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Category Archives: LMS
Wordless Wednesday (oxfords)
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 OO, oxford, toytrain, trainset, wagon
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Oxford Seven
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
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, research, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, toytrain
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Nine, is the magic number!
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
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, research, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, OR76M7W001, OR76M7W005, OR76M7W006, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Hornby Collett Coaches, (Are we nearly there yet?)
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
Posted in DCC, dcc sound, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, review, social media, Southern Region, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged collett, Hobby, Hornby, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, r4684, r4685, r4686, r4687, r4688, Railway Modeller, toytrain
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PC87 Parkside LMS Dia 1661 Cattle Wagon Review (4mm Scale)
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
Posted in Branch Line, British Rail, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged Branch Line, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, parkside, pc87, review
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THIRTY!
Tonight, thirty years ago, as the doors closed at Scaleforum, Paul Karau, Gerry Beale and Bob Barlow arguably instigated one of the biggest changes in the UK’s model railway publishing, with the decision to produce a magazine dedicated to ‘finescale’ … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged analogue, archive, blog, Branch Line, finescale, HO, Hobby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, publishing, Railway Modeller
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New! 1st Hornby King image online!
Link to first royalty free image of Hornby King! Hornby King
Posted in Bachmann, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Some Might Say …
As remarked upon in my previous post there are a good number of people in the hobby that spend far too much time telling you how something should be done, what can be done and what can’t be done, with … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Manchester, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Canon G10, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Twenty Twenty Vision
This week there’s been quite a kerfuffle about Bachmann’s 20% price rise, most noticeably on assorted forums and meejah. Basically rising costs have meant that Bachmann have passed on elements of that rising cost to the end user, the … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Railex, research, review, Scottish Region, shopping, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller
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