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Category Archives: Southern Region
Throwback Thursday, better late than never …
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
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, djm, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, laramie, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, obituary, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, research, skill, skillset, social media, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region, Wyoming
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex
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Toady Tuesday
Nope, not the shuffling queue of hooded, hook nosed disciples heading to a convenient internet portal to join the weekly disembowelling of a toy train manufacturer, but an update on my Toad. A year or so ago I started … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Railex, research, Scottish Region, skill, skillset, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
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Wordless Wednesday (oxfords)
Posted in blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, Oxford rail, research, Scottish Region, shades of grey, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday
Tagged OO, oxford, toytrain, trainset, wagon
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Hornby Super Eight
For the 200th post here I think we’ll have a look at a good easy step into ‘Finescale’. ‘Finescale’ is an odd thing, its a bit like pornography, in that I’m not sure I can define it, but I know … Continue reading
Posted in EM, finescale, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Ultrascale, Western Region
Tagged HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, toytrain
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Oxford Seven
This week I’ve been modifying some of the Oxford Rail seven plank wagons. Whilst not perfect they are a good starting point for me to do British Rail era wagons towards the end of their lives. As a quick list … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, research, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, toytrain
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Nine, is the magic number!
Nine, is the magic number! That’s what the layout has taught me this week. This is because I’m still working out what I want from a bigger multi location scheme, version 1, seen below. Since this early draft (not to scale), … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, research, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, OR76M7W001, OR76M7W005, OR76M7W006, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Hornby Collett Coaches, (Are we nearly there yet?)
Well Hornby’s Collett coaches are here, and there’s very little point in doing a review as such of them. Basically Hornby have got these three right when checked against data within both Russell and Lewis coaching stock books, and pictures in … Continue reading
Posted in DCC, dcc sound, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, review, social media, Southern Region, toy train, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged collett, Hobby, Hornby, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, r4684, r4685, r4686, r4687, r4688, Railway Modeller, toytrain
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Dapol 08 in 7mm scale
Albion Yard in 7mm next?
Posted in blog, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, research, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
Tagged 08, 7mm, dapol, Hornby, modelrailroad, modelrailway, o scale, toytrain, trainset
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Warley and the Dock Tanks
a All three versions of the Model Rail limited edition USRA dock tank are at Warley, on ‘Shelfie’ this weekend. They are stunning models and run really well, especially for pre production models. Come and see them stand C11. On … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Chris Nevard, DCC, Exhibition, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, Thanksgiving, toy train, toytrainset, train set, usa
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Wordless Wednesday Hornby 700 R3240
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, history, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, R3240, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, wordless wednesday
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