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Category Archives: dapol
Motivation Monday Southern Alberta Rail
As many friends and quite a few readers know I have a thing going on ref North American and Canadian short lines. I’ve primarily worked in HO (see above), but not long ago Chris Mears of Prince Street turned my … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, skill, southern alberta rail, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, track, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, usa
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Wordless Wednesday Hattons Genesis
Hattons Genesis
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, EM, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, railway, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday
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Motivation Monday Ground Frame 1
It’s a Monday and having had quite a good run of finishing man cave shelf queen projects, my attention is turning to those small completion jobs for Shelfie2. As it’s a simple one ‘engine in steam’ yard it has a … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, llangunllo, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, New Radnor, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Motivation Monday, The 02
Nope, not the arena. This one.. This is one of those escapees from the shelf of doom. It’s been kicking around for quite a while, and last week I decided it’s about time it got finished. It’d stalled at quite … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, decals, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Inspiration, justdoit, life, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Railway Modeller, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, skillset, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Hornby 61XX R3723 Review
Hornby Prairie R3723 R3723x R3719 R3719x R3721 R3721x R3725 R3725x In through the man cave doors this week from Hornby is their latest release of a GWR 61xx design. The original Hornby 61XX model was the 1970’s Airfix model, well … Continue reading
Posted in 61xx, accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, R3719, R3719x, R3721, R3721x, R3723, R3723x, R3725, R3725x, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Throwback Thursday, The 74
74xx Bachmann 64xx 31-636 It was around five years back that Bachmann brought their 64xx to market. Adding to the high and low cab variations of the 57xx family already in the range. I bought a couple for the Forest … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, 3d, 3d printing, 64xx, 74xx, accurascale, Bachmann, bachmann 74xx, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, cambrian, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, realism, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Transformation Tuesday Wrap Round Completion
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
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, autumn, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, fremo, fremo module, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, transformation tuesday, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics, woods
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Wordless Wednesday (08 in the woods)
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, natural light, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, tree, trees, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics, woods, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie2
Posted in autumn, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, fall, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, tree, trees, Western Region, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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