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Category Archives: americana
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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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4 Testing the concrete canyon
Posted in accurascale, americana, Bachmann, blogger, brassmasters, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, scenery, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, TT Gauge, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4
Posted in accurascale, americana, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, free-mo, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, True North, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday, Laramie Wyoming
Posted in 4th july, america, americana, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, iphone, iphoneography, Kalmbach, laramie, Layout, layout design, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, track, train show, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa, wordless wednesday, Wyoming
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Motivation Monday, Mindheim’s Musing
I don’t need to mention the current (October 22), cost of living rises in the UK to anyone. If you’re awake you’ll be all too aware of the impact of Brexit, Ukraine etc etc on national and world economic and … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, freelance, fremo module, gouge, Hattons, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, ikea, Industrial, inglenook, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, man-cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, peco bullhead, Peco TT, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, Ratio, realism, research, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, skill, toy train, train set, TT, Uncategorized
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Unashamedly product plugging!
Yup it’s a product plug! Due for imminent release, a new layout design book from James Hilton and published by Wild Swan! I’ve been fortunate enough to have a content preview and if you follow James’ work, this blog, Geoff … Continue reading
Posted in america, americana, baseboards, blogger, book, book review, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, freelance, HO, ho scale, Hobby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, library, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, planning, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, reading, research, scale modelling, Toy trains, track plans, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan
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Monday Motivation, Lance Mindheim
The image above is a photograph from an iPhone of an HO switching layout by Lance Mindheim . It’s an image of nothing in particular, and that for me makes it all the more noteworthy and inspiring, motivational etc etc! … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, skill, toy train, usa
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HO Indiana Shortline Wordless Wednesday
No words as such from me, but this overview from Instagram by Tim Nicholson of his Indiana based HO scale layout, is really worth spending time watching. So so much to learn from it.
Posted in america, americana, australia, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, indiana, Inspiration, instagram, Kalmbach, Layout, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, pennsylvania, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, social media, toy train, trees, usa, wordless wednesday
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Transformation Tuesday, Going with the Grain
Working on several projects simultaneously is common for me, and the grain cars here are no exception. With significant changes at the house it made sense to use some of the time available to kick start Shelfie4. Going between Shelfie3 … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, americana, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, free-mo, freelance, fremo, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, justdoit, kadee, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, prototype, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, Toy trains, train set, trainset, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized
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