Category Archives: woodland scenics

Throwback Thursday Going with the Grain

It seem odd that just about a year ago I was writing about Shelfie 4 taking a leap forward. Well over the past few months and weeks it definitely has. In the picture above, the core concept was structured in … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4 Testing the concrete canyon

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Wordless Wednesday, Shelfie 4

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Monday Motivation, Saturday’s Try Out

This, above, was where I was Friday morning. The day after, a Saturday no less, the appearance is markedly different, there’s weed and grass in the early stages of development. The core operation shakedown of Shelfie 4, Maple River is … Continue reading

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Introducing, Shelfie4 Maple River

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Last one out!

Just a quick note to say thank you for reading the blog this year, and please take time to visit the blogs and websites on the blog roll, they’re worth dipping into. So thank you again and hope to see … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday Hornby TT 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 Shelfie 2

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Shelfie 2 at Define 15/01/22

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

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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