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Category Archives: hobbies
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 This is a new Transport Treasury album that covers diesels that are withdrawn, and closed lines, so this book is very much … Continue reading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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Transformation Tuesday Heljan TT120 Class 31
Please don’t forget as you join your local interweb cake and arse party, that to participate you need to ignore the following; UK mainstream 7mm RTR doesn’t exist, there’s no market for it. UK mainstream 009 RTR doesn’t exist, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, foamathon, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Interweb, Layout, life, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, new release, news, Oxford rail, peco, Peco TT, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, toy train, track, TT, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Transformation Tuesday
Twelve hours To foamathon 22. Sounds exciting!
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, man cave, man-cave, Midland Region, Modelling, new release, news, Oxford rail, peco, Peco TT, product news, Rails of Sheffield, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, seventies, toy train, transformation tuesday, TT Gauge, tuesday transformation, Western Region
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Wordless Wednesday, Repairs
Posted in 2FS, 2mm, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, man cave, man-cave, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, repair, scale modelling, skillset, toy train, wordless wednesday
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Monday Motivation, Lance Mindheim
The image above is a photograph from an iPhone of an HO switching layout by Lance Mindheim . It’s an image of nothing in particular, and that for me makes it all the more noteworthy and inspiring, motivational etc etc! … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, skill, toy train, usa
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Motivation Monday, Showtime!
No one needs me to remind or tell them of the impact of Covid on the exhibition scene over the past two years, suffice to say it’s had a significant detrimental impact on the ability to run and attend shows … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, usa
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Peco Bullhead Crossings and Slips
At Heaton Lodge’s Bath and West exhibition today, I had the opportunity to get a quick look some production samples of the crossing, and slip points on Peco’s trade exhibition stand. The crossings and slips utilise the same ‘Unifrog’ design … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, track, train set, train show, Uncategorized, unifrog
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Asking For a Friend
Any of you readers fancy a start in O gauge? A friend has for sale two of these Dapol 08’s, as new, unused. They were originally part of a plan for a small O gauge layout, and,as we all experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, man cave, man-cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, train set, Western Region
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Transformation Tuesday, Paint
It’s only a week since I completed Shelfie3’s wiring, and noted that that point in time was likely to be a spur onwards in the project. As I expected it did just that. The next notable step has been painting … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, DMU, finescale, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, man-cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, paint, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, track, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, video, youtube
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Motivation Monday, Modelling Mosaic
It’s a pleasant Monday morning here, the suns out, it’s warm and I’m fortunate enough to be sitting outside and planning my next Shelfie 3 moves. This weekend just gone I was sitting at a mosaic table and chairs, the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Art, art reference, artist, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, journey, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, life, man-cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, mosaic, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, shelfie4, skill, skillset, toy train, train show, Uncategorized
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