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Category Archives: Rapido Trains
Transformation Tuesday, Paint
It’s only a week since I completed Shelfie3’s wiring, and noted that that point in time was likely to be a spur onwards in the project. As I expected it did just that. The next notable step has been painting … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, DMU, finescale, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, man-cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, paint, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, track, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, video, youtube
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Transformation Tuesday, Relax…
Well what’s the transformation then? Beer? nope, no change there, DMU?, nope, no change, a shelf layout?, nope, still no change. The reason for popping the top off this cool one, is the transformation in operating this layout, Shelfie 3. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, DMU, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED Lighting, man-cave, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized
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Peco Bullhead Track Model Rail Scotland
This weekend at Scotland’s premier exhibition Peco’s have prototypes of the medium radius bullhead points on display. Planned release is 2022 for both these new additions, and will follow the release of the OO bullhead crossings and single/double slips, of … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, national train show, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, Scotland, track, train show, unifrog
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Heljan Class 02 Diesel Update
Today at Heaton Lodge Junction exhibition at Wakefield Heljan had their first EP of the 4mm OO scale class 02 diesel shunter. It’s important to note this is the first hand assembled version of the model, and there was no … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, iphone, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Heaton Lodge
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, great britain, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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A Train Set The Size Of a Boeing 747
Recently I’ve been helping out Simon George with his O gauge Heaton Lodge project, click the link for a real time stroll down its frontage. This week the final preparations and installation of the layout at Wakefield Market Hall has … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, B747, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Jumbo jet, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, Yorkshire
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Peco TV
Earlier today Peco released the following Peco Tv presentation. Within it there’s interesting news on the progress of the bullhead range, and development of the factory facilities.
Posted in 2021, accurascale, autumn, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, track, train set, train show
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Wordless Wednesday Rails Terrier (4S-010-005)
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist
Back in the midsts of time I always wanted a complete set of British Rail ‘Standards’. Don’t know why, but I set about the task Hunter gatherer stylee, and apart from the WD 2-10-0, I ended up with all the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, SABLE, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, ve day, victory europe, Western Region, world war two, ww2
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Wordless Wednesday (A Scottish Connection)
Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, train set, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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