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Category Archives: Branch Line
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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Transformation Tuesday, Paint
It’s only a week since I completed Shelfie3’s wiring, and noted that that point in time was likely to be a spur onwards in the project. As I expected it did just that. The next notable step has been painting … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, DMU, finescale, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, man-cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, paint, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, track, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, video, youtube
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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2
Posted in accurascale, artist, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eighties, finescale, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, man-cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, realism, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, train set, trees, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Transformation Tuesday Bachmann 4575
Today is probably one of the final sections of modifying this Bachmann 4575xx. Dug out by a friend from his scrap pile the footsteps were broken and it had the original Bachmann chimney, and no chassis. It’s one of the … Continue reading
Posted in 45xx, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Ultrascale, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Shelfie 2 at Define 15/01/22
Shelfie2 was due to have its first exhibition as a completed layout this month at the well respected Define modellers day. Regrettably due to the recent surge in the pandemic numbers they have had to cancel/postpone the event. There are … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, LED Lighting, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, trees, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
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2022 First One In
Last year on First one in I wrote about Geoff Taylor’s Barmouth layout and his very clever use of ‘space’ to achieve a multi location layout. In December (21), I had the privilege of helping out with Simon George’s Heaton … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, justdoit, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics
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Motivation Monday Spaghetti
Wiring. Yuk. If there’s something that slows a project down for me it’s wiring up a layout. Pretty much everything else I can crack on with, but this bit, it’s a real chore even for a simple three point layout. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, train set, Uncategorized, video, Western Region, youtube
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Wordless Wednesday Rails Terrier (4S-010-005)
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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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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Wordless Wednesday (A Scottish Connection)
Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, train set, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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