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Category Archives: seventies
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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Last One Out 2023, with Francis Bourgeois
As we take our last steps out of 2023, it’s time to say thank you to all you readers, who take the time out of your day to read the blog, or look at the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook pages. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, artist, Bachmann, blog, blogging, brassmasters, British Rail, Cavalex, clark rail works, Comet Models, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, ellis clark, exactrail, Facebook, francis bourgeois, Friends, gouge, Hattons, heljan, hero, history, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, instagram, life, man cave, mansplaining, media, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Rapido Trains, reading, review, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, social media, Toy trains, trainspotting, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan, woodland scenics, youtube
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Transformation Tuesday Engaged!…
Yep, I’m N gauged! This won’t come as a surprise to some readers, as I’ve worked in N gauge previously. A good few years back I built Collier Street which featured in Railway Modeller This was built from a plan … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, BR Blue, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, finescale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, layout design, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, OO Gauge, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale modelling, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie, toy train, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized
Tagged Branch Line, british rail, Hobby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, railroad, railway, toytrain, train, trainset
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Heljan Class86/2 announced in OO Gauge
A third variant of our popular ‘OO’ gauge Class 86 is now in preparation for release in 2023. In response to public demand, the Class 86/2 will join the recent ‘AL6’ and Class 86/4 in the HELJAN range. Two versions … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, British Rail, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, mancave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, Rails of Sheffield, railway, scale, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, social media, toy train, train show, Uncategorized, 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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Transformation Tuesday
Twelve hours To foamathon 22. Sounds exciting!
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, man cave, man-cave, Midland Region, Modelling, new release, news, Oxford rail, peco, Peco TT, product news, Rails of Sheffield, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, seventies, toy train, transformation tuesday, TT Gauge, tuesday transformation, Western Region
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Motivation Monday, Showtime!
No one needs me to remind or tell them of the impact of Covid on the exhibition scene over the past two years, suffice to say it’s had a significant detrimental impact on the ability to run and attend shows … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, DMU, Eighties, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, national train show, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, usa
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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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