Category Archives: canon

Model Rail Live II

Here’s a bit of a clue as to the changes made since Railex and indeed the September Railway Modeller, they involve a significant change to the buildings, more track, a new train, in the literal sense, and more trees. Theres … Continue reading

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Model Rail Live Update

The layout doesn’t go to many shows and will only got to a couple of shows before its retirement in 2013. One up and coming show with a good mix of model and prototype interest is Model Rail Live at Barrow … Continue reading

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Mags and Mountains …

September 2012 Railway Modeller To date there’s not been much in this blog section regarding the build of Albion Yard and how its developed over the years. In this Septembers Railway Modeller the layout is featured in a break from … Continue reading

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The Good, The Not So Good, and the Indifferent

Parkside 7mm Southern Dia 1477 Insulated Van Its been an interesting couple of weeks, I’m lucky in a way that I get to mess about with different things, across scales and eras, but mostly within my overall interests. You do … Continue reading

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108 Connections

This was the result of one of those ‘good ideas’ you have from time to time. For my EM layout Bawdsey http://bawdsey.wordpress.com/, I’ve been building up the motive power and stock to reflect Eastern Region Practice in the late 1950’s … Continue reading

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The Olympic Torch 28th June 2012

28th JUNE 2012   Taking a bit of time out of toy trains this morning I’ve been following people running about carrying sticks of fire. Ben’s nomination story Ben is a quiet reserved lad, but inspirational in everyway, I feel … Continue reading

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Heavyweights creep in …

In reality, highly unlikely, but I like it. It also takes the layout back to its roots as an occaisional photo set.

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New Radnor Stepping Stone to ‘Finescale’

Thursday 24th April 1930 isn’t much of a date in the history books, we were a month away to the day from Amy Johnson landing in Darwin for example, and it appears that nothing much happened that day of any … Continue reading

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Rust & Dirt

I often get asked what mediums I use for my paint finishes, they are really pretty simple, easy to obtain supplies from good quality art and model shops. Firstly I tend not to skimp on the cost of paint/mediums or … Continue reading

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Today’s the day they’re …

Today will be interesting. I’ll find out if the layout fits in the car. Breaking the layout down was entertaining as the mods listed in yesterdays post were sort of built one on top of the other, I knew how … Continue reading

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