Category Archives: Industrial

Wordless Wednesday (Heljan & Accurascale

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Just another day.. Wordless Wednesday

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, first look, heljan, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT120, Uncategorized, wagon, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Background Balance, Start at the end..

A while back I wrote about trials I was undertaking, Throwback Paint with a mix of paint types. This was the result for Shelfie2 under natural lighting which I was quite pleased with. That then was used to fill in … Continue reading

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The Junkyard

Something a little different for the blog, but a film I found particularly interesting. This is a fascinating look through the soon to be auctioned Rusi Klein collection of cars in Los Angeles by Magnus Walker. One thing that rang … Continue reading

Posted in america, americana, Art, art reference, artefacts, artist, Barn find, blog, Brutal, canada, cars, Conversion, Eighties, epitaph, europe, film, hero, Industrial, Inspiration, instagram, life, magazine, magnus walker, Old school, porsche, repair, seventies, sundayfunday, Uncategorized, usa, youtube | 9 Comments

Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

Posted in accurascale, america, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy fair, track plans, train set, trainspotting, TT120, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

#FEF Shelfie 4

Prepping Maple River for the NEC exhibition this November I took the opportunity to get one of those shelf queens finished. This Proto2000 HO switcher was last worked on in 2018, I won’t be alone in having shelf queens that … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday, Accurascale J69

I’ll break protocol and will put words in this time, Iain Rice would have loved this one! Yep I know it’s a J68….

Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, buckjumper, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, first look, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Inspiration, j69, light railway, LNER, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

First Look Dapol’s OO Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST

A first look at the Dapol Hawthorn Leslie in OO. I wasn’t sure what I would make of it, Hornby’s Pecketts, and Planet Industrial’s Kerr Stuart and Rapido’s Hunslet have set high standards for anyone else to meet. I have … Continue reading

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F***ed Up Friday, not Feel Good Friday!

Well it’s one of those Fridays. A quick bit of modelling before heading out of the corral, what could possibly go wrong? Well, the above basically, that’s what could go wrong, and has. Having completed the painting and decal application … Continue reading

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The Art of Railway Modelling, James Hilton (Book Review)

The Art of Railway Modelling £18.50 Wild Swan Books Ltd ISBN 9 781912 038558 The Art of Railway Modelling” by James Hilton is a very different look at the captivating world of railway modelling. James, an experienced modeller himself, shares … Continue reading

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