Category Archives: Industrial

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….

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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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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2 (Guyzance)

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Monday Motivation ‘Sable’

Many of us will have the SABLE (Stash Aquired Beyond Life Expectancy) pile. Actually mine is quite manageable, at one time I did have a collection of plastic kits that with brutal realism wasn’t going to get built, and they … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 4 Shapeshifter

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Canadian, canadian national, canadian pacific, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, kadee, Layout, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (The Wheat Sheaf)

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Monday Motivation Scenery

This was a few months back, initial track laying and ballasting done, and no backscene of lighting rig. At this point I knew I’d have foreground water, just not how much or how I’d represent it. A few months on … Continue reading

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