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Category Archives: Forest of Dean
Transformation Tuesday Bachmann 4575
Today is probably one of the final sections of modifying this Bachmann 4575xx. Dug out by a friend from his scrap pile the footsteps were broken and it had the original Bachmann chimney, and no chassis. It’s one of the … Continue reading
Posted in 45xx, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Ultrascale, Uncategorized, Western Region
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2022 First One In
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
Posted in accurascale, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, justdoit, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics
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Wordless Wednesday Comet A44
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
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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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Wordless Wednesday LMS Push Pull
Posted in 51L Models, Airfix, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, Comet Models, Conversion, DCC, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, LED Lighting, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, Western Region, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Throwback Thursday 94xx
Here we are, more Pannier shenanigans! This time it’s a personality swap! A few of the 94xx’s had tank fillers in different positions, a couple of feet further back than normally associated with the class. There’s not many of them … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, free-mo, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Throwback Thursday, Back to the Future
Well this is certainly from the past, one of Albion Yards panniers drifts in to the yard with a typical coal train, quite a long while ago.. I can tell its one of the earlier images the warehouses are in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, free-mo, fremo, fremo module, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, life, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, throwback thursday, thursday theowback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Bachmann 94xx Pannier Review 35-025
If ever you wanted to know how to capture the functional, brooding mass of the last pannier, this is it. Bachmanns 94XX. The first thing that struck me on opening the box, (no video, sorry about that), is it just … Continue reading
Posted in 35-025, 35-025SF, 35-026, 35-026SF, 35-027, 35-027SF, 94XX, accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, copyright, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Swindon, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
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Wordless Wednesday, Chris Klein, Minerva Models
minerva chris-klein Lovely bloke, he’ll be missed. RIP
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, obituary, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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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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