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Tag Archives: life
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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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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Hornby 2015 predictions and Sentinel maintenance 101
Well with Christmas day out of the way, it was time to give one of Santa’s presents a little run. I’d been fortunate enough to receive one of the new Sentinel shunters from Hornby and with a little time on … Continue reading
Posted in apple, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Industrial, iphone, Kalmbach, Layout, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Photography, review, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged apple, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, Canon, design clever, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, iphone, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, sentinel
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Christmas
For all the readers and followers of the blog, have a good Christmas and wishing you the compliments of the season. Paul M-P
Posted in Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canada, canon, Chris Nevard, christmas, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Layout, library, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Photography, Rapido Trains, travel, Uncategorized, usa, Wales, Welsh Marches
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canada, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, Tornado, travel, usa
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