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Tag Archives: Forest of Dean
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
Posted in Bachmann, blog, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, decals, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, research, social media, Southern Region, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, toytrain
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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 Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, OR76M7W001, OR76M7W005, OR76M7W006, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Forest of Dean Lines Book review
Forest of Dean Lines & the Severn Bridge Price £30.00 ISBN 13: 9781899889 98 3 http://lightmoor.co.uk This is Volume 2 of British Railway History in Colour from Lightmoor Press. Volume 1 dealt with the Wye Valley lines and north … Continue reading
Posted in blog, book, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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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
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, OO Gauge, research, Western Region
Tagged 31-635, 31-636, 31-637, Bachmann, blog, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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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
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, critic, DCC, dcc sound, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, review, social media, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged 31-635, 31-636, 31-637, 64xx, Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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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 …
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, top gear, toytrainset, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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And relaaaax….
Its been a bit quiet on the blog front of late, and that’s because I’ve been working on a large writing and modelling project with my good friend Paul Lunn. It has re-fired the brain cells though with quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, film, hobbies, humour, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, social media, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Seasons Greetings
Just a quick note to wish all you readers the seasons greetings as we head towards the end of the year. The picture above is Albion Yard with the first fall of the winter, a good number of you will … Continue reading
Posted in blog, christmas, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, music, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged 2014, christmas, Exhibition, fairy tale of new york, Forest of Dean, George Iliffe-Stokes, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, malcolm mitchell, mitchell, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, music, nevard, new york, OO, photography, pogues, Railway Modeller, soundcloud, the pogues, tom mitchell
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Severn & Dean
You’ll note a new page on the blog, this is to cover the larger layout project, the post below is the first page entry. Today’s been an interesting day having the privilege of watching Chris Nevard http://nevardmedia take pictures of … Continue reading
Posted in Branch Line, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, shelfie, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Destination Anywhere
Well, its more destination ‘AnyRail’, than anywhere actually, https://www.anyrail.com and that’s where some of the schematic plan above has come from. More of that later .. I’m at one of those stages where you have a number of ideas/projects all running … Continue reading
Posted in DCC, dcc sound, Forest of Dean, Great Western, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged anyrail, Branch Line, dean, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, peco, plan, Railway Modeller, severn, track plan, western
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Albion Yard 
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