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Tag Archives: Hobby
Hold The Front Page! Read All About It!
Bob Barlow of http://www.greystarpublications.com/ last week launched a new entry into the UK magazine market, Finescale Railway Modelling Review, http://www.greystarpublications.com/fsr/ the first of which is seen above. This will be a welcome addition to the mag market place, MRJ readers … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, book, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, copyright, critic, DCC, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media
Tagged Bachmann, blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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New! 1st Hornby King image online!
Link to first royalty free image of Hornby King! Hornby King
Posted in Bachmann, canon, Canon G10, Chris Nevard, copyright, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, history, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Scottish Region, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Some Might Say …
As remarked upon in my previous post there are a good number of people in the hobby that spend far too much time telling you how something should be done, what can be done and what can’t be done, with … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Manchester, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Canon G10, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Lettuce Page ….
It’s been a spectacularly daft couple of weeks in the compact and bijou world of toy trains. My good friend Andy Cooper remarked on this in his own style here http://newheymodelrailway. Andy’s take on this is interesting as he looks … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, copyright, critic, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, research, review, social media
Tagged Branch Line, british rail, critic, criticism, critique, Exhibition, highland omnibus, highlands, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, northern constabulary, OO, Railway Modeller, Spinal Tap
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Twenty Twenty Vision
This week there’s been quite a kerfuffle about Bachmann’s 20% price rise, most noticeably on assorted forums and meejah. Basically rising costs have meant that Bachmann have passed on elements of that rising cost to the end user, the … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Railex, research, review, Scottish Region, shopping, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller
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The Future of Exhibitions
My good friend Mr Cooper of ‘The North’ has written eloquently http://newheymodelrailway. regarding how the standard of the reporting of recent shows exhibitions has slipped of late. Some of course may agree with him, but one thing is clear, nothing stays … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, film, GNR, hobbies, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, selfie, social media, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, photography
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Time on your hands ..
I’ve often said it but time is the most valuable commodity we modellers have. It matters not if you ‘buy’ time, either literally by paying someone to do something for you, or making the best use of your own time … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hero, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Ian Futers, iphone, Kalmbach, life, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Narrow Gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, Rapido Trains, selfie, shelfie, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, iphone, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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2014, Year of the ‘Shelfie’ / Selfie
2013 was, we are told the year of the ‘selfie’, basically a self portrait taken with a smartphone or tablet and bunged on the interweb for millions to drool over. Interestingly there’s some research that shows that if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, British Rail, Canon G10, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Industrial, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, Scottish Region, selfie, shelfie, social media, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, digital, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, selfie, shelfie, social media
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Happy New Year Bargain!
A quick post today to say thank you for everyone who has read and commented on the blog over the past year, I hope reading the blog has given you as much enjoyment as I’ve had writing it. 2013 was … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Rapido Trains, Uncategorized, usa, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller
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Shock, Horror! Internet proved wrong …
In a shock development today, a fault was found in the internet! A factual error was discovered on a posting made yesterday …. Yup I’ve had a better opportunity to look at Hornby’s Sentinel and realised that the outside frames … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, apple, Branch Line, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Ian Futers, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, review
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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