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Wordless Wednesday 64xx 31-637

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Wordless Wednesday 64XX

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Never mind the bollocks,

‘Most people don’t understand how to change and readily accept the formats that are given to them.’ Author Mr Johnny Rotten Well if that one sentence doesn’t sum up the overriding conservative, sometimes moribund attitude of railway modellers to the … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Bachmann 08 32-102

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Pannier Progress

This past week or two I’ve been busy making an assortment of things from a 7mm guards van to 2mm scale figures. One of the more satisfying projects has been working over four Bachmann panniers. Here’s one of them, originally … Continue reading

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64xx Small Change …

Well having had a look recently at the 64xx, I’ve now started work on one of them to put it into the last batch of 6430 onwards, No 6433 in fact. The cab is the first bit and then its … Continue reading

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Pannier Capers & the 64xx

In amongst the flurry of Hornbys releases over the first quarter Bachmann released their latest Great Western design, Colletts 64xx 0-6-0T Pannier. These were a derivative of the earlier 54xx, very much the same engine but with larger diameter wheels. … Continue reading

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J15 R3232 Red Box Review

One of the latest items released by Hornby is the Great Eastern Wordsell designed Y14. The type first entered service in 1883 and was reclassified to arguably its more common designation of J15 after Grouping by the London & North … Continue reading

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Beginning of the end?

Or, end of the beginning? Simple answer is I don’t know. This was one of the pieces that never really hung together, so it’s gone. On that bombshell …

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Red Alert! R3243 Box Opened …

I’ve remarked before on this blog and in conversations that over the past ten years or so, most of my ready to run purchases have gone to Bachmann. That has primarily been because hornby  (and others), haven’t been making the … Continue reading

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