Category Archives: fremo

Throwback Thursday, Happy Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2020 by bawdsey

Well, 2020! This should probably be a #throwbackthursday post, not just because it’s a Thursday, but if you actually caught 2020, you’d certainly want to throw it back.. 2021 will have to go some to make it as memorable as … Continue reading →

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Warley Virtual 2020

Posted on November 25, 2020 by bawdsey

This weekend would normally be the annual Warley National exhibition, COVID-19 obviously has taken its toll this year and well into 21 of the exhibition scene. However, this year Warley will be running a two day show on line, see … Continue reading →

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Victory for Planet Industrials

Posted on November 7, 2020 by bawdsey

Planet Industrials

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, light railway, man cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, peco, planet industrials, product news, prototype, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales | Leave a comment

Transformation Tuesday, Genesis

Posted on October 27, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s not often the hobby gets a bit of a kick up the arse with a new release, and throws a little bit of controversy in for good measure, but Hattons are showing the potential to do just that, with … Continue reading →

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, EM, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, freelance, fremo, GNR, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, hybrid, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Motivation Monday Southern Alberta Rail

Posted on October 12, 2020 by bawdsey

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 →

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie2

Posted on September 2, 2020 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, fremo, fremo module, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, peco, R3427, R3694, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Transformation Tuesday Wrap Round Completion

Posted on April 14, 2020 by bawdsey

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 | 3 Comments

Throwback Thursday, Turn up the Volume!

Posted on April 9, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s interesting for me to step through the back catalogue of the images of this layouts (Shelfie2) development. The picture above was taken yesterday in natural lighting in our garden. The picture below shows the ‘concept’ I was thinking of … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie2

Posted on March 25, 2020 by bawdsey
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 | Leave a comment

Shelfie1, Thanks For Your Service.

Posted on February 16, 2020 by bawdsey

My last train out of Shelfie1 this morning. The layout has gone to a new home to primarily be a home layout and photo set. It’s been a nice layout to build and operate, for such a small layout it … Continue reading →

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