Tag Archives: life

200 Not Out …

Posted on November 3, 2015 by bawdsey

In the way that odd or interesting numbers sometimes appear on the car dashboard, an interesting one has appeared on the dashboard here on’t blog. That number is two hundred thousand. The number of hits the blog has achieved since … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2015 by bawdsey

Firstly to all my American readers, have a good Independence Day. I find it genuinely warming to see the way the US, and other countries for that matter, embraces and celebrates its history and culture. But what might independence day … Continue reading →

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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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J15 R3232 Red Box Review

Posted on March 27, 2015 by bawdsey

One of the latest items released by Hornby is the Great Eastern Wordsell designed Y14. The type first entered service in 1883 and was reclassified to arguably its more common designation of J15 after Grouping by the London & North … Continue reading →

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Riding Strange

Posted on March 20, 2015 by bawdsey

Originally posted on A WORRIED STUDENT:
Riding the train to Osterley, The cuffs of my shirt dig in, Unsettled and weary of the Unnatural position I was in.   This strange crisp shirt, This odd little tie, These awkward lapels,…

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Red Alert! R3243 Box Opened …

Posted on March 15, 2015 by bawdsey

I’ve remarked before on this blog and in conversations that over the past ten years or so, most of my ready to run purchases have gone to Bachmann. That has primarily been because hornby  (and others), haven’t been making the … Continue reading →

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And relaaaax….

Posted on March 9, 2015 by bawdsey

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 →

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Projects, Projects!

Posted on February 27, 2015 by bawdsey

Well this month and a good part of the previous two in fact have been busy working on a number of projects with Paul Lunn. More to come later on this but it mixes his layout design skills, our ‘tag … Continue reading →

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Narrow Gauge & Industrial 101

Posted on January 22, 2015 by bawdsey

101. Sometimes referred to as the starting point or base line experience, the origin I believe from within the US education system. An introductory point. NGI 101 breaks a few rules right from the start in terms of UK magazines, … Continue reading →

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