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Category Archives: blog
Red Alert! R3243 Box Opened …
I’ve remarked before on this blog and in conversations that over the past ten years or so, most of my ready to run purchases have gone to Bachmann. That has primarily been because hornby (and others), haven’t been making the … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, canon, critic, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, shopping, social media, toytrainset, train set
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, hornby k1, k1, Layout, life, lner, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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And relaaaax….
Its been a bit quiet on the blog front of late, and that’s because I’ve been working on a large writing and modelling project with my good friend Paul Lunn. It has re-fired the brain cells though with quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, film, hobbies, humour, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, social media, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Projects, Projects!
Well this month and a good part of the previous two in fact have been busy working on a number of projects with Paul Lunn. More to come later on this but it mixes his layout design skills, our ‘tag … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, DCC, dcc sound, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, Tony Koester
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2014, Year of the Shelfie ..
2014 the year of the Shelfie, and a note to say thank you for taking the time to read this blog over the year. Its been quite a busy year, right the way through as far as modelling projects go, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, critic, DCC, dcc sound, DVD, film, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, research, review, selfie, shelfie, social media, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, DVD, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, publishing, Railway Modeller, train set
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Seasons Greetings
Just a quick note to wish all you readers the seasons greetings as we head towards the end of the year. The picture above is Albion Yard with the first fall of the winter, a good number of you will … Continue reading
Posted in blog, christmas, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, music, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged 2014, christmas, Exhibition, fairy tale of new york, Forest of Dean, George Iliffe-Stokes, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, malcolm mitchell, mitchell, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, music, nevard, new york, OO, photography, pogues, Railway Modeller, soundcloud, the pogues, tom mitchell
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Finescale Review No.2
In this issue there’s a wide range of subjects covered: Inset and paved trackwork, Brian Harrup modelling in P87, finescale HO. Tyne Dock Hoppers, Pete Hill, etched and whitemetal kits assembled largely with superglue. Working with whitemetal, David Brandreth shows … Continue reading
Posted in blog, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Who Pays the Piper
An interesting debate has broken out, and been locked, (no change there then) in a small corner of the interweb. It all kicked off because some one asked an event organiser if their show was a commercial show or not. … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, critic, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Railex, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, club, commercial, Exhibition, harry denford, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, the london theatre
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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY No.2
Posted in blog, blogging, canon, hobbies, Kalmbach, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, social media, wordless wednesday
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, wordless wednesday
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Progress?
Anyone recognise this? Hold the front page, it’s a kit. That’s right ‘A Kit’. I know, I know, smelling salts all round, breath in using the paper bag, Three, Two, One, and you’re back in the room .. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, social media, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Art, artistic, atmosphere, blog, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, progress, Railway Modeller, Tony Koester
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THIRTY!
Tonight, thirty years ago, as the doors closed at Scaleforum, Paul Karau, Gerry Beale and Bob Barlow arguably instigated one of the biggest changes in the UK’s model railway publishing, with the decision to produce a magazine dedicated to ‘finescale’ … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged analogue, archive, blog, Branch Line, finescale, HO, Hobby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, publishing, Railway Modeller
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