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Hornby. Hitting the right notes in 2015?
Well it’s very nearly a year since the last foam filled festival of angst and fundamentalist fervor. In one sleeps time will Hornby hit the right notes with, (allegedly), two new steam engine projects, a passenger coach, (singular), and a … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, christmas, DCC, dcc sound, djm, Eastern Region, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, research, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Western Region, wordless wednesday
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, djm, HO, Hobby, Hornby, hornby 2015, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railway Modeller, Rapido
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Who Pays the Piper
An interesting debate has broken out, and been locked, (no change there then) in a small corner of the interweb. It all kicked off because some one asked an event organiser if their show was a commercial show or not. … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, critic, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Railex, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, club, commercial, Exhibition, harry denford, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, the london theatre
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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY No.2
Posted in blog, blogging, canon, hobbies, Kalmbach, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, social media, wordless wednesday
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, wordless wednesday
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Progress?
Anyone recognise this? Hold the front page, it’s a kit. That’s right ‘A Kit’. I know, I know, smelling salts all round, breath in using the paper bag, Three, Two, One, and you’re back in the room .. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, social media, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Art, artistic, atmosphere, blog, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, progress, Railway Modeller, Tony Koester
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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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New! 1st Hornby King image online!
Link to first royalty free image of Hornby King! Hornby King
Posted in Bachmann, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, 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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The Future of Exhibitions
My good friend Mr Cooper of ‘The North’ has written eloquently http://newheymodelrailway. regarding how the standard of the reporting of recent shows exhibitions has slipped of late. Some of course may agree with him, but one thing is clear, nothing stays … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, GNR, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, selfie, social media, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, photography
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