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Wordless Wednesday Hattons Genesis

Posted on October 7, 2020 by bawdsey

Hattons Genesis

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Wordless Wednesday Heljan’s o2

Posted on September 16, 2020 by bawdsey
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Motivation Monday Ground Frame 1

Posted on September 7, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s a Monday and having had quite a good run of finishing man cave shelf queen projects, my attention is turning to those small completion jobs for Shelfie2. As it’s a simple one ‘engine in steam’ yard it has a … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday 02 Forwards

Posted on August 31, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s funny how this little engine has been quite the motivator. Started as much as eight years ago, likely quite a bit more, but I can’t really remember it’s been so long! But this one for some reason just needed … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Chris Klein, Minerva Models

Posted on August 19, 2020 by bawdsey

minerva chris-klein Lovely bloke, he’ll be missed. RIP

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Transformation Tuesday & The Skill Fading Shelf Queens…

Posted on August 18, 2020 by bawdsey

We’ve all got them. Projects that get started and then ‘mature’…. I can look around the man cave and see an almost embarrassing number things that have been started and are yet to reach conclusion. This one above is just … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday, The 02

Posted on August 10, 2020 by bawdsey

Nope, not the arena. This one.. This is one of those escapees from the shelf of doom. It’s been kicking around for quite a while, and last week I decided it’s about time it got finished. It’d stalled at quite … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, The 74

Posted on May 14, 2020 by bawdsey

74xx Bachmann 64xx 31-636 It was around five years back that Bachmann brought their 64xx to market. Adding to the high and low cab variations of the 57xx family already in the range. I bought a couple for the Forest … Continue reading →

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VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by bawdsey

Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

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Transformation Tuesday Wrap Round Completion

Posted on April 14, 2020 by bawdsey

Today’s one of the milestones in getting Shelfie2 completed. With little breeze and good drying weather it was time to get the backscene completed. Using a technique suggested and highly effectively used by Chris Nevard, it was time to dig … Continue reading →

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