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Throwback Thursday The War Department Bucketlist

Posted on September 16, 2021 by bawdsey

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 →

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Throwback Thursday Exhibitionist…

Posted on March 25, 2021 by bawdsey

A bit of a home exhibition here some seven years ago! This pic popping up on a Facebook feed this week. All three, Albion Yard, Bawdsey, and Shelfie, (WIP foreground) have subsequently left the building. The reason for them all … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday 94xx

Posted on February 25, 2021 by bawdsey

Here we are, more Pannier shenanigans! This time it’s a personality swap! A few of the 94xx’s had tank fillers in different positions, a couple of feet further back than normally associated with the class. There’s not many of them … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, Back to the Future

Posted on December 31, 2020 by bawdsey

Well this is certainly from the past, one of Albion Yards panniers drifts in to the yard with a typical coal train, quite a long while ago.. I can tell its one of the earlier images the warehouses are in … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, Happy Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2020 by bawdsey

Well, 2020! This should probably be a #throwbackthursday post, not just because it’s a Thursday, but if you actually caught 2020, you’d certainly want to throw it back.. 2021 will have to go some to make it as memorable as … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, The 74

Posted on May 14, 2020 by bawdsey

74xx Bachmann 64xx 31-636 It was around five years back that Bachmann brought their 64xx to market. Adding to the high and low cab variations of the 57xx family already in the range. I bought a couple for the Forest … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, Turn up the Volume!

Posted on April 9, 2020 by bawdsey

It’s interesting for me to step through the back catalogue of the images of this layouts (Shelfie2) development. The picture above was taken yesterday in natural lighting in our garden. The picture below shows the ‘concept’ I was thinking of … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, ‘that’ copy..

Posted on March 12, 2020 by bawdsey

This magazine, this issue, is possibly ‘that’ copy for me. Many of us will have a favourite newsstand magazine and can recall a few issues that for them, made the difference, the one that got them hooked! I remember this … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday , Standing Back

Posted on September 12, 2019 by bawdsey

It is interesting sometimes doing that arty ‘stand back’ and look at what you’ve done. I’m doing this a lot at the moment, getting the layout ready to go out for the second time. This picture was taken early January … Continue reading →

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Woodland Development

Posted on August 15, 2019 by bawdsey

Back at the beginning of the year, the woodlands along the rear of the layout were being blocked in. Most of it was acceptable, but in cliche corner with my over bridge scenic break, getting the trees and overhang right … Continue reading →

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