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Motivation Monday, Showtime!
No one needs me to remind or tell them of the impact of Covid on the exhibition scene over the past two years, suffice to say it’s had a significant detrimental impact on the ability to run and attend shows … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, usa
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Asking For a Friend
Any of you readers fancy a start in O gauge? A friend has for sale two of these Dapol 08’s, as new, unused. They were originally part of a plan for a small O gauge layout, and,as we all experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, man cave, man-cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, train set, Western Region
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Happy Christmas
Wishing all the readers and followers of the blog the compliments of the season. Thank you for taking the time out to read the blog, and please take a look through the blog roll at the other bloggers work.
Heljan Class 02 Diesel Update
Today at Heaton Lodge Junction exhibition at Wakefield Heljan had their first EP of the 4mm OO scale class 02 diesel shunter. It’s important to note this is the first hand assembled version of the model, and there was no … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphone, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Heaton Lodge
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, great britain, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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A Train Set The Size Of a Boeing 747
Recently I’ve been helping out Simon George with his O gauge Heaton Lodge project, click the link for a real time stroll down its frontage. This week the final preparations and installation of the layout at Wakefield Market Hall has … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, B747, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Jumbo jet, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, Yorkshire
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Throwback Thursday We Will Remember
Posted in 3d, 3d printing, blog, blogger, blogging, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, finescale, flanders, hero, history, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, life, menin gate, model, model photography, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, remember, remembrance, research, scale, scale modelling, the great war, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, world war one, world war two
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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist
Back in the midsts of time I always wanted a complete set of British Rail ‘Standards’. Don’t know why, but I set about the task Hunter gatherer stylee, and apart from the WD 2-10-0, I ended up with all the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, SABLE, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, ve day, victory europe, Western Region, world war two, ww2
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Royal Mail Scam Delivery Shipping
At the moment many of us modellers (and our families) are using the postal services that get mail order products delivered. Obviously this increase means that there’s potential for the bottom feeders to attempt to rip people off. The above … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blog, blogging, book, brassmasters, canada, Comet Models, DCC, decals, europe, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, insurance, internet shopping, Interweb, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, on line shopping, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, postage scam, product news, Rapido Trains, reference, review, royal mail, scale modelling, scam, shelfie, shipping, shopping, social media
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