Category Archives: Oxford rail

Wordless Wednesday (sunlight)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, northumberland, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, Photography, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, sun, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, wagon, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday, When you’re digging, stop!

Posted on February 22, 2018 by bawdsey

You know when you take one of those images that just nails it? This one above does it for me and it emphasises I’m well on the way to something good.  A year or so ago I’d been working on a … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie2)

Posted on February 21, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, wagon, Wales, waterslide, Western Region, woodland, woods, wordless wednesday | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday Collier Street

Posted on February 15, 2018 by bawdsey

A quick look back a few years, here’s ‘Collier Street’ an N gauge layout commissioned by Peco. The layout was a Paul Lunn design from the N gauge Set Track plan book and I built it adapting the design slightly … Continue reading →

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Friday Flashback 64xx

Posted on February 9, 2018 by bawdsey

  Whilst working up some words for a magazine piece, I was searching through the back catalogue of images of the layout and found this one out, a staged shot with passenger traffic and signalling at Albion Yard. It’s one … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie2)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Western Region, woodland, woods, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Twee Trees

Posted on February 4, 2018 by bawdsey

Here’s some of today’s work. Whilst I’ve still got the exit end to work out in terms of view blocks and structures, the head shunt end is pretty much finalised. These are Woodland Scenics tree armatures, with micro mark dark … Continue reading →

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Oxford Rail London Toy Fair 2018

Posted on January 26, 2018 by bawdsey

GER/LNER/BR N7 The N7 announced last year is very close to release and Oxford had an advanced EP on the stand to have a look at. As such it has some issues eg the coupling rods have been put on … Continue reading →

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Hornby London Toy Fair 2018

Posted on January 25, 2018 by bawdsey

NBR/LNER/BR J36 On the Hornby stand one of the EP’s for the new J36 was available to have a good look at. The Prototype is definitely a Scottish model, so those of you who have been after a widely spread … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on January 17, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, wordless wednesday | 3 Comments