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Category Archives: america
Are US Tariffs a threat to the UK model railway hobby?
Below is a Facebook post from the Hobby Industry Coalition, a group of North American hobby companies whom in the main supply ‘US’ outline products for their market. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1L1txjXbEn/?mibextid=wwXIfr The US Tariffs are recognised above, as a potential threat to … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, america, americana, Bachmann, blog, canada, Cavalex, china, clark rail works, commission, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, europe, exactrail, Facebook, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, kadee, Kalmbach, life, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, OO9, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railroad model craftsman, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Rapido Trains, Tamiya, throwback thursday, Toy trains, TT120, Uncategorized, united kingdom, usa, woodland scenics
Tagged Art, Bachmann, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, model-railroading, model-trains, tariff, trains, travel
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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4
Posted in accurascale, america, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy fair, track plans, train set, trainspotting, TT120, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday
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#FEF Shelfie 4
Prepping Maple River for the NEC exhibition this November I took the opportunity to get one of those shelf queens finished. This Proto2000 HO switcher was last worked on in 2018, I won’t be alone in having shelf queens that … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, fef, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, NEC, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, Peco TT, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelf queen, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
Tagged Canada, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, toytrain
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Wordless Wednesday
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Canadian, canadian national, canadian pacific, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, kadee, Layout, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday (The Wheat Sheaf)
Posted in america, americana, Bachmann, baseboards, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Canadian, canadian national, canadian pacific, dcc sound, decals, Eighties, exactrail, Exhibition, free-mo, fremo, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, man cave, maple river, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, research, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie4, test, toy train, train show, TT Gauge, usa, wordless wednesday
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Monday Motivation Scenery
This was a few months back, initial track laying and ballasting done, and no backscene of lighting rig. At this point I knew I’d have foreground water, just not how much or how I’d represent it. A few months on … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, inglenook, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, light railway, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, realism, scale modelling, scenery, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, track plans, TT Gauge, Uncategorized
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Groundwork Shelfie 4
It might seem odd to be talking about ground work with a picture like the one above. The reality is that the structures above are ‘placed’ for the photograph, and the eye level viewpoint disguises this. This is the reality … Continue reading
Posted in ak interactive, america, americana, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, kadee, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, light railway, man cave, maple river, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, planning, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, saturday, scale, scale modelling, scenery, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
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Shelfie4 Progress
Having been made redundant late last year, things slowed a little on the modelling front. However, I am now progressing with Shelfie4 and am currently working the building locations and physical sizes. Once I’m satisfied with them it’ll be a … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, Exhibition, finescale, HO, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, planning, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale, shelfie, shelfie3, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, usa, woodland scenics
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Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain
It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading
Posted in america, americana, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, free-mo, fremo, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, kadee, Layout, layout design, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, maple river, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, planning, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
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