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Category Archives: DCC
Albion Yard’s Trees
One of the things the people seem to respond to most when they see the layout, are the trees. The core of these are made from plastic armatures from C&L finescale. At Railex, http://www.railex.org.uk/ Peter from C&L wasn’t sure if the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Railex, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon G10, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Tony Koester
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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
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Railex, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, Tony Koester
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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
Posted in 2012, Airfix, Bachmann, book, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, London 2012, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged 2012, Bachmann, Canon, Canon G10, diversity, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, legacy, london 2012, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, Olympic, OO, photography, sustainability
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MSE 4mm Signals (Ready to use)
Model Signal Engineering 4mm Steel Tube LMS/BR ‘Home’ Signal In the early 1930’s the LMS was finding good quality timber for signal construction expensive and difficult to source. One of the alternatives chosen was steel tube, this subsequently became very … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Branch Line, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex
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Railex Preparations Vol II
These are the latest scenic items coming off the bench in preparation for Railex. They are a straightforward build of a Howard Scenics ‘house back’ kit, and two trees, one complete with foliage and the other the bare structure awaiting … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO
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Railex Preparations Vol I
Over the next couple of weeks or so I’ll be burning some midnight oil as Railex at Aylesbury approaches. The layout will be assembelled as its been stored for five months or so and tested. In the intervening period I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in 3f, Airfix, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, New Radnor, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO
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Fifteen Minute Heroes
Ever thought I’ve only got fifteen minutes, not enough time to do anything with that, well this new page will hopefully show one or two of my fast jobs that make a difference. They’re not much, but all become a … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography
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‘Trinity’ 08 Brassmaster Rods
Heres a quick step by step on how to do the conversion. This isn’t the Brassmasters version as they assume a wheelchange too, which if you’re doing EM/S4 is the most likely way forward. I didn’t want the expense of … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO
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3f Jinty
It’s just about a year ago that I wrote about working over a selection of Bachmann’s very good Fowler 3F Jinties, also known as Jocko’s. Heres the ‘starter for ten’, the best RTR version to date, and a very good … Continue reading
Posted in 3f, Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, life, LMS, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, OO Gauge, review, Uncategorized
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