Tag Archives: Railway Modeller

The Peninsula Club

Posted on December 13, 2015 by bawdsey

Is that where he’s been, The Peninsula Club? Low cut dresses, heels and G&T’s by the bucket load. That’s enough about what I do at the weekend though. The Peninsula. In the UK a pretty rare piece of layout design, … Continue reading →

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Forest of Dean Lines Book review

Posted on November 26, 2015 by bawdsey

Forest of Dean Lines & the Severn Bridge Price £30.00 ISBN 13: 9781899889 98 3  http://lightmoor.co.uk   This is Volume 2 of British Railway History in Colour from Lightmoor Press. Volume 1 dealt with the Wye Valley lines and north … Continue reading →

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The Other 02

Posted on November 17, 2015 by bawdsey

Much frothing has taken place over the past few weeks regarding 02’s of the steam engine variety, I’ve not seen one yet, though Warley show beckons and I may catch up with one there. With the Warley show coming up … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday 64xx 31-637

Posted on September 23, 2015 by bawdsey
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New Life ..

Posted on August 21, 2015 by bawdsey

You could say that the hobby at the moment is better than its ever been, new companies and new products and techniques than we have seen before. We can pick and choose what we want, because there is so much … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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