Category Archives: Chris Nevard

Merry Christmas 23

Posted on December 25, 2023 by bawdsey

It’s that time of year again, a quick thank you to you readers for taking your time to drop by and spend some time here. The blog, YouTube Instagram threads and Facebook wouldn’t be possible without input and inspiration from … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday

Posted on August 7, 2023 by bawdsey

Sometimes just flicking through the pictures taken during projects is a useful little reminder of how things have gone, and a prompt for going. The image above is of Shelfie4 in March 23. It’s a key picture, almost a milestone … Continue reading →

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Shelfie 2 at Define 15/01/22

Posted on January 5, 2022 by bawdsey

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 →

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2022 First One In

Posted on January 1, 2022 by bawdsey

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 →

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Warley Virtual 2020

Posted on November 25, 2020 by bawdsey

This weekend would normally be the annual Warley National exhibition, COVID-19 obviously has taken its toll this year and well into 21 of the exhibition scene. However, this year Warley will be running a two day show on line, see … Continue reading →

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Transformation Tuesday Wrap Round Completion

Posted on April 14, 2020 by bawdsey

Today’s one of the milestones in getting Shelfie2 completed. With little breeze and good drying weather it was time to get the backscene completed. Using a technique suggested and highly effectively used by Chris Nevard, it was time to dig … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday , Paint

Posted on July 11, 2019 by bawdsey

Whilst waiting for more tree making material to arrive, I’ve turned to a trial of the backscene. I’m using a similar technique to that I used here, Setting the Scene where myself and the late Roy Jackson painted the sky/backscene … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Brew Street

Posted on June 19, 2019 by bawdsey

Chris Nevard

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Lights, Camera, Action..

Posted on November 23, 2018 by bawdsey

This week I’ve been scratching my head quite a bit. Shelfie2 is reaching the final assembly stage. I’ve decided to go ‘hands free’ operation and have spent a good bit of time getting Dingham couplings to work, which I’ll write … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2017 by bawdsey

Another year flown past! A quick note to thank all you readers whom have dropped in over the past year. It’s been a bit quiet over the past month on here, but don’t worry we’ll pick up in the new … Continue reading →

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