Category Archives: Rapido Trains

Bachmann Class 121 at Spalding

Posted on November 3, 2018 by bawdsey

Today at the Spalding show the EP for Bachmann’s BR class 121 is on display. Due in about 12 months time it’ll be worth the wait. Underframe details look exceptional including the speedometer drive from bogie to chassis. The internal … Continue reading →

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Hattons products GETS 2018

Posted on October 14, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iphoneography, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelu, n gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region | 1 Comment

PCA Accurascale at GETS

Posted on October 13, 2018 by bawdsey

Announced at GETS today Accurascale PCA bulk cement wagons in OO Gauge. Three pack £69.95, discounts for rakes, estimated arrival January 2019 7mm HUO EP was also on the stand as was the 4mm PCV’s And at the end of … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Black Lion Crossing)

Posted on October 3, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Heljan Telford 2018 O gauge and OO gauge announcements

Posted on September 1, 2018 by bawdsey

This morning there’s a very interesting press release from Heljan at the 2018 Telford O gauge show. God news for 7mm modellers with the popular GWR AEC Railcar and BR Class 56 Diesels being announced below, but for the 4mm … Continue reading →

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Motivation Monday, Brown…

Posted on August 27, 2018 by bawdsey

Yup, Brown! Ok admittedly brown isn’t often the ‘go to’ colour for inspiration, but today, it is. This past week I’ve been in mid Wales, an area of the UK often overlooked in terms of landscapes the island has to … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on August 8, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, bawdsey, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (Cat checks out Rapido 1200’s and 3800’s)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by bawdsey

And is even more astonished when shown the fugly GMD-1…

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, cat, DCC, dcc sound, film, finescale, flying scotsman, gmd-1, Great Western, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, iphoneography, kadee, Kalmbach, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, Scottish Region, Southern, Southern Region, sw1200rs, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, True North, Union Pacific, Western Region, wordless wednesday | 3 Comments

Heljans OO Class 25 in Shades of Grey

Posted on July 6, 2018 by bawdsey

HELJAN UNVEILS ‘OO’ GAUGE CLASS 25/3 AND ‘ETHEL’ FOR 2019 All-new Derby/Sulzer Type 2 in ‘OO’ to follow the ‘O’ gauge version. Ten versions in development – PLUS first-ever ready-to-haul (RTH) ‘OO’ models of ETHEL train heating units! Development work … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday 4th July, Faded & F…..!

Posted on July 4, 2018 by bawdsey
Posted in 4th july, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, HO, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, independance day, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, life, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, True North, Uncategorized, usa, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment