Category Archives: woodland scenics

Wordless Wednesday Shelfie 2

Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, black and white, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Layout, layout design, man cave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, seventies, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, toy train, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday Maple River

Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Canadian, canadian national, canadian pacific, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, exactrail, finescale, HO, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, iain rice, Industrial, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, maple river, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, Narrow Gauge, nmra, o scale, Ontario, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, tangent, toy train, TT120, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday Class 30 To 31

Posted in accurascale, Albion Yard, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Conversion, D&E, dapol, DC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, toy train, train set, TT120, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Are US Tariffs a threat to the UK model railway hobby?

Below is a Facebook post from the Hobby Industry Coalition, a group of North American hobby companies whom in the main supply ‘US’ outline products for their market. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1L1txjXbEn/?mibextid=wwXIfr The US Tariffs are recognised above, as a potential threat to … Continue reading

Posted in accurascale, Airfix, america, americana, Bachmann, blog, canada, Cavalex, china, clark rail works, commission, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, europe, exactrail, Facebook, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, kadee, Kalmbach, life, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, OO9, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railroad model craftsman, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Rapido Trains, Tamiya, throwback thursday, Toy trains, TT120, Uncategorized, united kingdom, usa, woodland scenics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Heljan 02 Review

Heljan have a good record of producing interesting OO gauge diesel shunters and the 02 production sample seen here seamlessly fits into that range. The 02’s were made by the Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield as a batch of twenty … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (Heljan & Accurascale

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railway, realism, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, woodland scenics | 2 Comments

Just another day.. Wordless Wednesday

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, first look, heljan, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT120, Uncategorized, wagon, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

#FEF Shelfie 4

Prepping Maple River for the NEC exhibition this November I took the opportunity to get one of those shelf queens finished. This Proto2000 HO switcher was last worked on in 2018, I won’t be alone in having shelf queens that … Continue reading

Posted in accurascale, america, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, fef, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, man cave, maple river, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, NEC, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, Peco TT, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelf queen, shelfie, shelfie4, toy train, train set, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, D&E, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, heljan, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Inspiration, Layout, layout design, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, shelfie2, shelfie3, shelfie4, Toy trains, train set, trainspotting, TT120, Uncategorized, woodland scenics, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2024, Motivation Monday, First One In, Fifteen Minute Heros

With the festive season officially over, twelfth night and all that, it’s been quite a good couple of weeks of getting stuff done. Over the period I was able to do some short bursts, as well as lengthier sessions in … Continue reading

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