Category Archives: Midland Region

Many Happy Returns..

Posted on July 22, 2016 by bawdsey

   Like most of us I spend a good deal of time thinking and planning future projects, and sometimes help others with theirs. What you see above is just that, in the foreground is some 3D ‘thinking’. When the Forest … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (R3243a)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, flying scotsman, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, R3243 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Throwback Thursday, better late than never …

Posted on July 8, 2016 by bawdsey

A few weeks ago on a Thursday, I wrote about using double sided tape to hold down or rather ‘up’ Tortoise point motors. albionyard-back-on-track/ Well all went well overnight, or part of it. In the morning I arrived to find … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (fifty shades of grey)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by bawdsey

 

Posted in blogger, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, flying scotsman, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, paint | Leave a comment

Toady Tuesday

Posted on June 14, 2016 by bawdsey

Nope, not the shuffling queue of hooded, hook nosed disciples heading to a convenient internet portal to join the weekly disembowelling of a toy train manufacturer, but an update on my Toad.     A year or so ago I started … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, back on track!

Posted on May 26, 2016 by bawdsey

   A while ago with ‘Shelfie’ I fixed the track and fitted point motors https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/superquick-track/ Whilst I’d been a bit ‘sketchy’ as the yoof would have it by using superglue to fix the track down, the Peco point motors (PL10-E) are fixed … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (The next project?)

Posted on May 11, 2016 by bawdsey

  

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Derby 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by bawdsey

   Derby show this weekend is the good quality show that it is known for. Albion Yard however has developed a voracious appetite for DC controllers lunching two of them, for no apparent/logical reason. Regrettably this means I can’t run … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Top Toads)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by bawdsey
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, flying scotsman, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

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