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Category Archives: life
Monday Motivation, Lance Mindheim
The image above is a photograph from an iPhone of an HO switching layout by Lance Mindheim . It’s an image of nothing in particular, and that for me makes it all the more noteworthy and inspiring, motivational etc etc! … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, americana, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, Cameo layout, canada, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, skill, toy train, usa
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Asking For a Friend
Any of you readers fancy a start in O gauge? A friend has for sale two of these Dapol 08’s, as new, unused. They were originally part of a plan for a small O gauge layout, and,as we all experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, man cave, man-cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, train set, Western Region
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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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Wordless Wednesday (or rather speechless!)
Posted in 2FS, 2mm, accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hero, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, life, man-cave, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Motivation Monday, a Show!
This past weekend I went to my first show in two years. And I’m pretty certain the last show I went to was the Doncaster show in 2020. I wasn’t sure what to expect on arrival, obviously C19 here in … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Doncaster, Exhibition, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, train show, Uncategorized, united kingdom
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Happy Christmas
Wishing all the readers and followers of the blog the compliments of the season. Thank you for taking the time out to read the blog, and please take a look through the blog roll at the other bloggers work.
Throwback Thursday We Will Remember
Posted in 3d, 3d printing, blog, blogger, blogging, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, finescale, flanders, hero, history, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, life, menin gate, model, model photography, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, remember, remembrance, research, scale, scale modelling, the great war, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, world war one, world war two
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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist
Back in the midsts of time I always wanted a complete set of British Rail ‘Standards’. Don’t know why, but I set about the task Hunter gatherer stylee, and apart from the WD 2-10-0, I ended up with all the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, SABLE, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, ve day, victory europe, Western Region, world war two, ww2
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Royal Mail Scam Delivery Shipping
At the moment many of us modellers (and our families) are using the postal services that get mail order products delivered. Obviously this increase means that there’s potential for the bottom feeders to attempt to rip people off. The above … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blog, blogging, book, brassmasters, canada, Comet Models, DCC, decals, europe, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, insurance, internet shopping, Interweb, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, on line shopping, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, postage scam, product news, Rapido Trains, reference, review, royal mail, scale modelling, scam, shelfie, shipping, shopping, social media
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