Category Archives: Western Region

Wordless Wednesday (On the Chain Gang)

     

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Wordless Wednesday (Pwllheli)

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, Exhibition, finescale, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region | 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday, better late than never …

A few weeks ago on a Thursday, I wrote about using double sided tape to hold down or rather ‘up’ Tortoise point motors. albionyard-back-on-track/ Well all went well overnight, or part of it. In the morning I arrived to find … Continue reading

Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, djm, EM, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, laramie, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, obituary, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, research, skill, skillset, social media, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, throwback thursday, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region, Wyoming | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Toady Tuesday

Nope, not the shuffling queue of hooded, hook nosed disciples heading to a convenient internet portal to join the weekly disembowelling of a toy train manufacturer, but an update on my Toad.     A year or so ago I started … Continue reading

Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Railex, research, Scottish Region, skill, skillset, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region | 7 Comments

Throwback Thursday Pannier

Well here’s a throwback for you. It’s a 1950’s era OO gauge Pannier. Today it has a retro sort of charm to it, with it’s cast body and basic chassis. Powered by an Triang XO3 motor through what looks like … Continue reading

Posted in 2016, Bachmann, Barn find, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Great Western, hero, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, shelfie, skill, skillset, social media, throwback thursday, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday (Top Toads)

Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, flying scotsman, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Photography, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday (oxfords)

Posted in blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, Oxford rail, research, Scottish Region, shades of grey, Southern Region, toy fair, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Hornby Super Eight

For the 200th post here I think we’ll have a look at a good easy step into ‘Finescale’. ‘Finescale’ is an odd thing, its a bit like pornography, in that I’m not sure I can define it, but I know … Continue reading

Posted in EM, finescale, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Ultrascale, Western Region | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Oxford Seven

This week I’ve been modifying some of the Oxford Rail seven plank wagons. Whilst not perfect they are a good starting point for me to do British Rail era wagons towards the end of their lives. As a quick list … Continue reading

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Nine, is the magic number!

Nine, is the magic number! That’s what the layout has taught me this week. This is because I’m still working out what I want from a bigger multi location scheme, version 1, seen below. Since this early draft (not to scale), … Continue reading

Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, magazine, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, oxford, research, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments