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Tag Archives: Canada
Canadian Throwback Thursday
A week ago, the view from the ‘office’. The office being a chair on a dock pontoon for a short break away from normal life. This is the Canadian ‘Near North’ a days drive directly north from Toronto. The benefits … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, dcc sound, finescale, Friends, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, Ontario, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, research, shelfie, social media, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, travel, True North, Uncategorized, usa
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Canada, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, o scale, Ontario, Ontario Northlander, OO, Rapido, The Canadian, throwback thursday, toytrain, trainset, travel
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#wordless Wednesday
Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, canada, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, HO, hobbies, iain rice, Inspiration, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, research, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, travel, usa, wordless wednesday
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canada, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, life, model rail, Model Railway, nevard, o scale, Ontario, Ontario Northlander, OO, Railway Modeller, Rapido, The Canadian, toytrain, toytrainset, trainset, wordless wednesday
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Setting the Scene
Last week I had the privilege of a call from Roy Jackson asking for a few of my thoughts. A brave man. So I gave him a few of them and then we got on with the matter in hand. … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, life, Manchester, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Rapido Trains, Scottish Region, shelfie, social media, Southern, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canada, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller, toytrain, trainset
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Christmas
For all the readers and followers of the blog, have a good Christmas and wishing you the compliments of the season. Paul M-P
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canada, canon, Chris Nevard, christmas, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Layout, library, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Photography, Rapido Trains, travel, Uncategorized, usa, Wales, Welsh Marches
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canada, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, Tornado, travel, usa
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Octagenarian Model Railroader
This dropped on the mat this morning. 80 years young, why young? One thing that I’ve always liked about MRR is that it rarely feels stale and seems to evolve, whilst still covering news, reviews and overall good quality modelling. … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Canada, Hobby, Layout, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, Railway Modeller, Thanksgiving, Tony Koester, usa
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The Canadians are coming!
Just a quick update, yesterday, after an interesting drive across the top the pennines, through snow and snow showers, I and some other enthusiasts were treated to a presentation of the Canadian Company Rapido, Jason Shron was a very engaging … Continue reading
Posted in canada, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Canada, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains
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Business as Usual
Business as usual, being messing around with Panniers. Warley is this coming weekend and it’ll be the layouts last showing in public. I usually try and do a couple of new items, usually rolling stock or motive power, and this … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canada, canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, music, Nevard, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Wales, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canada, Canon, Canon G10, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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Modelling Grassland and Landscape Detailing (Review)
Modelling Grassland and Landscape Detailing Price: 24.95 Published by Wild Swan Publications 2013 ISBN : 978 1 908763 068 Written by Gordon Gravett This book written by Gordon Gravett, is the third dealing specifically with the techniques he and his … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, British Rail, canada, canon, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, review, Scottish Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canada, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Gordon Gravett, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, Railway Modeller, wild swan
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Night of the long knives …
This hobby is one of those where you pick up all sorts of skills, even if its only becoming an expert on packaging and opening the aforementioned items. I don’t know about my regular readers but I often get asked … Continue reading
Posted in canada, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Nevard, Uncategorized, usa
Tagged Canada, Canon, cartoon, Exhibition, halloween, HO, Hobby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, pumpkin, usa
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