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Notes from Olympia 2 (Toy Fair 2017)

Posted on January 25, 2017 by bawdsey

Further notes from the 2017 Toy Fair. Returning to the Oxford stand the Golden Valley 0-6-0 Janus Diesel shunter was available to view in painted format. Bear in mind these models have been handled by production teams as well as … Continue reading →

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Creating Cameo Layouts (Iain Rice / Wild Swan Books)

Posted on January 13, 2017 by bawdsey

Iain Rice is well known for his many books and articles on layout design, and railway modelling across a wide range of subject matter. ‘Creating Cameo Layouts’ is the latest modelling book release from Wild Swan Books, and immediately looks … Continue reading →

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Inspiration from Warley #1

Posted on December 1, 2016 by bawdsey

   Well if you read the interweb too much it’ll range from, it’s too crowded there’s nothing to see there what’s all the fuss about, through to it’s the bestest thing evaaa!, and, an opportunity to engage in mortal hand … Continue reading →

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Warley 2016 Grab Shots #2 (The Canadians are Coming)

Posted on November 27, 2016 by bawdsey

   On Model Rail’s stand this weekend were several models of the LNER J70 locomotive. In partnership with Rapido, Model Rail is looking for expressions of interest from those interested in purchasing a ready to run model in 4mm OO … Continue reading →

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Wordless, or rather, Costless, Wednesday

Posted on November 9, 2016 by bawdsey

An intriguing press release has come my way from Sarah Palmer at Mortons Media http://www.mortonsmedia, a well known UK publishing house. The release introduces a new railway modelling magazine set for release at Warley in a few weeks time. No … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (wonderful wagons)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by bawdsey

  

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Wordless Wednesday (On the Chain Gang)

Posted on October 19, 2016 by bawdsey

     

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Throwback Thursday, better late than never …

Posted on July 8, 2016 by bawdsey

A few weeks ago on a Thursday, I wrote about using double sided tape to hold down or rather ‘up’ Tortoise point motors. albionyard-back-on-track/ Well all went well overnight, or part of it. In the morning I arrived to find … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, its all over now …

Posted on May 5, 2016 by bawdsey

Well a couple of years ago I wrote that it’s all over now, Albion Yard doing its final show at Warley 2013, or that was the plan. https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/its-all-over-now/ However one show which I’d been asked to do but never managed … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Pannier

Posted on April 28, 2016 by bawdsey

Well here’s a throwback for you. It’s a 1950’s era OO gauge Pannier. Today it has a retro sort of charm to it, with it’s cast body and basic chassis. Powered by an Triang XO3 motor through what looks like … Continue reading →

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