Category Archives: Layout

Wordless Wednesday (Top Toads)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by bawdsey
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Wordless Wednesday (oxfords)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bawdsey
Posted in blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, Oxford rail, research, Scottish Region, shades of grey, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Hornby Super Eight

Posted on April 12, 2016 by bawdsey

For the 200th post here I think we’ll have a look at a good easy step into ‘Finescale’. ‘Finescale’ is an odd thing, its a bit like pornography, in that I’m not sure I can define it, but I know … Continue reading →

Posted in EM, finescale, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Ultrascale, Western Region | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Wordless Wednesday, Laramie

Posted on March 30, 2016 by bawdsey

A 1:48 scale working diorama of the final days of steam in Wyoming

Posted in blog, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, history, hobbies, Hornby, laramie, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, O Gauge, o scale, Railex, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Union Pacific, usa, wordless wednesday, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Oxford Seven

Posted on March 23, 2016 by bawdsey

This week I’ve been modifying some of the Oxford Rail seven plank wagons. Whilst not perfect they are a good starting point for me to do British Rail era wagons towards the end of their lives. As a quick list … Continue reading →

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Nine, is the magic number!

Posted on March 16, 2016 by bawdsey

Nine, is the magic number! That’s what the layout has taught me this week. This is because I’m still working out what I want from a bigger multi location scheme, version 1, seen below. Since this early draft (not to scale), … Continue reading →

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Hornby Collett Coaches, (Are we nearly there yet?)

Posted on March 6, 2016 by bawdsey

Well Hornby’s Collett coaches are here, and there’s very little point in doing a review as such of them. Basically Hornby have got these three right when checked against data within both Russell and Lewis coaching stock books, and pictures in … Continue reading →

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MRJ 245

Posted on February 20, 2016 by bawdsey

A shameless plug for my favourite magazine MRJ. This issue sees Geoff Forsters Llangunllo featured, regular readers may well have seen the links to Geoffs work on the blogroll on the right, if not follow either of these links http://radnorailways.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 … Continue reading →

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Pannier Throwback Thursday

Posted on February 11, 2016 by bawdsey

This week I’ve had the opportunity to spend time servicing my brass 97XX. This is a Samhongsa RTR model from the mid 1980’s and are in the real (not ebay) sense of the word ‘rare’. Korean and Japanese brass models … Continue reading →

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PC87 Parkside LMS Dia 1661 Cattle Wagon Review (4mm Scale)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by bawdsey

Parkside PC87 4mm scale Cattle Wagon kit LMS Dia 1661 £9.00 The Parkside kit represents Diagram 1661, an unfitted cattle wagon. The LMS built 2,050 of these wagons between 1923 and 1926. They lasted in use until the early 1960’s. … Continue reading →

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