Well OK just a little personal bit :-)

I am a Systems Engineer living in Bristol (UK). I have been interested in model making most of my life. I have built many other models as well as the railway and Warhammer ones shown on this site. These include Airfix aircraft, wooden ships and in my early days helping my father build 71/4” gauge battery powered engines for pulling passenger carrying people. Perhaps some time I will try to add some more sections to this web site.
I hope to gradually add to this site as my layout progresses and also to keep the Warhammer section updated with new models as we paint them.

If you have any comments about the site, or would like any information about any of the models, why not drop me an email

Some general information about the site.
When I started this I had had no previous experience of web creation despite nearly 25 years in the computer business.
It was originally created using Netobjects Fusion obtained free from a magazine cover disc. When I upgraded to a new computer I moved the Netobjects data file to a different hard drive. Then I found that Netobjects uses an absolute path name to the picture files which meant that all my picture links didnt work. I had a choice of either re linking over 1000 pictures or use the opportunity to rebuild the site.
I have learnt a bit about HTML since first creating the site and so I decided to rewrite it in pure HTML. This has enabled me to improve the site navigation and add the tab bar feature.

Most of the pictures have been taken using an Olympus C700 digital camera. The Warhammer pictures are generally taken outdoors in sunshine and using the flash as a fill in to eliminate the shadows. The railway pictures are by necessity taken in the loft as that is where the layout is. Flash is used for most shots. I am experimenting with putting paper over the front of the flash to reduce the power as most of the shots are taken very close. If I get too close I get a shadow cast from the lens barrel across the bottom of the picture.
Most pictures are taken using the cameras maximum 2.1 mega pixel resolution which gives a picture that is 1600 x 1200 pixels in size. These are then cropped to get the content right and then resized to the final 680 x 510 pixels. This strange size has come about by trying to optimise the picture size in the popup window for people using an 800 x 600 pixel display setting.
The older pictures in the 'Other Models' section are scanned from a mixture of 35mm slides and prints taken on a variety of cameras. Considering some of these pictures are over 30 years old they are reasonably good.