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Category Archives: Southern
Motivation Monday, Manitoba Quays, Minories Inspiration
One of the most recognisable layout designs most UK modellers are familiar with is Cyril Freezers ‘Minories’ layout. An inner London terminus based on the Metropolitan Line at Liverpool Street it is a very simple and effective design giving lots … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, BR Blue, Branch Line, british finescale, British Rail, Cameo layout, canada, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, Peco TT, planning, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, track, track plans, train set, trainspotting, TT, TT120, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO
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Peco Quality Line N Gauge Wagons Review
New into the man cave are a batch of N gauge wagons from Peco as part of a collection of new tooling. For many many years N gauge modellers have had a staple diet of Peco Wonderful Wagons, with tooling … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blogger, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, gwr, Hattons, HO, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, review, scale, scale modelling, shelf layout, Southern, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, wagon
Tagged british rail, Canon G10, HO, Hornby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, peco, toytrain
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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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Wordless Wednesday Rails Terrier (4S-010-005)
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, shelfie2, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist
Back in the midsts of time I always wanted a complete set of British Rail ‘Standards’. Don’t know why, but I set about the task Hunter gatherer stylee, and apart from the WD 2-10-0, I ended up with all the … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djh, Eastern Region, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, SABLE, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, throwback thursday, thursday throwback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, ve day, victory europe, Western Region, world war two, ww2
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Transformation Tuesday, Genesis
It’s not often the hobby gets a bit of a kick up the arse with a new release, and throws a little bit of controversy in for good measure, but Hattons are showing the potential to do just that, with … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, EM, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, freelance, fremo, GNR, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, hybrid, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized
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Heljan MIOG 2020 Release News
O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic detail variations covering the entire career of this enduringly popular Southern Region class. Bi-mode trains are all … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Hattons Genesis
Hattons Genesis
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, EM, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, railway, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday
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N Gauge Motivation Monday
In the past I’ve bought a used layout, in my case it was the layout that became Bawdsey. It is a good way of getting started in a new scale or gauge, and if anyone out there is looking for … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Eighties, finescale, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, Railway Modeller, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region
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