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Wordless Wednesday

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Scalefourum 2024

Scaleforum is one if those shows I rarely miss. For me it has generally kicked off the autumn season of shows, with the run up to the NEC show at the end of November and Madchester in early December. For … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday Hymek

Posted in accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, BR Blue, British Rail, Cameo layout, Conversion, D&E, DC, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, man cave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, peco bullhead, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, realism, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie3, toy train, train set, TT120, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday J68

Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, buckjumper, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, EM, finescale, first look, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, j67, j68, j69, Layout, LNER, man cave, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, new release, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railroad, railway, realism, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, train set, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday, Accurascale J69

I’ll break protocol and will put words in this time, Iain Rice would have loved this one! Yep I know it’s a J68….

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Feel Good Friday Improving Bachmann’s Standard Class 5

This is the most recent part of the improvement package I’m doing on the Bachmann Standard Class 5, and as this covers the improvements made to the front bogie wheels and the chimney, sort of comes under the #fef banner! … Continue reading

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Noughties Bachmann Makeover Part 2

Continuing my makeover of Bachmann’s OO BR standard class five, I’ve now completed the tender conversion. The model as supplied comes with a BR1G tender and this needs converting to a BR1 type. So above is the vidjo of how … Continue reading

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2024, Motivation Monday, First One In, Fifteen Minute Heros

With the festive season officially over, twelfth night and all that, it’s been quite a good couple of weeks of getting stuff done. Over the period I was able to do some short bursts, as well as lengthier sessions in … Continue reading

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Warley 2023 images from the trade #7 (wordless Wednesday)

BACHMANN EFE RAIL EFE RAIL N GAUGE

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Transformation Tuesday Engaged!…

Yep, I’m N gauged! This won’t come as a surprise to some readers, as I’ve worked in N gauge previously. A good few years back I built Collier Street which featured in Railway Modeller This was built from a plan … Continue reading

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