Category Archives: Great Western

Motivation Monday, Brown…

Posted on August 27, 2018 by bawdsey

Yup, Brown! Ok admittedly brown isn’t often the ‘go to’ colour for inspiration, but today, it is. This past week I’ve been in mid Wales, an area of the UK often overlooked in terms of landscapes the island has to … Continue reading →

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dingham, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, paint, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics, woods | 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (one for a mate)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in blog, Branch Line, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Friends, Great Western, heljan, hero, HO, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, llangunllo, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, New Radnor, Old school, Photography, research, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, skill, Southern, Southern Region, Swindon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wild swan, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on August 8, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, bawdsey, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (Cat checks out Rapido 1200’s and 3800’s)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by bawdsey

And is even more astonished when shown the fugly GMD-1…

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, cat, DCC, dcc sound, film, finescale, flying scotsman, gmd-1, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, iphoneography, kadee, Kalmbach, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Region, sw1200rs, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, True North, Union Pacific, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie)

Posted on June 20, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canon, Canon G10, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Layout, LMS, LNER, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, trees, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment

Heljan’s O Gauge Class 50

Posted on June 7, 2018 by bawdsey

Heljan have kindly sent across images of the engineering prototype for their O gauge British Rail Class 50. As usual at this stage, it’s an early prototype and subject to change. Some details have already been identified for improvement. Release … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region | 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday, Fifteen Minute Heroes, How to Gain Weight

Posted on May 17, 2018 by bawdsey

It’s been a while since I posted a Fifteen Minute Hero, a couple of years at least! One of the things I want to do with Shelfie2 is to have it hands free operation, so with that in mind I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, dingham, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie2, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wagon, Western Region | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (visitors)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in 3f, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, djm, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, waterslide, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Letter from the ManCave

Posted on April 4, 2018 by bawdsey

This evening I’ve had Shelfie2 out on scaffolding trestles in the main room of the mancave. Normally this is occupied by a car, I know, weirdo eh? Still, having the space clear for a while has allowed me to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Western Region, woodland, woods | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday (sunlight)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, Photography, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, sun, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment