Category Archives: Inspiration

Motivation Monday MDV’s

Posted on December 7, 2020 by bawdsey

A few weeks back Accurascale announced the British Rail MDV mineral wagon in OO 4mm scale, naturally about three weeks after I’d bought a batch of Five 79 MDV kits. Often this can be a deterrent to finish or even … Continue reading →

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Warley Virtual 2020

Posted on November 25, 2020 by bawdsey

This weekend would normally be the annual Warley National exhibition, COVID-19 obviously has taken its toll this year and well into 21 of the exhibition scene. However, this year Warley will be running a two day show on line, see … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday, Getting to the point.. I

Posted on November 23, 2020 by bawdsey

I’m making no apologies for diving straight in to look at Geoff Forsters Off the beaten track blog for the motivation on this one Ground Frame Day and Levers and Rods. Recently Shelfie2 was visited for photos for a magazine … Continue reading →

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We Shall Remember

Posted on November 8, 2020 by bawdsey
Posted in 1914, 1918, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, epitaph, Friends, hero, history, Inspiration, life, menin gate, remember, remembrance, the great war, world war one, world war two, ww2 | Leave a comment

Victory for Planet Industrials

Posted on November 7, 2020 by bawdsey

Planet Industrials

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Transformation Tuesday, Genesis

Posted on October 27, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s not often the hobby gets a bit of a kick up the arse with a new release, and throws a little bit of controversy in for good measure, but Hattons are showing the potential to do just that, with … Continue reading →

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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 Hattons Genesis

Posted on October 7, 2020 by bawdsey

Hattons Genesis

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Motivation Monday Ground Frame 1

Posted on September 7, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s a Monday and having had quite a good run of finishing man cave shelf queen projects, my attention is turning to those small completion jobs for Shelfie2. As it’s a simple one ‘engine in steam’ yard it has a … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday 02 Forwards

Posted on August 31, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s funny how this little engine has been quite the motivator. Started as much as eight years ago, likely quite a bit more, but I can’t really remember it’s been so long! But this one for some reason just needed … Continue reading →

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