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The Future of Exhibitions
My good friend Mr Cooper of ‘The North’ has written eloquently http://newheymodelrailway. regarding how the standard of the reporting of recent shows exhibitions has slipped of late. Some of course may agree with him, but one thing is clear, nothing stays … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, GNR, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, selfie, social media, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, photography
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Time on your hands ..
I’ve often said it but time is the most valuable commodity we modellers have. It matters not if you ‘buy’ time, either literally by paying someone to do something for you, or making the best use of your own time … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hero, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Ian Futers, iphone, Kalmbach, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, Rapido Trains, selfie, shelfie, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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We Can Be Hero’s
Hero’s in toy trains? Well here’s two of them. A GoPro hero, and a Bachmann 08. GoPro cameras are well known for their build quality, functionality, compact size, robustness, and last but not least image quality. The second hero here … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, copyright, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, Forest of Dean, go pro, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Day two
Day two of filming, the aggregate depot being one of the examples used.
Posted in Bachmann, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, LMS, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Filum stars
Filming today, hard work but good fun!
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, television, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Wales in Nottinghamshire
This weekend no shelfies for me, it’s a big trainset , Aberbeeg, 70’s South Wales in scale7 at the Nottingham show.
Posted in Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, Photography, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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2014, Year of the ‘Shelfie’ / Selfie
2013 was, we are told the year of the ‘selfie’, basically a self portrait taken with a smartphone or tablet and bunged on the interweb for millions to drool over. Interestingly there’s some research that shows that if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, British Rail, Canon G10, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, selfie, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, digital, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, selfie, shelfie, social media
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Happy New Year Bargain!
A quick post today to say thank you for everyone who has read and commented on the blog over the past year, I hope reading the blog has given you as much enjoyment as I’ve had writing it. 2013 was … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, Uncategorized, usa, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Hornby 2015 predictions and Sentinel maintenance 101
Well with Christmas day out of the way, it was time to give one of Santa’s presents a little run. I’d been fortunate enough to receive one of the new Sentinel shunters from Hornby and with a little time on … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, review, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged apple, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, iphone, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, sentinel
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Christmas
For all the readers and followers of the blog, have a good Christmas and wishing you the compliments of the season. Paul M-P
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canada, canon, Chris Nevard, christmas, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Layout, library, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Photography, Rapido Trains, travel, Uncategorized, usa, Wales, Welsh Marches
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canada, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, Tornado, travel, usa
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