Category Archives: exactrail

Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain

Posted on March 16, 2023 by bawdsey

It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4 Testing the concrete canyon

Posted on March 15, 2023 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, americana, Bachmann, blogger, brassmasters, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, scenery, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, TT Gauge, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

Posted on March 8, 2023 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, americana, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, free-mo, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, True North, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Monday Motivation, Saturday’s Try Out

Posted on March 6, 2023 by bawdsey

This, above, was where I was Friday morning. The day after, a Saturday no less, the appearance is markedly different, there’s weed and grass in the early stages of development. The core operation shakedown of Shelfie 4, Maple River is … Continue reading →

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Introducing, Shelfie4 Maple River

Posted on March 3, 2023 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, freelance, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, track plans, TT, usa, woodland scenics, youtube | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday Water

Posted on February 1, 2023 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, ak interactive, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, Cavalex, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, scenery, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, train set, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday Comet A44

Posted on August 18, 2021 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, Comet Models, commission, dapol, DCC, Eastern Region, exactrail, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, justdoit, Layout, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, skillset, Southern Region, Swindon, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 2 Comments

Transformation Tuesday, Going with the Grain

Posted on April 20, 2021 by bawdsey

Working on several projects simultaneously is common for me, and the grain cars here are no exception. With significant changes at the house it made sense to use some of the time available to kick start Shelfie4. Going between Shelfie3 … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Going with the Grain

Posted on March 10, 2021 by bawdsey
Posted in america, americana, Bachmann, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, tangent, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, track, train set, Uncategorized, usa, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment