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Category Archives: Eighties
Motivation Monday, Showtime!
No one needs me to remind or tell them of the impact of Covid on the exhibition scene over the past two years, suffice to say it’s had a significant detrimental impact on the ability to run and attend shows … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, usa
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Transformation Tuesday, Relax…
Well what’s the transformation then? Beer? nope, no change there, DMU?, nope, no change, a shelf layout?, nope, still no change. The reason for popping the top off this cool one, is the transformation in operating this layout, Shelfie 3. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, DMU, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED Lighting, man-cave, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2
Posted in accurascale, artist, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eighties, finescale, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, man-cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, realism, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, train set, trees, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Shelfie 2 at Define 15/01/22
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
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, LED Lighting, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, trees, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
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Wordless Wednesday Heaton Lodge
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, great britain, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Heljan at Wakefield
With Simon George’s Heaton Lodge Junction on show in Wakefield, Heljan have taken the opportunity to show some of their forthcoming products including an EP of the 4mm scale class 47 and late Deltic in 7mm O gauge
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED Lighting, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, Railway Modeller, scale modelling, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, train set, train show, Uncategorized
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A Train Set The Size Of a Boeing 747
Recently I’ve been helping out Simon George with his O gauge Heaton Lodge project, click the link for a real time stroll down its frontage. This week the final preparations and installation of the layout at Wakefield Market Hall has … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, B747, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Jumbo jet, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, Yorkshire
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Motivation Monday Spaghetti
Wiring. Yuk. If there’s something that slows a project down for me it’s wiring up a layout. Pretty much everything else I can crack on with, but this bit, it’s a real chore even for a simple three point layout. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, train set, Uncategorized, video, Western Region, youtube
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Wordless Wednesday (A Scottish Connection)
Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, train set, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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31st Monday Motivation
Well it’s a Monday and the sketch pad, pencil and track layout books are out, and that can only mean one thing. It’s a Monday I’ve got a book, a sketch pad and pencil. Over the past week or so … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Conversion, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, prototype, Railex, railroad, railway, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region
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