Category Archives: 2016

Many Happy Returns..

Posted on July 22, 2016 by bawdsey

   Like most of us I spend a good deal of time thinking and planning future projects, and sometimes help others with theirs. What you see above is just that, in the foreground is some 3D ‘thinking’. When the Forest … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, back on track!

Posted on May 26, 2016 by bawdsey

   A while ago with ‘Shelfie’ I fixed the track and fitted point motors https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/superquick-track/ Whilst I’d been a bit ‘sketchy’ as the yoof would have it by using superglue to fix the track down, the Peco point motors (PL10-E) are fixed … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (The next project?)

Posted on May 11, 2016 by bawdsey

  

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Derby 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by bawdsey

   Derby show this weekend is the good quality show that it is known for. Albion Yard however has developed a voracious appetite for DC controllers lunching two of them, for no apparent/logical reason. Regrettably this means I can’t run … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, its all over now …

Posted on May 5, 2016 by bawdsey

Well a couple of years ago I wrote that it’s all over now, Albion Yard doing its final show at Warley 2013, or that was the plan. https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/its-all-over-now/ However one show which I’d been asked to do but never managed … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Pannier

Posted on April 28, 2016 by bawdsey

Well here’s a throwback for you. It’s a 1950’s era OO gauge Pannier. Today it has a retro sort of charm to it, with it’s cast body and basic chassis. Powered by an Triang XO3 motor through what looks like … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Flying Scotsman

Posted on February 25, 2016 by bawdsey

This is a real throwback for me, I can remember as a kid my father taking me to see Flying Scotsman come through Welwyn North one cold frosty Saturday morning. Today after a long and controversial overhaul the locomotive is … Continue reading →

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2016 British Toy Fair

Posted on February 6, 2016 by bawdsey

A week ago I had the pleasure of visiting the London Toy Fair at Olympia courtesy of Oxford Rail. It was an interesting visit, very much the ‘trade’ show rather than the exhibitions we frequent. What was very apparent and … Continue reading →

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