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Happy Christmas 2018

It’s that time of year again! This one seems to have flown past! So just a quick line to wish you readers a very happy Christmas, and to take a moment or two to think about those whom are by … Continue reading

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More thoughts from Warley 2018

Well, back from Warley, and back from this mornings equine lawnmower entrapment scheme, here’s a few more images from the 2018 Warley show. Oxfords OO N7 decorated samples, the announcement was covered earlier here Toy Fair . The appearance looks … Continue reading

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Warley images number 1 Peco

Peco’s new OO crossings as 3D EP prints. Latest news is in tooling, anticipated first quarter 2019.

Posted in 3d, 3d printing, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region | 1 Comment

Bachmann Class 121 at Spalding

Today at the Spalding show the EP for Bachmann’s BR class 121 is on display. Due in about 12 months time it’ll be worth the wait. Underframe details look exceptional including the speedometer drive from bogie to chassis. The internal … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (Black Lion Crossing)

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Wordless Wednesday (one for a mate)

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Wordless Wednesday (Cat checks out Rapido 1200’s and 3800’s)

And is even more astonished when shown the fugly GMD-1…

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, cat, DCC, dcc sound, film, finescale, flying scotsman, gmd-1, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, iphoneography, kadee, Kalmbach, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Region, sw1200rs, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, True North, Union Pacific, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 3 Comments

Notes from the Mancave, Dingham Delights

Today I’ve been putting together, and trial fitting Dingham electromagnetic couplers. These are them fitted to a Bachmann 08. They’re a bit fiddly to assemble, but the instructions are clear and give good hints and tips on their use. I’ve … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (sunlight)

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Motivation Monday Shelfie2 Progression

Progression, using a phone as a camera. Rather than the image content the camera phone is probably what my late father would be surprised at. It is a very useful tool for me, keeping track of Shelfie2’s progress, not to … Continue reading

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