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We Can Be Hero’s
Hero’s in toy trains? Well here’s two of them. A GoPro hero, and a Bachmann 08. GoPro cameras are well known for their build quality, functionality, compact size, robustness, and last but not least image quality. The second hero here … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, copyright, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, Forest of Dean, go pro, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Girls on Film (well two blokes actually)
Well that’s a wrap as telly and filum experts would say. Paul Lunn and I have just finished two days filming with Chris Walsh of Activity Media. The two days were quite intense with changes from layout to layout, Albion … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, Forest of Dean, go pro, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Day two
Day two of filming, the aggregate depot being one of the examples used.
Posted in Bachmann, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, LMS, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Filum stars
Filming today, hard work but good fun!
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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2014, Year of the ‘Shelfie’ / Selfie
2013 was, we are told the year of the ‘selfie’, basically a self portrait taken with a smartphone or tablet and bunged on the interweb for millions to drool over. Interestingly there’s some research that shows that if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, British Rail, Canon G10, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, selfie, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, digital, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, selfie, shelfie, social media
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The Canadians are coming!
Just a quick update, yesterday, after an interesting drive across the top the pennines, through snow and snow showers, I and some other enthusiasts were treated to a presentation of the Canadian Company Rapido, Jason Shron was a very engaging … Continue reading
Posted in canada, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Canada, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains
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Wonderwall
If like me your train set sits against the wall when its set up, or if it’s permanent, then the wall is a big feature as is how to deal with it. This is a picture of Wharfedale Road, my … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, GNR, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Carl Arendt, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, micro layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Paul Lunn, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Is 42 really the answer to everything? …
Hornby in shock horror steam engine fiasco…. Hornby today released pictures of the ‘new’ 42xx which they claimed was all their own design. We can prove this is a lie and we the ‘foamati’ demand to know why at £119 … Continue reading
Posted in brassmasters, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
Tagged 42xx, Bachmann, Canon, Canon G10, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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13, Feeling Lucky ?
This is Parkside Kit No PC13, and I was feeling lucky. Its an interesting prototype and a visually appealing wagon being a covered hopper. Its taken quite a while to get the kits I’m building together, partly because the layout … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Photography, research, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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