Tag Archives: Railway Modeller

Letters (and Numbers) from America

Posted on January 20, 2013 by bawdsey

B&O I-12 Caboose Many of us will be familiar with iconic American F series diesels, the streamlined nose, Santa Fe ‘Warbonnet’, Union Pacific, or Canadian National ‘Pacman’ or ‘Wet Noodle’ color schemes, as UK modellers we may not know what … Continue reading →

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Window Dressing and First Show

Posted on January 13, 2013 by bawdsey

First Show 2013 Yesterday I went to the CMRA show at St Albans for a day out. It was pretty much what I expected of the show, which has always been a good regional event. Spread over three floors of … Continue reading →

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Last one out

Posted on December 31, 2012 by bawdsey

Today has been a quiet day just tidying up a few loose ends. One of those was 3725, a Forest of Dean Pannier with the base model again being the excellent Bachmann high cab version. Its fine having a number … Continue reading →

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Thank You, and Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2012 by bawdsey

Just a quick note to say thank you and wishing the seasons greetings to all the readers who have dropped by. I have been pleasantly surprised at the number of visits and will certainly write more stuff for you to … Continue reading →

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Move along, Nuthin to see here …

Posted on December 17, 2012 by bawdsey

Thats an easy mistake to make. This sort of scene regardless of whether it’s out in the sticks like here or down a back alley in suburbia or ‘downtown’ are easy to wander past without a thought for modelling. But … Continue reading →

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New Product, Ain’t it Fun

Posted on December 16, 2012 by bawdsey

So so often the word ‘fun’ is trotted out these days, well this kit is certainly proving to be enjoyable to build. It goes together as well as the seperate components look on the sprue. In my modelling time I’ve … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Jungle …

Posted on December 4, 2012 by bawdsey

Having just returned from Warley where I spent part of the weekend helping with Aberbeeg (see above), I realised four things, I can tell the time using a watch, some people speak Dutch, I can do blue diesel haze on … Continue reading →

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Branch Line Favourites

Posted on November 22, 2012 by bawdsey

Tempting though it was to tear open the new Ratio GWR brick built signal box kit thats arrived for review, today I’ve spent an hour or so re-glasing a Hornby GWR Autocoach. Like some of the kits I’m disposing of … Continue reading →

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The Kit Now Departing …

Posted on November 21, 2012 by bawdsey

The kit now departing is one of a batch of models of various scales and genres that simply put I won’t get around to building. Not only do I have a number of railway kits that come into that category … Continue reading →

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The Train Now Arriving …

Posted on October 31, 2012 by bawdsey

The train now arriving is unusual for me, because its come out of red boxes, rather than blue. Today the Thompson Suburban coaches made by Hornby are hitting the doormats, and the example here is one of the first that … Continue reading →

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