Category Archives: Kalmbach

Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2017 by bawdsey

Another year flown past! A quick note to thank all you readers whom have dropped in over the past year. It’s been a bit quiet over the past month on here, but don’t worry we’ll pick up in the new … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Not! (Shelfie2 The State of the Nation Pt2)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by bawdsey

So with the track down, wired, and working, point motors fitted, the track sub road bed was finally fixed to the chassis. The sharper of you will have noted that he’s not mentioned the fiddle yard or staging yet…. And … Continue reading →

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#wordless Wednesday 

Posted on September 13, 2017 by bawdsey
Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, canada, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, HO, hobbies, iain rice, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, research, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, travel, usa, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday Trees

Posted on August 30, 2017 by bawdsey
Posted in 2017, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Railex, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Throwback Thursday , ballasting…

Posted on July 6, 2017 by bawdsey

Remember the good times? Spending hours brushing ballast into the sleepers, getting the point work clean, repainting, filling the gaps afterwards? No, me neither! However it is one of those chores that for me is included in the ‘Meh!’ files … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, 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, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region | 5 Comments

Biggest Little Railway, Toy Trains on Telly?

Posted on March 28, 2017 by bawdsey

My mate Mr Parker  (philsworkbench) gets the low down on a telly project to be filmed this summer, sounds bonkers, and fascinating in the same sentence!

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Eighties Body Snatcher Throwback

Posted on February 17, 2017 by bawdsey

Ok mullet wearers, here’s a poptastic 80’s child for you. It’s an Airfix 14xx body with a Perceverance chassis underneath. Made in the era of Kylie, wads of yuppie cash, XR3i’s and mobile Motorola phones the size of house bricks … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Airfix, Bachmann, blog, brassmasters, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, flying scotsman, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, iphone, Kalmbach, life, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, shelfie, skill, skillset, social media, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Ultrascale, wagon, Western Region | 6 Comments

Hornby Masterclass Peckett W4 R3427

Posted on December 25, 2016 by bawdsey

Perhaps the phrase of the latter half of this year regarding a few ready to run locomotive releases has been ‘gamechanger’. Go back a couple of years or so and there’s no way you’d have thought that sobriquet could be … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, Bachmann, blog, blogger, Branch Line, British Rail, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, flying scotsman, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, 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, Peckett, R3427, R3428, R3429, Rapido Trains, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Wordless Wednesday 3D printing (Coast Line Models)

Posted on December 14, 2016 by bawdsey

     https://www.coastlinemodels.co.uk

Posted in 2016, 3d, 3d printing, blog, brassmasters, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge | 7 Comments

Warley 2016 Grab Shots #2 (The Canadians are Coming)

Posted on November 27, 2016 by bawdsey

   On Model Rail’s stand this weekend were several models of the LNER J70 locomotive. In partnership with Rapido, Model Rail is looking for expressions of interest from those interested in purchasing a ready to run model in 4mm OO … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, blog, blogger, Branch Line, British Rail, canada, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djm, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, flying scotsman, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, research, Scottish Region, social media, Southern, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | 3 Comments