Category Archives: Ian Futers

Wordless Wednesday, Getting to the Point..

Posted on April 17, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, BR Blue, Branch Line, british finescale, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, finescale, first look, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie, social media, toy fair, train set, trainset, TT Gauge, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Heljan O Gauge Class 24 Warley News 2023

Posted on November 25, 2023 by bawdsey

In recent years Heljan has received more requests for an ‘O’ gauge Class 24 than anything else. So they’ve gone ‘all out’ to bring you not just a Class 24/0, but also the later Class 24/1s AND Scottish Region ‘24/1s’ … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Water

Posted on February 1, 2023 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, ak interactive, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, Cavalex, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, scenery, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, train set, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Shelfie 4, The River

Posted on January 8, 2023 by bawdsey

No, I haven’t gone all Springsteen, not that there’d be anything wrong with that, but the river in question is Maple River, the layout title and water feature on Shelfie 4. On this riverside shelf layout I want to try … Continue reading →

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Unashamedly product plugging!

Posted on June 28, 2022 by bawdsey

Yup it’s a product plug! Due for imminent release, a new layout design book from James Hilton and published by Wild Swan! I’ve been fortunate enough to have a content preview and if you follow James’ work, this blog, Geoff … Continue reading →

Posted in america, americana, baseboards, blogger, book, book review, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, freelance, HO, ho scale, Hobby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, library, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, planning, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, reading, research, scale modelling, Toy trains, track plans, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan | 11 Comments

Heljan MIOG 2020 Release News

Posted on October 23, 2020 by bawdsey

O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic detail variations covering the entire career of this enduringly popular Southern Region class.   Bi-mode trains are all … Continue reading →

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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 Shelfie3 ?

Posted on April 1, 2020 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday, ‘that’ copy..

Posted on March 12, 2020 by bawdsey

This magazine, this issue, is possibly ‘that’ copy for me. Many of us will have a favourite newsstand magazine and can recall a few issues that for them, made the difference, the one that got them hooked! I remember this … Continue reading →

Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, magazine, man cave, mancave, media, 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, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | 8 Comments

Twenty Twenty, Motivation Monday, first one in.

Posted on January 13, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s been a bit quiet of late on the blog, due to external influences both to do with the hobby and ‘life’, including a bit of man cave reconstruction! This year I’ve a couple of layout projects I want to … Continue reading →

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