Category Archives: railway

Twenty Twenty, Motivation Monday, first one in.

Posted on January 13, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s been a bit quiet of late on the blog, due to external influences both to do with the hobby and ‘life’, including a bit of man cave reconstruction! This year I’ve a couple of layout projects I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in 3d printing, accurascale, Bachmann, baldwin, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, scaleforum, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, trees, Uncategorized, Western Region, woodland scenics, woods | Leave a comment

Warley News 2019 No2 Heljan

Posted on November 23, 2019 by bawdsey

Also announced a GWR 2251 class in 7mm Scale, more details to follow. Note: The brown railcar detail shots are 4mm Scale, the red EP is 7mm.

Posted in 2019, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, scale, scale modelling, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | Leave a comment

Warley news 2019 no1 KR Models GT3

Posted on November 23, 2019 by bawdsey

Looking very promising.

Posted in 2019, accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, kr models, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, warley, Western Region | 6 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 13, 2019 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, trees, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Dapol 57xx/96xx Pannier (Sold) 7S-007-003

Posted on November 7, 2019 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | 2 Comments

Kits for Sale (only J69 left)

Posted on October 31, 2019 by bawdsey

Due to me selling Bawdsey earlier this year and no longer looking to build an EM industrial layout, I have three kits from the ‘maturing’ cupboard looking the find new homes. If you’re interested in any please contact me here … Continue reading →

Posted in Bachmann, bawdsey, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Throwback Thursday , Standing Back

Posted on September 12, 2019 by bawdsey

It is interesting sometimes doing that arty ‘stand back’ and look at what you’ve done. I’m doing this a lot at the moment, getting the layout ready to go out for the second time. This picture was taken early January … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, accurascale, autumn, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, justdoit, Layout, LED Lighting, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, railway, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, woodland scenics | 2 Comments

Woodland Development

Posted on August 15, 2019 by bawdsey

Back at the beginning of the year, the woodlands along the rear of the layout were being blocked in. Most of it was acceptable, but in cliche corner with my over bridge scenic break, getting the trees and overhang right … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, accurascale, autumn, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, justdoit, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, social media, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics, woods | Leave a comment

Essential Witness and Transition

Posted on July 26, 2019 by bawdsey

Essential Witness and Transition are two books that do that rare thing of capturing the railway in an engaging and artistic way. Each book contains the work of one photographer, Jim Shaughnessy for Essential Witness, and Colin Gifford for Transition. … Continue reading →

Posted in b&w, black and white, blog, blogging, book, book review, Branch Line, British Rail, canada, copyright, history, hobbies, Inspiration, Layout, library, life, man cave, mancave, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monochrome, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, product news, railway, research, review, scale, scale modelling, seasons, skill, skillset, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, travel, Uncategorized, usa | 1 Comment

Heljan OO Class 45/1

Posted on May 31, 2019 by bawdsey

Today Heljan are announcing their all new Derby/Sulzer Type 4 in ‘OO’. This model is currently being tooled and featuring a large number of authentic detail variations – including the first-ever accurate models of ETH-fitted Class 45/1s. The first examples … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, EM, finescale, fridayfunday, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, Rapido Trains, research, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region | Leave a comment