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Category Archives: journey
Feel Good Friday, A Step Away..
It’s good to take a step away from stuff. This post was to be an #FEF theme, but having been away for a few days last week mixing work with pleasure, (it can work), I thought I’d put up some … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogging, cambrian, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, europe, feelgoodfriday, fef, friday flashback, fridayfunday, Friends, hiking, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, iphoneography, journey, justdoit, Layout, life, media, mindfulness, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, natural light, Photography, railroad, railway, scenery, seasons, shelfie, Sky, snow, snowdonia, social media, toy train, Uncategorized, united kingdom, Wales, walking
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A noughties Bachmann Makeover
An introduction to a makeover I’m giving to a Bachmann BR Standard Class 5. The model dates from the early noughties, and still holds its own today. The overall accuracy is excellent, the shape and core dimensions are all there … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, journey, justdoit, life, man cave, mansplaining, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, OO, OO Gauge, planning, railroad, railway, realism, repair, research, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, skill, Southern Region, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region, youtube
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The Vicarious Modeller
I had one of those messages from a good friend recently. You know one of those that makes you think, sending you off on a path you’ve never previously considered, they said ; another one of those projects I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogging, British Rail, cycling, dapol, DC, DCC, Facebook, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, instagram, journey, life, man cave, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, repair, scale modelling, social media, toy train, youtube
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Motivation Monday, Modelling Mosaic
It’s a pleasant Monday morning here, the suns out, it’s warm and I’m fortunate enough to be sitting outside and planning my next Shelfie 3 moves. This weekend just gone I was sitting at a mosaic table and chairs, the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Art, art reference, artist, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, journey, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, life, man-cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, mosaic, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, shelfie4, skill, skillset, toy train, train show, Uncategorized
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Heaton Lodge Junction
Simon George’s epic 7mm scale project Is beginning to make waves in the mainstream media. About as far away from a shelf layout layout as you can get, and in a proper mancave of man caves, a warehouse basement! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9251581/And-stop-200ft-Man-recreates-rail-junction-Britains-biggest-model-railway.html … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Art, artist, Bachmann, blog, brassmasters, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, feelgoodfriday, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, hero, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, journey, justdoit, Kalmbach, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, united kingdom
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It’s snowing!
Posted in b&w, black and white, blog, Inspiration, iphoneography, journey, life, media, natural light, seasons, shades of grey, snow, travel
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Requiem For Steam
A year or so back I took a look at Essential Witness and Transition by Jim Shaughnessy and Colin Gifford respectively. This week our ever genial postie tapped on the door and left this gem, Requiem For Steam. If you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in america, americana, Art, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, book review, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, journey, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, man cave, mancave, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, reference, research, review, travel, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa
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