Category Archives: shelf layout

Feel Good Friday, Accurascale’s classic 37

My first thoughts on the Accurascale class 37. Shot almost in real time apart from changing camera position, what you see is what I got, so no preparation as such apart from having the box ready to open. I did … Continue reading

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F***ed Up Friday, not Feel Good Friday!

Well it’s one of those Fridays. A quick bit of modelling before heading out of the corral, what could possibly go wrong? Well, the above basically, that’s what could go wrong, and has. Having completed the painting and decal application … Continue reading

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The Art of Railway Modelling, James Hilton (Book Review)

The Art of Railway Modelling £18.50 Wild Swan Books Ltd ISBN 9 781912 038558 The Art of Railway Modelling” by James Hilton is a very different look at the captivating world of railway modelling. James, an experienced modeller himself, shares … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2 (Guyzance)

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 4 Shapeshifter

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Groundwork Shelfie 4

It might seem odd to be talking about ground work with a picture like the one above. The reality is that the structures above are ‘placed’ for the photograph, and the eye level viewpoint disguises this. This is the reality … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain

It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading

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Introducing, Shelfie4 Maple River

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Wordless Wednesday Water

Posted in accurascale, ak interactive, Bachmann, blogger, Cameo, Cameo layout, Cavalex, DC, DCC, dcc sound, exactrail, finescale, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, LED Lighting, man cave, maple river, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, OO9, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, scenery, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, train set, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Motivation Monday, Take me to the River

So the motivation today was checking out yesterday’s application of the AK Interactive Atlantic Blue onto a test piece of plastic sheet. The luminosity above is caused by the light falling on the wet acrylic gel medium. It dried well … Continue reading

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