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Showtime, ‘This is Pop’ 7pm ET

For fans of pre Brit-Pop music, and that crossover from MOR music to the punk era, tonight on ‘Showtime’ 7pm ET there a unique documentary regarding the British band XTC, called ‘This is Pop’. http://xtcbumperbookoffunforboysandgirls.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/showtime-xtc-documentary-charlie-thomas.html?m=1 The connection with the hobby … Continue reading

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Modelu Award

Alan Buttler owner of Modelu receives the 2017 Gwyn Humphreys award at Warley 2017, for innovation in the hobby! https://www.modelu3d.co.uk

Posted in 2017, 3d, 3d printing, Award, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eastern Region, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, hero, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Interweb, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, review, shopping, skill, social media, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, television, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region, Xtc | 3 Comments

XTC Throwback Thursday

A few Thursdays back I posted this on the Albion Yard Facebook page which likely seemed bit left field even for regular readers of the blog, so why has it and other XTC references appeared? Well, earlier in the year … Continue reading

Posted in 2017, 3d, 3d printing, apple, Bachmann, blog, blogging, British Rail, Cameo, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, film, finescale, flying scotsman, Friends, Great Western, hero, history, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Interweb, iphone, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, music, n gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, Old school, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, research, review, Sky, Sky arts, social media, Southern Region, Swindon, television, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, Xtc | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday XTC

Posted in 2017, 3d, 3d printing, Bachmann, blog, blogger, Branch Line, Cameo, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, DVD, Eighties, film, finescale, Friends, Great Western, hero, history, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, music, n gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, paint, Photography, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, skill, skillset, Sky, Sky arts, social media, Southern Region, television, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday, Xtc | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday 3D printing (Coast Line Models)

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Posted in 2016, 3d, 3d printing, blog, brassmasters, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge | 7 Comments

3D Developments

Of late I’ve been fortunate to see some of the really excellent 3D printing developments that are coming into the hobby. This weekend a PO wagon belonging to the Abdon Clee Stone Quarries on the Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light … Continue reading

Posted in 2016, 3d, 3d printing, blog, blogger, brassmasters, British Rail, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, flying scotsman, Friends, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, life, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, New Radnor, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region | 7 Comments