Category Archives: realism

Throwback Thursday, Anglesey

Posted on June 26, 2025 by bawdsey

Why’s this a throwback? Well, standing on this beach took me back to 1991 and Iain Rice’s Light Railway Layout Designs book. These two books, a year apart, really caught my imagination. I love the way they draw you in … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2

Posted on June 25, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, black and white, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Layout, layout design, man cave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday Maple River

Posted on June 18, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Canadian, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, HO, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, nmra, o scale, Ontario, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, TT120, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday Class 30 To 31

Posted on May 7, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Conversion, D&E, dapol, DC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, TT120, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday RiP Andy York

Posted on March 26, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in artist, b&w, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo layout, Eighties, finescale, Friends, hero, hobbies, Influencer, Inspiration, layout design, life, media, model, Modelling, OO Gauge, realism | Leave a comment

Accurascale’s Diagram 1/108 and 1/109 16T Mineral Wagon Review

Posted on February 16, 2025 by bawdsey

Into the man cave this past week or two Accurascale’s 16Ton minerals have rattled across the doorstep. Two varieties have arrived a set of Diagram 108 re-body, and a set of Diagram 109 riveted body vehicles. They are packaged in … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Heljan & Accurascale

Posted on February 13, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, woodland scenics | 2 Comments

Just another day.. Wordless Wednesday

Posted on January 22, 2025 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, first look, heljan, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT120, Uncategorized, wagon, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Background Balance, Start at the end..

Posted on January 18, 2025 by bawdsey

A while back I wrote about trials I was undertaking, Throwback Paint with a mix of paint types. This was the result for Shelfie2 under natural lighting which I was quite pleased with. That then was used to fill in … Continue reading →

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‘Warley Show’ NEC 2024 November 23-24th

Posted on November 22, 2024 by bawdsey

This weekend the ‘Warley’ show is on. It will be different this year, no longer run by the Warley club, the slot has been filled by Warners Publications. https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/events/the-national-festival-of-railway-modelling-2024/ I’m there with Shelfie4 and helping me out will be James … Continue reading →

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