Category Archives: Kalmbach

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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Shelfie4 Progress

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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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

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Monday Motivation, Saturday’s Try Out

This, above, was where I was Friday morning. The day after, a Saturday no less, the appearance is markedly different, there’s weed and grass in the early stages of development. The core operation shakedown of Shelfie 4, Maple River is … Continue reading

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Introducing, Shelfie4 Maple River

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Wordless Wednesday, Laramie Wyoming

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Posted in 4th july, america, americana, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, iphone, iphoneography, Kalmbach, laramie, Layout, layout design, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, track, train show, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa, wordless wednesday, Wyoming | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

MRJ 288 and a Craftsman

Not a bad thing to come home to after a hard day at the office, (stop laughing at the back). MRJ number 288 edited by Jerry Clifford. A nice issue this one, with a broad range of subject matter, ^^see … Continue reading

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HO Indiana Shortline Wordless Wednesday

No words as such from me, but this overview from Instagram by Tim Nicholson of his Indiana based HO scale layout, is really worth spending time watching. So so much to learn from it.

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Throwback Thursday Exhibitionist…

A bit of a home exhibition here some seven years ago! This pic popping up on a Facebook feed this week. All three, Albion Yard, Bawdsey, and Shelfie, (WIP foreground) have subsequently left the building. The reason for them all … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday LMS Push Pull

Posted in 51L Models, Airfix, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, Comet Models, Conversion, DCC, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, LED Lighting, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, Western Region, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment