Category Archives: brassmasters

Great Central Grand Day Out

Posted on June 14, 2019 by bawdsey

This weekend it’s the Great Central Model Railway show centred around operating real trains, and the Model Railway Exhibition at Quorn station. It’s the first time I’ve been as a punter and for £23.00 including all day parking very good … Continue reading →

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Monday Motivation (Shelfie2, First Results)

Posted on January 14, 2019 by bawdsey

This weekend was a good shakedown for Shelfie2 at the Define show. The Dinghams worked with a high degree of reliability, and generated quite a bit of interest by themselves. The stock worked well too, and we had a visitor … Continue reading →

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Definitely Define

Posted on January 10, 2019 by bawdsey

Well I’m definitely getting there, not just with the layout but to Define 2019 this weekend. Define will be a first showing for the layout, it’s a one day event, sort of a social/open house thing by the Define group. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, huo, Industrial, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, life, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, wagon, woodland scenics | 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie2)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dingham, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, woodland, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (Black Lion Crossing)

Posted on October 3, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Motivation Monday, Brown…

Posted on August 27, 2018 by bawdsey

Yup, Brown! Ok admittedly brown isn’t often the ‘go to’ colour for inspiration, but today, it is. This past week I’ve been in mid Wales, an area of the UK often overlooked in terms of landscapes the island has to … Continue reading →

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Notes from the Mancave, Dingham Delights

Posted on May 16, 2018 by bawdsey

Today I’ve been putting together, and trial fitting Dingham electromagnetic couplers. These are them fitted to a Bachmann 08. They’re a bit fiddly to assemble, but the instructions are clear and give good hints and tips on their use. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wagon, Western Region | 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (visitors)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in 3f, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, djm, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, waterslide, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (sunlight)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, Photography, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, sun, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday, When you’re digging, stop!

Posted on February 22, 2018 by bawdsey

You know when you take one of those images that just nails it? This one above does it for me and it emphasises I’m well on the way to something good.  A year or so ago I’d been working on a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Canon G10, dapol, DCC, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Western Region, woodland | 4 Comments