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Monday Motivation, Saturday’s Try Out

Posted on March 6, 2023 by bawdsey

This, above, was where I was Friday morning. The day after, a Saturday no less, the appearance is markedly different, there’s weed and grass in the early stages of development. The core operation shakedown of Shelfie 4, Maple River is … Continue reading →

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2023 First one in

Posted on January 1, 2023 by bawdsey

Well 2023 is underway. It’ll be a big change and possibly challenge too. Both of us made redundant in December there’s a new life balance to work out, depending on whether anything turns up employment wise. One thing is certain, … Continue reading →

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Last one out!

Posted on December 31, 2022 by bawdsey

Just a quick note to say thank you for reading the blog this year, and please take time to visit the blogs and websites on the blog roll, they’re worth dipping into. So thank you again and hope to see … Continue reading →

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MRJ 288 and a Craftsman

Posted on March 24, 2022 by bawdsey

Not a bad thing to come home to after a hard day at the office, (stop laughing at the back). MRJ number 288 edited by Jerry Clifford. A nice issue this one, with a broad range of subject matter, ^^see … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2021 by bawdsey

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.

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Throwback Thursday We Will Remember

Posted on November 11, 2021 by bawdsey
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 | 3 Comments

Royal Mail Scam Delivery Shipping

Posted on May 3, 2021 by bawdsey

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 →

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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie3 Prototyping)

Posted on October 28, 2020 by bawdsey
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Shelfie1, Thanks For Your Service.

Posted on February 16, 2020 by bawdsey

My last train out of Shelfie1 this morning. The layout has gone to a new home to primarily be a home layout and photo set. It’s been a nice layout to build and operate, for such a small layout it … Continue reading →

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Essential Witness and Transition

Posted on July 26, 2019 by bawdsey

Essential Witness and Transition are two books that do that rare thing of capturing the railway in an engaging and artistic way. Each book contains the work of one photographer, Jim Shaughnessy for Essential Witness, and Colin Gifford for Transition. … Continue reading →

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