Category Archives: Great Western

Oxford Seven

Posted on March 23, 2016 by bawdsey

This week I’ve been modifying some of the Oxford Rail seven plank wagons. Whilst not perfect they are a good starting point for me to do British Rail era wagons towards the end of their lives. As a quick list … Continue reading →

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Nine, is the magic number!

Posted on March 16, 2016 by bawdsey

Nine, is the magic number! That’s what the layout has taught me this week. This is because I’m still working out what I want from a bigger multi location scheme, version 1, seen below. Since this early draft (not to scale), … Continue reading →

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Hornby Collett Coaches, (Are we nearly there yet?)

Posted on March 6, 2016 by bawdsey

Well Hornby’s Collett coaches are here, and there’s very little point in doing a review as such of them. Basically Hornby have got these three right when checked against data within both Russell and Lewis coaching stock books, and pictures in … Continue reading →

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Pannier Throwback Thursday

Posted on February 11, 2016 by bawdsey

This week I’ve had the opportunity to spend time servicing my brass 97XX. This is a Samhongsa RTR model from the mid 1980’s and are in the real (not ebay) sense of the word ‘rare’. Korean and Japanese brass models … Continue reading →

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Manchester 2015

Posted on December 5, 2015 by bawdsey

This weekend I have ‘Shelfie ‘ at the Manchester show. http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/ Barnes Wallis building Manchester University. We also have one of the USATC Engineering prototype dock tanks from Model Rail/Bachmann with us. Harwood Room, Stand 4, next to Pete Kirmonds … Continue reading →

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Analogue Media

Posted on October 16, 2015 by bawdsey

Whilst the internet can be a useful resource, when I see books like this it really brings home just how much information is out there, both printed, and yet to come. This book from Lightmoor has all the things I … Continue reading →