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Category Archives: history
Motivation Monday, Iain Rice, Influencer
This weekend the hobby lost one of its greatest influencers, Iain Rice. So why might that be a motivation? Well Iain was a prolific writer and modeller across the hobby, not only here in the UK but its fair to … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Eighties, epitaph, finescale, heljan, hero, history, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, iain rice, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, obituary, OO, peco, prototype, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, scaleforum, shelfie, skill, toy train, track, track plans, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan
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Brutal Sunday
Well it’s a Sunday, and this is brutal. I’m putting together Ratio’s ARP signal box kit, and it’s brutal! Not the kit as such, though there are some ‘clunky’ elements to it, but the core prototype design, as a building … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, architecture, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Brutal, critic, Great Western, gwr, history, HO, ho scale, Hornby, Industrial, King Charles, King Charles III, Layout, layout design, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, planning, Prince Charles, railway, Ratio, review, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie3, signal, signal box, signalling, Southern, toy train, Uncategorized, world war two
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Lost Diesels, Lost Lines (Review)
In a, ‘Does what it says on the tin’ kind of way, this book pretty much does that. This is a new Transport Treasury album that covers diesels that are withdrawn, and closed lines, so this book is very much … Continue reading
Posted in b&w, black and white, blog, book, book review, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eastern Region, finescale, great britain, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, library, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, reading, reference, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, throwback thursday, TT, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
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Motivation Monday. TT
This morning Peco are setting the cat amongst the pigeons announcing a range of TT track and products! Absolutely fascinating for me, I think this is the ideal scale, big enough for good detail, and small enough to get the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, europe, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, man cave, man-cave, media, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, Peco SL-U1180, Peco SL-U1188, Peco SL-U1189, Peco SL-U1194, Peco TT, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, track, train set, train show, TT, TT Gauge, Uncategorized
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Throwback Thursday We Will Remember
Posted in 3d, 3d printing, blog, blogger, blogging, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, finescale, flanders, hero, history, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, life, menin gate, model, model photography, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, remember, remembrance, research, scale, scale modelling, the great war, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, world war one, world war two
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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist
Back in the midsts of time I always wanted a complete set of British Rail ‘Standards’. Don’t know why, but I set about the task Hunter gatherer stylee, and apart from the WD 2-10-0, I ended up with all the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, SABLE, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, ve day, victory europe, Western Region, world war two, ww2
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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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Requiem For Steam
A year or so back I took a look at Essential Witness and Transition by Jim Shaughnessy and Colin Gifford respectively. This week our ever genial postie tapped on the door and left this gem, Requiem For Steam. If you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in america, americana, Art, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, book review, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, journey, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, man cave, mancave, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, reference, research, review, travel, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa
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