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Category Archives: review
Wordless Wednesday Accurascale 57xx
Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, blog, british finescale, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, first look, Friends, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, man cave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, NEC, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, pannier, peco, product news, Rapido Trains, realism, review, scale modelling, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie2, toy train, train, train set, train show, TT120, united kingdom, Wales, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
Tagged accurascale, Exhibition, Hobby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, railroad, shelfie, toytrain, wordless wednesday
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Snailbeach Sunday, 009
A couple of days back I wrote about Red Wharf Bay, memories of an Iain Rice plan, jogged by standing on a beach watching the tide roll in. The beach features in this post too, but of an entirely different … Continue reading
Posted in 009, 1914, accurascale, Bachmann, baldwin, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, freelance, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, iain rice, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, light railway, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, research, review, scale modelling, shelfie, Snailbeach, toy train, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, wagon, Wales
Tagged Model Railway, model-railways, OO Gauge, railway, travel
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Heljan 02 Review
Heljan have a good record of producing interesting OO gauge diesel shunters and the 02 production sample seen here seamlessly fits into that range. The 02’s were made by the Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield as a batch of twenty … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo layout, D&E, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, first look, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, inglenook, Inspiration, LED Lighting, man cave, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, OO Gauge, peco bullhead, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, review, shelf layout, toy train, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, Yorkshire
Tagged Art, china, first look, food, heljan, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, review, train, travel, writing
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Transformation Tuesday, Last one out 2024
This is the last one from this year, as we head towards the new year tomorrow, we’re still in the no mans land of old year/new year and perhaps scratching round for something to do, but not a big involved … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, BR Blue, British Rail, D&E, DC, DCC, Eighties, Exhibition, Facebook, Heaton Lodge, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, man-cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, planning, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, review, scale modelling, shelfie, social media, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, TT120, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, youtube
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, shelfie, throwback thursday, train, train set
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Motivation Monday, Accurascale J67, J68, J69, First Look
If like me as a yoof you had an N gauge Graham Farish J69, the prototype may well hold a special place in your heart. Years later the late Iain Rice in MRJ treated us to tales of Buckjumpers and … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, buckjumper, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, Exhibition, finescale, first look, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Inspiration, j67, j68, j69, Layout, layout design, light railway, LNER, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, research, review, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, shelfie4, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, youtube
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Peco OO Track, Three Minutes of Bullhead
This video is about a year old and was done for a couple of friends whom were interested in using the Peco bullhead track hence this being a very quick first look type of presentation. Around that time there were … Continue reading
Posted in 2FS, 2mm, accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, british finescale, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, EM, finescale, first look, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, Peco SL-U1180, Peco SL-U1188, Peco SL-U1189, Peco SL-U1194, peco sl-U1295, peco sl-U1296, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, review, scale, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie3, test, toy train, track, track plans, TT Gauge, Uncategorized
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First Look Dapol’s OO Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST
A first look at the Dapol Hawthorn Leslie in OO. I wasn’t sure what I would make of it, Hornby’s Pecketts, and Planet Industrial’s Kerr Stuart and Rapido’s Hunslet have set high standards for anyone else to meet. I have … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, first look, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, light railway, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco bullhead, product news, Rails of Sheffield, Rapido Trains, realism, review, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, toy train, Uncategorized, unifrog, youtube
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2024, Motivation Monday, First One In, Fifteen Minute Heros
With the festive season officially over, twelfth night and all that, it’s been quite a good couple of weeks of getting stuff done. Over the period I was able to do some short bursts, as well as lengthier sessions in … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogging, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, ellis clark, Exhibition, Facebook, finescale, first look, Forest of Dean, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, hero, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, man-cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, research, review, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, social media, Tamiya, Toy trains, train show, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
Tagged Bachmann, Hobby, Hornby, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, motivation monday, OO, trainset
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Last One Out 2023, with Francis Bourgeois
As we take our last steps out of 2023, it’s time to say thank you to all you readers, who take the time out of your day to read the blog, or look at the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook pages. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, artist, Bachmann, blog, blogging, brassmasters, British Rail, Cavalex, clark rail works, Comet Models, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, ellis clark, exactrail, Facebook, francis bourgeois, Friends, gouge, Hattons, heljan, hero, history, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, instagram, life, man cave, mansplaining, media, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Rapido Trains, reading, review, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, social media, Toy trains, trainspotting, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan, woodland scenics, youtube
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Warley 2023 images from the trade #7 (wordless Wednesday)
BACHMANN EFE RAIL EFE RAIL N GAUGE
Posted in Bachmann, blogger, BR Blue, British Rail, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, first look, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, man cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, review, scale modelling, shelf layout, toy train, train set, train show, Uncategorized, warley, wordless wednesday
Tagged Exhibition, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, wordless wednesday
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