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Category Archives: Welsh Marches
2022 First One In
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
Posted in accurascale, baseboards, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, justdoit, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, track, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics
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Wordless Wednesday Comet A44
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, Comet Models, commission, dapol, DCC, Eastern Region, exactrail, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, justdoit, Layout, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, skillset, Southern Region, Swindon, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Throwback Thursday, Back to the Future
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
Posted in 2020, Airfix, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, free-mo, fremo, fremo module, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, Layout, LED Lighting, life, light railway, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, throwback thursday, thursday theowback, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Unconsidered Trifles
It’s an unconventional title for an unconventional book. Written and illustrated by Geoff Kent, (builder of the above scene), it takes a look at the everyday scene, with emphasis on capturing architecture, and signage and infrastructure that is gradually becoming … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, book, book review, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eighties, finescale, freelance, great britain, Hattons, heljan, history, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, library, life, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, Old school, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railway, realism, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wild swan
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Motivation Monday Ground Frame 1
It’s a Monday and having had quite a good run of finishing man cave shelf queen projects, my attention is turning to those small completion jobs for Shelfie2. As it’s a simple one ‘engine in steam’ yard it has a … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogger, Branch Line, brassmasters, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, EM, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, llangunllo, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, New Radnor, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Throwback Thursday, The 74
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
Posted in 2020, 3d, 3d printing, 64xx, 74xx, accurascale, Bachmann, bachmann 74xx, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, cambrian, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railway, Railway Modeller, realism, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Wordless Wednesday (except with words)….
Yup still messing around with Panniers, this one, and a 74xx being done on mates rates for goodies for future projects! A few people have messaged asking why no updates for a while? Last week saw me in Dolgellau, working … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, audax, Bachmann, bikeride, blog, British Rail, cambrian, cannondale, cycling, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, gravel bike, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, justdoit, Layout, lefty, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, mountain bike, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, railway, research, ride, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, travel, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Throwback Thursday (Space Connections Part 1)
This hobby covers a good spectrum of social aspects, most modellers I know aren’t club members but either work alone or in small groups. ‘Space’ in the UK is often at a premium and frequently costly, so it’s no surprise … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, fremo, fremo module, Friends, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Rapido Trains, research, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, usa, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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Hattons 14xx Finale
Well here it is, the end game has been played for this one I think. It’s been a frustrating journey for such a pretty model. Starting with my initial thoughts here https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/hattons-djm-14xx-review-h1410/, and the subsequent trials and tribulations with the … Continue reading
Posted in 14xx, 48xx, 58xx, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, djm, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, H1410, Hattons, heljan, HO, Hornby, iphoneography, Layout, llangunllo, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, New Radnor, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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#justdoit the colours of autumn
It’s probably no great secret to long term readers of the blog that I like the Autumn or Fall season. I’m lucky in my occupation gives me time out and availability to capture and enjoy the seasons that perhaps nine … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Bachmann, bikeride, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, cycling, Eastern Region, Exhibition, fall, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, iphoneography, justdoit, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, nottinghamshire, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, research, ride, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, seasons, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, Southern Region, sundayfunday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, tree, trees, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, woodland, woodland scenics, woods
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