Category Archives: kadee

Are US Tariffs a threat to the UK model railway hobby?

Posted on May 1, 2025 by bawdsey

Below is a Facebook post from the Hobby Industry Coalition, a group of North American hobby companies whom in the main supply ‘US’ outline products for their market. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1L1txjXbEn/?mibextid=wwXIfr The US Tariffs are recognised above, as a potential threat to … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

Posted on October 2, 2024 by bawdsey
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

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on July 5, 2023 by bawdsey
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

Groundwork Shelfie 4

Posted on June 10, 2023 by bawdsey

It might seem odd to be talking about ground work with a picture like the one above. The reality is that the structures above are ‘placed’ for the photograph, and the eye level viewpoint disguises this. This is the reality … Continue reading →

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Shelfie4 Progress

Posted on May 20, 2023 by bawdsey

Having been made redundant late last year, things slowed a little on the modelling front. However, I am now progressing with Shelfie4 and am currently working the building locations and physical sizes. Once I’m satisfied with them it’ll be a … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain

Posted on March 16, 2023 by bawdsey

It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading →

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Transformation Tuesday, Going with the Grain

Posted on April 20, 2021 by bawdsey

Working on several projects simultaneously is common for me, and the grain cars here are no exception. With significant changes at the house it made sense to use some of the time available to kick start Shelfie4. Going between Shelfie3 … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, Happy Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2020 by bawdsey

Well, 2020! This should probably be a #throwbackthursday post, not just because it’s a Thursday, but if you actually caught 2020, you’d certainly want to throw it back.. 2021 will have to go some to make it as memorable as … 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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Transformation Tuesday Shelfie 1

Posted on January 28, 2020 by bawdsey

In the quest of transforming the mancave the question of Shelfie1 has arisen! Basically I no longer have a use for it, so should it be of interest I’d be happy to accept offers in the region of £400 for … Continue reading →

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