Category Archives: Photography

Manchester 2011 Preparations

Posted on September 17, 2011 by bawdsey

It seems odd that almost a year to the day on the ‘Bawdsey’ blog I was writing about the final preparations for taking that layout to Manchester. A year on I find myself in a similar position. I’m now into … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress

Posted on June 18, 2011 by bawdsey

This 37xx is appropriate for the Forest of Dean area, based on a image from the Ben Ashworth collection. It’s a Bachmann model but has been modified with a South West Digital sound chip and speaker from a standard non-dcc … Continue reading →

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‘Albion Yard’ Cinderford, Glos.,

Posted on June 13, 2011 by bawdsey

In pretty much the first posting on this blog I wrote that work on Albion Yard had stagnated, I’d also had an accident with the layout in storage damaging some of the track, and that has pretty much been the … Continue reading →

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New Directions

Posted on January 23, 2011 by bawdsey

Albion Yard is just one of the projects I have under way at the moment, surprisingly it’s been in progress for about eight years! This blog was initially to record the progress of the work I did for the layout, … Continue reading →

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Reprise V

Posted on November 6, 2010 by bawdsey

This is the latest addition to the layout, a simple scratchbuild using Wills and Peco components, and the first item out of the workshop since it’s makeover.

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Reprise II

Posted on September 3, 2010 by bawdsey

This week the layout has been reassembled in preparation for a new phase of work on it. At the moment it’s standing without any buildings permanently fixed allowing me to spend looking at the structure of the layout, its track … Continue reading →

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Reprise I

Posted on August 15, 2010 by bawdsey

Over the past couple of weeks the question has been asked a couple of times as to what will be happening to the layout. In simple terms it will be finished. This weekend I had a request for images of … Continue reading →

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Albion Yard

Posted on June 2, 2010 by bawdsey

Albion Yard is the result of wanting to get a layout up and running easily and to that extent is OO and uses Ready to Run motive power. It has also been flexible enough to act as a photo set, … Continue reading →

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