Tag Archives: HO

Derby 2016

Posted on May 8, 2016 by bawdsey

   Derby show this weekend is the good quality show that it is known for. Albion Yard however has developed a voracious appetite for DC controllers lunching two of them, for no apparent/logical reason. Regrettably this means I can’t run … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday, its all over now …

Posted on May 5, 2016 by bawdsey

Well a couple of years ago I wrote that it’s all over now, Albion Yard doing its final show at Warley 2013, or that was the plan. https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/its-all-over-now/ However one show which I’d been asked to do but never managed … Continue reading →

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Hornby Super Eight

Posted on April 12, 2016 by bawdsey

For the 200th post here I think we’ll have a look at a good easy step into ‘Finescale’. ‘Finescale’ is an odd thing, its a bit like pornography, in that I’m not sure I can define it, but I know … Continue reading →

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Oxford Seven

Posted on March 23, 2016 by bawdsey

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 →

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Nine, is the magic number!

Posted on March 16, 2016 by bawdsey

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 →

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Pannier Throwback Thursday

Posted on February 11, 2016 by bawdsey

This week I’ve had the opportunity to spend time servicing my brass 97XX. This is a Samhongsa RTR model from the mid 1980’s and are in the real (not ebay) sense of the word ‘rare’. Korean and Japanese brass models … Continue reading →

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PC87 Parkside LMS Dia 1661 Cattle Wagon Review (4mm Scale)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by bawdsey

Parkside PC87 4mm scale Cattle Wagon kit LMS Dia 1661 £9.00 The Parkside kit represents Diagram 1661, an unfitted cattle wagon. The LMS built 2,050 of these wagons between 1923 and 1926. They lasted in use until the early 1960’s. … Continue reading →

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R3325 Hornby J50 Review

Posted on December 28, 2015 by bawdsey

Announced in December 2014 and delivered December 2015, the OO gauge, 4mm scale, J50 from Hornby has arrived. The example reviewed here is the early BR Crest J50/4 catalogue number R3325. Packaged in the typical outer sleeve and cardboard inner … Continue reading →

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The Peninsula Club

Posted on December 13, 2015 by bawdsey

Is that where he’s been, The Peninsula Club? Low cut dresses, heels and G&T’s by the bucket load. That’s enough about what I do at the weekend though. The Peninsula. In the UK a pretty rare piece of layout design, … Continue reading →

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Forest of Dean Lines Book review

Posted on November 26, 2015 by bawdsey

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 →

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