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Category Archives: Scottish Region
Wordless Wednesday, Getting to the Point..
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, BR Blue, Branch Line, british finescale, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, finescale, first look, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie, social media, toy fair, train set, trainset, TT Gauge, Western Region, wordless wednesday
Tagged Model Railroad, Model Railway, toytrain
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Feel Good Friday Improving Bachmann’s Standard Class 5
This is the most recent part of the improvement package I’m doing on the Bachmann Standard Class 5, and as this covers the improvements made to the front bogie wheels and the chimney, sort of comes under the #fef banner! … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, feelgoodfriday, fef, finescale, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, justdoit, life, makeover, man cave, Midland Region, model, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, repair, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelf queen, shelfie, skill, Southern Region, toy train, trainspotting, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Hobby, Hornby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, toytrain
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A noughties Bachmann Makeover
An introduction to a makeover I’m giving to a Bachmann BR Standard Class 5. The model dates from the early noughties, and still holds its own today. The overall accuracy is excellent, the shape and core dimensions are all there … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Conversion, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, journey, justdoit, life, man cave, mansplaining, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, OO, OO Gauge, planning, railroad, railway, realism, repair, research, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, skill, Southern Region, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region, youtube
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Warley 2023 images from the trade #5
CLARK RAILWORKS ELLIS CLARK TRAINS
Posted in blog, British Rail, clark rail works, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, ellis clark, Exhibition, finescale, first look, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, LMS, LNER, man cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, national train show, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, review, scale modelling, Scottish Region, toy train, train set, train show, Uncategorized
Tagged Exhibition, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway
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Heljan O Gauge Class 24 Warley News 2023
In recent years Heljan has received more requests for an ‘O’ gauge Class 24 than anything else. So they’ve gone ‘all out’ to bring you not just a Class 24/0, but also the later Class 24/1s AND Scottish Region ‘24/1s’ … Continue reading
Posted in blog, BR Blue, Branch Line, British Rail, cambrian, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, first look, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, Hobby, Ian Futers, Inspiration, layout design, man cave, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelf layout, Southern Region, toy train, Uncategorized, Western Region
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Realism Redefined / Heljan Introduce O Gauge PCA
High-quality ‘O’ Gauge powder tank wagons for cement and chemical traffic to be released in 2023. One of four exciting announcements from HELJAN this weekend at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition is an all-new PCA powder tank wagon for … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, man-cave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, planet industrials, product news, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, train show, Uncategorized, wagon, warley
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Heljan OO Newton Chambers Car Transporter
HELJAN’s range of high-quality ‘OO’ gauge rolling stock will expand in early-2023 with the release of six coach packs featuring the stylish double-deck car transporters built by Newton Chambers for BR Eastern Region in 1960/61. Visitors to the Warley National … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Model Railroad, Model Railway, motivation monday, n gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, scale, Scottish Region, seventies, social media, train show, transfers, tv, two hundred, Uncategorized
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Brutal Sunday
Well it’s a Sunday, and this is brutal. I’m putting together Ratio’s ARP signal box kit, and it’s brutal! Not the kit as such, though there are some ‘clunky’ elements to it, but the core prototype design, as a building … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, architecture, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Brutal, critic, Great Western, gwr, history, HO, ho scale, Hornby, Industrial, King Charles, King Charles III, Layout, layout design, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, planning, Prince Charles, railway, Ratio, review, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie3, signal, signal box, signalling, Southern, toy train, Uncategorized, world war two
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Lost Diesels, Lost Lines (Review)
In a, ‘Does what it says on the tin’ kind of way, this book pretty much does that. This is a new Transport Treasury album that covers diesels that are withdrawn, and closed lines, so this book is very much … Continue reading
Posted in b&w, black and white, blog, book, book review, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eastern Region, finescale, great britain, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, library, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Photography, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, reading, reference, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, throwback thursday, TT, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
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