Category Archives: train set

Motivation Monday, Mindheim’s Musing

I don’t need to mention the current (October 22), cost of living rises in the UK to anyone. If you’re awake you’ll be all too aware of the impact of Brexit, Ukraine etc etc on national and world economic and … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday Hornby TT120 October 22

A week back 10/10/22, Hornby announced they were in the new TT 1:120th scale market. Earlier in the year Peco introduced a range of products both track and buildings, a few of which are sitting on the review shelf here. … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (keep him quiet)

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Virtue Signalling by Peco

Not so much ’high moral standards’ (though Peco have always been decent coves in my experience), but virtuous, as in very much in the way of a good thing. That’s the immediate impression on opening the TT laser cut wooden … Continue reading

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TT120 First look

This is literally my first look at the new Peco TT scale products. The first thing that strikes me, as a former (environment officer), in a very good way is the packaging, 100% recyclable! As we can see it’s not … Continue reading

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Motivation Monday. TT

This morning Peco are setting the cat amongst the pigeons announcing a range of TT track and products! Absolutely fascinating for me, I think this is the ideal scale, big enough for good detail, and small enough to get the … Continue reading

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Motivation Monday, Showtime!

No one needs me to remind or tell them of the impact of Covid on the exhibition scene over the past two years, suffice to say it’s had a significant detrimental impact on the ability to run and attend shows … Continue reading

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Peco Bullhead Crossings and Slips

At Heaton Lodge’s Bath and West exhibition today, I had the opportunity to get a quick look some production samples of the crossing, and slip points on Peco’s trade exhibition stand. The crossings and slips utilise the same ‘Unifrog’ design … Continue reading

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Asking For a Friend

Any of you readers fancy a start in O gauge? A friend has for sale two of these Dapol 08’s, as new, unused. They were originally part of a plan for a small O gauge layout, and,as we all experience, … Continue reading

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Transformation Tuesday, Paint

It’s only a week since I completed Shelfie3’s wiring, and noted that that point in time was likely to be a spur onwards in the project. As I expected it did just that. The next notable step has been painting … Continue reading

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