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Category Archives: review
Parklife …
PC84 GWR 10 Ton Goods Van Mink A Dia/V12, V14 & V16 At Aylesbury Railex exhibiton in late May, Parkside released their latest 4mm scale kit. This is for the GWR Diagram V12/V14/V16 10T goods van. The prototype era spanned … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, decals, Eastern Region, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Railex, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railex
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The Good, The Not So Good, and the Indifferent
Parkside 7mm Southern Dia 1477 Insulated Van Its been an interesting couple of weeks, I’m lucky in a way that I get to mess about with different things, across scales and eras, but mostly within my overall interests. You do … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Airfix, Bachmann, book, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, London 2012, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged 2012, Bachmann, Canon, Canon G10, diversity, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, legacy, london 2012, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, Olympic, OO, photography, sustainability
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MSE 4mm Signals (Ready to use)
Model Signal Engineering 4mm Steel Tube LMS/BR ‘Home’ Signal In the early 1930’s the LMS was finding good quality timber for signal construction expensive and difficult to source. One of the alternatives chosen was steel tube, this subsequently became very … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Branch Line, British Rail, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex
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3f Jinty
It’s just about a year ago that I wrote about working over a selection of Bachmann’s very good Fowler 3F Jinties, also known as Jocko’s. Heres the ‘starter for ten’, the best RTR version to date, and a very good … Continue reading
Posted in 3f, Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, life, LMS, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, OO Gauge, review, Uncategorized
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The Start Line
We are very fortunate that the history of the British Isles railway system has generally been very well documented through the years. There are exceptions of course, and when you start doing detailed research on well known lines and or … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, Uncategorized
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Today’s the day they’re …
Today will be interesting. I’ll find out if the layout fits in the car. Breaking the layout down was entertaining as the mods listed in yesterdays post were sort of built one on top of the other, I knew how … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, Manchester, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, review, Uncategorized
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Modification Mungus
The layout is pretty much complete for the show, but any of those few that have actually visited and seen the layout over it’s life won’t be surprised to know that even today, I’m still moving buildings and changing viewpoints … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, life, Manchester, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, review
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Albion Yard 
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