Category Archives: model photography

Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain

It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

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Wordless Wednesday Water

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Motivation Monday, Take me to the River

So the motivation today was checking out yesterday’s application of the AK Interactive Atlantic Blue onto a test piece of plastic sheet. The luminosity above is caused by the light falling on the wet acrylic gel medium. It dried well … Continue reading

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Shelfie 4, The River

No, I haven’t gone all Springsteen, not that there’d be anything wrong with that, but the river in question is Maple River, the layout title and water feature on Shelfie 4. On this riverside shelf layout I want to try … Continue reading

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Last one out!

Just a quick note to say thank you for reading the blog this year, and please take time to visit the blogs and websites on the blog roll, they’re worth dipping into. So thank you again and hope to see … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday, 4575 From the Shelf of Doom

A while back, roughly two years ago, this 45xx passed through the man cave. It came from an estate sale as a non-runner. The original idea was to rob the chassis from it and place it under a Bachmann 4575 … Continue reading

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Heljan Class86/2 announced in OO Gauge

A third variant of our popular ‘OO’ gauge Class 86 is now in preparation for release in 2023. In response to public demand, the Class 86/2 will join the recent ‘AL6’ and Class 86/4 in the HELJAN range. Two versions … Continue reading

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Peco Quality Line N Gauge Wagons Review

New into the man cave are a batch of N gauge wagons from Peco as part of a collection of new tooling. For many many years N gauge modellers have had a staple diet of Peco Wonderful Wagons, with tooling … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday, Laramie Wyoming

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Posted in 4th july, america, americana, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, iphone, iphoneography, Kalmbach, laramie, Layout, layout design, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, track, train show, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa, wordless wednesday, Wyoming | Tagged , , | Leave a comment