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Category Archives: review
Projects, Projects!
Well this month and a good part of the previous two in fact have been busy working on a number of projects with Paul Lunn. More to come later on this but it mixes his layout design skills, our ‘tag … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, DCC, dcc sound, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, Tony Koester
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Narrow Gauge & Industrial 101
101. Sometimes referred to as the starting point or base line experience, the origin I believe from within the US education system. An introductory point. NGI 101 breaks a few rules right from the start in terms of UK magazines, … Continue reading
Posted in Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, greystar, history, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, train set
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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2014, Year of the Shelfie ..
2014 the year of the Shelfie, and a note to say thank you for taking the time to read this blog over the year. Its been quite a busy year, right the way through as far as modelling projects go, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, critic, DCC, dcc sound, DVD, film, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, research, review, selfie, shelfie, social media, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, DVD, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, publishing, Railway Modeller, train set
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THIRTY!
Tonight, thirty years ago, as the doors closed at Scaleforum, Paul Karau, Gerry Beale and Bob Barlow arguably instigated one of the biggest changes in the UK’s model railway publishing, with the decision to produce a magazine dedicated to ‘finescale’ … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged analogue, archive, blog, Branch Line, finescale, HO, Hobby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, publishing, Railway Modeller
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Hold The Front Page! Read All About It!
Bob Barlow of http://www.greystarpublications.com/ last week launched a new entry into the UK magazine market, Finescale Railway Modelling Review, http://www.greystarpublications.com/fsr/ the first of which is seen above. This will be a welcome addition to the mag market place, MRJ readers … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, book, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, copyright, critic, DCC, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media
Tagged Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Lettuce Page ….
It’s been a spectacularly daft couple of weeks in the compact and bijou world of toy trains. My good friend Andy Cooper remarked on this in his own style here http://newheymodelrailway. Andy’s take on this is interesting as he looks … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, copyright, critic, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media
Tagged Branch Line, british rail, critic, criticism, critique, Exhibition, highland omnibus, highlands, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, northern constabulary, OO, Railway Modeller, Spinal Tap
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Twenty Twenty Vision
This week there’s been quite a kerfuffle about Bachmann’s 20% price rise, most noticeably on assorted forums and meejah. Basically rising costs have meant that Bachmann have passed on elements of that rising cost to the end user, the … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Railex, research, review, Scottish Region, shopping, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Shock, Horror! Internet proved wrong …
In a shock development today, a fault was found in the internet! A factual error was discovered on a posting made yesterday …. Yup I’ve had a better opportunity to look at Hornby’s Sentinel and realised that the outside frames … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, apple, Branch Line, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Ian Futers, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, review
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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Hornby 2015 predictions and Sentinel maintenance 101
Well with Christmas day out of the way, it was time to give one of Santa’s presents a little run. I’d been fortunate enough to receive one of the new Sentinel shunters from Hornby and with a little time on … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, review, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged apple, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, iphone, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, sentinel
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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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