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Larkrail Exhibition 2022

Posted on July 16, 2022 by bawdsey

It’s a week today that Shelfie2 will go to its first exhibition in completed state. Larkrail is a really nice one day show at the eastern end of Bath. It’s a show I look forward to, quite the trip for … Continue reading →

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HO Indiana Shortline Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 9, 2022 by bawdsey

No words as such from me, but this overview from Instagram by Tim Nicholson of his Indiana based HO scale layout, is really worth spending time watching. So so much to learn from it.

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Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2

Posted on February 2, 2022 by bawdsey

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Shelfie 2 at Define 15/01/22

Posted on January 5, 2022 by bawdsey

Shelfie2 was due to have its first exhibition as a completed layout this month at the well respected Define modellers day. Regrettably due to the recent surge in the pandemic numbers they have had to cancel/postpone the event. There are … Continue reading →

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2022 First One In

Posted on January 1, 2022 by bawdsey

Last year on First one in I wrote about Geoff Taylor’s Barmouth layout and his very clever use of ‘space’ to achieve a multi location layout. In December (21), I had the privilege of helping out with Simon George’s Heaton … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Genesis

Posted on October 14, 2020 by bawdsey

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Transformation Tuesday Wrap Round Completion

Posted on April 14, 2020 by bawdsey

Today’s one of the milestones in getting Shelfie2 completed. With little breeze and good drying weather it was time to get the backscene completed. Using a technique suggested and highly effectively used by Chris Nevard, it was time to dig … 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 →