023. Wit… Read More

Book launch #22 Party time! Model Railway Weathered Wonders is available now!It's the one dirty book you won't get in trouble for leaving on the coffee table, and I haven't let the fact that… Read More

Happy Monday the 7th of July, 2023 to you all. This morning, somewhere between the course of finishing my coffee, checking my emails and brushing my teeth, the Philden Model Railway Blog rea… Read More

I've had a week's break after finishing my latest book, so I headed downstairs into my airbrushing studio to clear the mind and weather up some more model railway wagons. Here's a look at so… Read More

It's been 3 months since I unvieled 'The Coast'. In that time I've been able to complete a few medium length operating sessions to fine tune what works best, and determine what I need to do… Read More

I've added some NQJX & NQKY container flat wagons to my upgraded North Coast roster.Earlier in the year when changing my layout over from it's former inner-Melbourne setting to my presen… Read More

Some new trees ready to be planted by Philden Harbour.This is my haul from Modellers Warehouse at the recent Brisbane Model Train Show. This year's show felt like a bit of a kickback to the… Read More

Here's a look at just some of the intermodal and general van traffic that will slide on over from Philden Street Yard to my new layout. Once again, I've listed some duplicates of these conta… Read More

May 2015 to April 2023... what a ride! Now for the big announcement...But first of all, thank you! Eight years of blogging and processing out loud my every thought, idea and success since I… Read More

Another building has been re-signed and re-purposed into its new role on the Coast. The former brown bricked building flat that stood against the end backdrop, has gone from luxury inner Mel… Read More

After years of deliberations and do-overs, Philden finally has a home on the NSW North Coast.After two years of modelling my Australian HO scale layout Philden Street Yard, 2023 started with… Read More

Who spotted the great plug for my latest book in this months Australian Model Railway News video? Once again thanks go out to Will James for covering the release of my third Philden Model Ra… Read More

Model Railway Scenery Secrets just so happens to be my 20th book release!The 3rd book under my own Philden Model Railway Presents label, Model Railway Scenery Secrets is now officially avail… Read More

It's time to get lit! As in, wire up the lights and reveal the completed scenery for 'The Yard' and the newly opened Murrays bus depot layover compound. The swear jar is full, and I've been… Read More

I've decided to clear the majority of my railway collection... and there's more in the garage!This is probably the most embarrassing photo I will ever post on any of my blogs... It is what h… Read More

This past week I got stuck into weathering some Victorian HO scale rollingstock. As I wanted to add some VR flour wagons to my layout's small fleet, I bought a few different packs to experim… Read More

Well... the warehouse is finished! My Episode 4 September vlog gives a rundown, walk through and flyover on the details I added to make this structure the feature at this end of the layout… Read More

It's time for a Friday afternoon knock-off fix of fun, in the form of the fantastic A66 in 'Cheeseburger' livery making a guest appearance in Philden Street Yard. So grab yourself a beverage… Read More

Break open the bubbles! It's time to launch my new book Model Railway Trackside Tips.September has been a great month! Some long awaited models have arrived, and now I'm proud to say that my… Read More

Recently I had my good friend Anthony Veness visit for a running session on Philden Street Yard. Anthony you may remember, is the modeller who took my old Philden Road layout off my hands an… Read More

Spare a quick moment to think about every word that has ever been written on the internet. The internet has been going for how long now? Just twenty-six years. It's really not that long in t… Read More