Category Archives: realism

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 →

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, christmas show, D&E, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, NEC, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, OO9, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, Toy trains, train show, trainset, TT120, Uncategorized, warley, wild swan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday, Accurascale Class 31

Posted on October 16, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, b&w, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, layout design, man cave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, peco bullhead, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, train set, trainspotting, TT120, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

Posted on October 2, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, america, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy fair, track plans, train set, trainspotting, TT120, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

#FEF Shelfie 4

Posted on September 27, 2024 by bawdsey

Prepping Maple River for the NEC exhibition this November I took the opportunity to get one of those shelf queens finished. This Proto2000 HO switcher was last worked on in 2018, I won’t be alone in having shelf queens that … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on September 25, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, shelfie3, shelfie4, Toy trains, train set, trainspotting, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Scalefourum 2024

Posted on September 22, 2024 by bawdsey

Scaleforum is one if those shows I rarely miss. For me it has generally kicked off the autumn season of shows, with the run up to the NEC show at the end of November and Madchester in early December. For … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Hymek

Posted on September 18, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie3, toy train, train set, TT120, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Motivation Monday, Manitoba Quays, Minories Inspiration

Posted on September 8, 2024 by bawdsey

One of the most recognisable layout designs most UK modellers are familiar with is Cyril Freezers ‘Minories’ layout. An inner London terminus based on the Metropolitan Line at Liverpool Street it is a very simple and effective design giving lots … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday J68

Posted on September 4, 2024 by bawdsey
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, buckjumper, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, first look, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, j67, j68, j69, Layout, LNER, man cave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new release, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment