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Category Archives: scale modelling
Transformation Tuesday, Paint
It’s only a week since I completed Shelfie3’s wiring, and noted that that point in time was likely to be a spur onwards in the project. As I expected it did just that. The next notable step has been painting … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, DMU, finescale, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, man-cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, paint, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, track, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, video, youtube
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Motivation Monday, Modelling Mosaic
It’s a pleasant Monday morning here, the suns out, it’s warm and I’m fortunate enough to be sitting outside and planning my next Shelfie 3 moves. This weekend just gone I was sitting at a mosaic table and chairs, the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Art, art reference, artist, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, journey, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, life, man-cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, mosaic, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, shelfie4, skill, skillset, toy train, train show, Uncategorized
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MRJ 288 and a Craftsman
Not a bad thing to come home to after a hard day at the office, (stop laughing at the back). MRJ number 288 edited by Jerry Clifford. A nice issue this one, with a broad range of subject matter, ^^see … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blogging, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, free-mo, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, magazine, man-cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad model craftsman, Railway Modeller, reading, review, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, Uncategorized, usa
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Transformation Tuesday, Relax…
Well what’s the transformation then? Beer? nope, no change there, DMU?, nope, no change, a shelf layout?, nope, still no change. The reason for popping the top off this cool one, is the transformation in operating this layout, Shelfie 3. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, DMU, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LED Lighting, man-cave, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized
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HO Indiana Shortline Wordless Wednesday
No words as such from me, but this overview from Instagram by Tim Nicholson of his Indiana based HO scale layout, is really worth spending time watching. So so much to learn from it.
Posted in america, americana, australia, Bachmann, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, indiana, Inspiration, instagram, Kalmbach, Layout, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, pennsylvania, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, social media, toy train, trees, usa, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday (or rather speechless!)
Posted in 2FS, 2mm, accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hero, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, life, man-cave, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, realism, scale, scale modelling, skill, toy train, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Peco Bullhead Track Model Rail Scotland
This weekend at Scotland’s premier exhibition Peco’s have prototypes of the medium radius bullhead points on display. Planned release is 2022 for both these new additions, and will follow the release of the OO bullhead crossings and single/double slips, of … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, national train show, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, Scotland, track, train show, unifrog
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Motivation Monday, a Show!
This past weekend I went to my first show in two years. And I’m pretty certain the last show I went to was the Doncaster show in 2020. I wasn’t sure what to expect on arrival, obviously C19 here in … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Doncaster, Exhibition, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, train show, Uncategorized, united kingdom
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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2
Posted in accurascale, artist, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, dingham, Eighties, finescale, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, man cave, man-cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, realism, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, train set, trees, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday
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Transformation Tuesday Bachmann 4575
Today is probably one of the final sections of modifying this Bachmann 4575xx. Dug out by a friend from his scrap pile the footsteps were broken and it had the original Bachmann chimney, and no chassis. It’s one of the … Continue reading
Posted in 45xx, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Railway Modeller, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Ultrascale, Uncategorized, Western Region
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