Category Archives: British Rail

Motivation Monday MDV in the bag

A few weeks back I wrote on a Monday about these MDV’s, and the straightforward simplicity of the kits. Well as per the post above they all went together really easily, and once I’d finished them the force was strong, … Continue reading

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Motivation Monday MDV’s

A few weeks back Accurascale announced the British Rail MDV mineral wagon in OO 4mm scale, naturally about three weeks after I’d bought a batch of Five 79 MDV kits. Often this can be a deterrent to finish or even … Continue reading

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Bachmann 94xx Pannier Review 35-025

If ever you wanted to know how to capture the functional, brooding mass of the last pannier, this is it. Bachmanns 94XX. The first thing that struck me on opening the box, (no video, sorry about that), is it just … Continue reading

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Motivation Monday, Getting to the point.. I

I’m making no apologies for diving straight in to look at Geoff Forsters Off the beaten track blog for the motivation on this one Ground Frame Day and Levers and Rods. Recently Shelfie2 was visited for photos for a magazine … Continue reading

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Victory for Planet Industrials

Planet Industrials

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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie3 Prototyping)

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Heljan MIOG 2020 Release News

O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic detail variations covering the entire career of this enduringly popular Southern Region class.   Bi-mode trains are all … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Heljan’s o2

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, LNER, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Motivation Monday 02 Forwards

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

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

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, obituary, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment