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Category Archives: realism
Throwback Thursday, Back to the Future
Well this is certainly from the past, one of Albion Yards panniers drifts in to the yard with a typical coal train, quite a long while ago.. I can tell its one of the earlier images the warehouses are in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, free-mo, fremo, fremo module, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, life, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, throwback thursday, thursday theowback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Unconsidered Trifles
It’s an unconventional title for an unconventional book. Written and illustrated by Geoff Kent, (builder of the above scene), it takes a look at the everyday scene, with emphasis on capturing architecture, and signage and infrastructure that is gradually becoming … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, book, book review, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eighties, finescale, freelance, great britain, Hattons, heljan, history, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, library, life, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, Old school, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railway, realism, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wild swan
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Motivation Monday MDV in the bag
A few weeks back I wrote on a Monday about these MDV’s, and the straightforward simplicity of the kits. Well as per the post above they all went together really easily, and once I’d finished them the force was strong, … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, transfers, Uncategorized, wagon, world war two, ww2
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Motivation Monday, Getting to the point.. I
I’m making no apologies for diving straight in to look at Geoff Forsters Off the beaten track blog for the motivation on this one Ground Frame Day and Levers and Rods. Recently Shelfie2 was visited for photos for a magazine … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, ground frame, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, light railway, llangunllo, LMS, LNER, man cave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, signalling, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, track, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Wordless Wednesday (Shelfie3 Prototyping)
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Kalmbach, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, prototype, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Heljan MIOG 2020 Release News
O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic detail variations covering the entire career of this enduringly popular Southern Region class. Bi-mode trains are all … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Genesis
Posted in accurascale, black and white, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, LED Lighting, life, light railway, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, trees, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Motivation Monday Southern Alberta Rail
As many friends and quite a few readers know I have a thing going on ref North American and Canadian short lines. I’ve primarily worked in HO (see above), but not long ago Chris Mears of Prince Street turned my … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, america, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, skill, southern alberta rail, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, track, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, usa
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