Tag Archives: Hornby

Wordless Wednesday 5201

Posted on July 8, 2015 by bawdsey

Double click images for bigguns…

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700 Hornby Hat Trick R3240 Drummond Review

Posted on June 26, 2015 by bawdsey

So far this year Hornby have definitely be hitting the back of the net with their locomotive releases. The K1 and J15 have both been well received and provided much encouragement that Hornby are back in the saddle. The latest … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday R3240

Posted on June 24, 2015 by bawdsey
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Bob Barlow, au revoir

Posted on May 26, 2015 by bawdsey

greystarpublications.com It’s with great sadness that this weekend I learnt of the passing of Bob Barlow, editor of Finescale Railway Modelling Review, Narrow Gauge and Industrial Review, and previously editor of Model Railway Journal. It came as a bit of … Continue reading →

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Never mind the bollocks,

Posted on May 22, 2015 by bawdsey

‘Most people don’t understand how to change and readily accept the formats that are given to them.’ Author Mr Johnny Rotten Well if that one sentence doesn’t sum up the overriding conservative, sometimes moribund attitude of railway modellers to the … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday Bachmann 08 32-102

Posted on May 20, 2015 by bawdsey
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Wordless Wednesday 52xx R3124

Posted on May 12, 2015 by bawdsey
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Pannier Progress

Posted on April 28, 2015 by bawdsey

This past week or two I’ve been busy making an assortment of things from a 7mm guards van to 2mm scale figures. One of the more satisfying projects has been working over four Bachmann panniers. Here’s one of them, originally … Continue reading →

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64xx Small Change …

Posted on April 6, 2015 by bawdsey

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 →

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Pannier Capers & the 64xx

Posted on April 2, 2015 by bawdsey

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 →

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