Category Archives: Industrial

PCA Accurascale at GETS

Announced at GETS today Accurascale PCA bulk cement wagons in OO Gauge. Three pack £69.95, discounts for rakes, estimated arrival January 2019 7mm HUO EP was also on the stand as was the 4mm PCV’s And at the end of … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday Trees

Earlier in the year I was in the Mancave looking at the changeover between the 3D model and the backscene. Today’s seen quite a change.. As we’re getting into the Autumn I spend a good amount of time looking at … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Baldwin’s

Posted in Bachmann, baldwin, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, finescale, heljan, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, life, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, scale, scale modelling, the great war, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Wales, Welsh Marches, wordless wednesday, world war one | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie)

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canon, Canon G10, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Layout, LMS, LNER, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, trees, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment

Accurascale, Transformation Tuesday!

When your 21 year old daughter says ‘that looks nice, what is it?’ it’s an indication that the box, at the very least is ‘on message’. Not only that but SWMBO, or ‘the wife’ as I know her, mentions it … Continue reading

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Notes from the Mancave, Dingham Delights

Today I’ve been putting together, and trial fitting Dingham electromagnetic couplers. These are them fitted to a Bachmann 08. They’re a bit fiddly to assemble, but the instructions are clear and give good hints and tips on their use. I’ve … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (sunlight)

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, Photography, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, sun, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Motivation Monday Shelfie2 Progression

Progression, using a phone as a camera. Rather than the image content the camera phone is probably what my late father would be surprised at. It is a very useful tool for me, keeping track of Shelfie2’s progress, not to … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday, When you’re digging, stop!

You know when you take one of those images that just nails it? This one above does it for me and it emphasises I’m well on the way to something good.  A year or so ago I’d been working on a … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie2)

Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, wagon, Wales, waterslide, Western Region, woodland, woods, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment