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Category Archives: news
Heaton Lodge Junction
Simon George’s epic 7mm scale project Is beginning to make waves in the mainstream media. About as far away from a shelf layout layout as you can get, and in a proper mancave of man caves, a warehouse basement! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9251581/And-stop-200ft-Man-recreates-rail-junction-Britains-biggest-model-railway.html … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Art, artist, Bachmann, blog, brassmasters, British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, feelgoodfriday, finescale, Great Western, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, hero, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, journey, justdoit, Kalmbach, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, realism, research, scale, scale modelling, social media, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, united kingdom
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Unconsidered Trifles
It’s an unconventional title for an unconventional book. Written and illustrated by Geoff Kent, (builder of the above scene), it takes a look at the everyday scene, with emphasis on capturing architecture, and signage and infrastructure that is gradually becoming … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, accurascale, Bachmann, blog, book, book review, Cameo, Cameo layout, Eighties, finescale, freelance, great britain, Hattons, heljan, history, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, library, life, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, Old school, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, prototype, railway, realism, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region, wild swan
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Victory for Planet Industrials
Planet Industrials
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, Exhibition, finescale, fremo, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, light railway, man cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Peckett, peco, planet industrials, product news, prototype, railway, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales
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Transformation Tuesday, Genesis
It’s not often the hobby gets a bit of a kick up the arse with a new release, and throws a little bit of controversy in for good measure, but Hattons are showing the potential to do just that, with … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, EM, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, freelance, fremo, GNR, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, hybrid, Inspiration, Layout, LED, LED Lighting, light railway, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, transformation tuesday, Uncategorized
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Heljan MIOG 2020 Release News
O GAUGE GOES ELECTRIC!HELJAN ‘73/1’ IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022 All-new O gauge Class 73/1 electro-diesel will feature plug-and-play DCC interface, new lighting features and a wide range of authentic detail variations covering the entire career of this enduringly popular Southern Region class. Bi-mode trains are all … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, Exhibition, finescale, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Ian Futers, Layout, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, railway, realism, scale, scale modelling, Scotland, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern, Southern Electrics, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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Wordless Wednesday Hattons Genesis
Hattons Genesis
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, black and white, blog, Branch Line, Cameo, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, EM, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Layout, LMS, LNER, man cave, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, pre grouping, product news, railway, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie3, Southern, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday, Chris Klein, Minerva Models
minerva chris-klein Lovely bloke, he’ll be missed. RIP
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, news, O Gauge, o scale, obituary, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Railway Modeller, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Wales, Western Region, wordless wednesday
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Hornby Prairie R3723/R3723x
The first of the Hornby Large Prairies has arrived at the man cave. Firstly an apology, I’ve taken it out of its box and run it already. Sorry about that, but if you want to watch someone literally opening a … Continue reading
Posted in 61xx, accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, British Rail, Eastern Region, finescale, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, news, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, R3719, R3719x, R3721, R3721x, R3723, R3723x, R3725, R3725x, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, realism, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie2, Swindon, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized, Western Region
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VE Day
Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.
Posted in 2020, america, australia, aviation, blog, bomber command, canada, east kirkby, epitaph, europe, Friends, great britain, hero, history, Inspiration, iphoneography, john edmonds, john maxwell edmonds, just jane, Lancaster, life, new zealand, news, nx611, Old school, pilot, poem, remember, remembrance, Uncategorized, united kingdom, usa, ve day, victory europe, world war two, ww2
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