Category Archives: review

Manchester 2011 Preparations

It seems odd that almost a year to the day on the ‘Bawdsey’ blog I was writing about the final preparations for taking that layout to Manchester. A year on I find myself in a similar position. I’m now into … Continue reading

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DCC Sound Bachmann Pannier

This article was originally written for the Railway Modeller magazine to look at how easy it was to fit a DCC sound system to a small locomotive and in 2007, was one of the first such installations of its type. … Continue reading

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Waterslide transfer or decal application.

Of late I’ve had the pleasure of helping out on Roy Jacksons Retford layout. Roy’s vision is to see Retford as it was in the late 1950’s, this includes the trains and their correct formations as well as the scenic … Continue reading

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Book Review: Ian Futers Modelling Scotland’s Railways

Modelling Scotland’s Railways By Ian Futers £18.95 ISBN 978-0-953844-88-3 112 pages illustrated, Soft Bound Card Cover Santona Publications Published 2006 Ian Futers has been active in both writing and portraying the railways of Scotland in model form for the past … Continue reading

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Book Reviews ‘Dja no wod id iz yet?’

As modellers, many of us have analogue reference sources as well as using ‘tinterweb’. I frequently head for the bookshelf before a web search, and the thought occurred to me there are a few tomes which I have that may … Continue reading

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