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Category Archives: review
Mazak Rot, A matter of Time..
Mazak Rot has unfortunately blighted some models in the hobby, across many manufacturers and for a while. It frequently manifests itself after a period of time often years, and that’s the problem you don’t know if you’re going to end … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, blogger, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, golden valley, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, kr models, Layout, life, LMS, man cave, mancave, mazak, mazak rot, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, Patriot, peco, product news, R2628, R2634, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, reference, review, Royal Scot, scale, scale modelling, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, trainset, Uncategorized
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Requiem For Steam
A year or so back I took a look at Essential Witness and Transition by Jim Shaughnessy and Colin Gifford respectively. This week our ever genial postie tapped on the door and left this gem, Requiem For Steam. If you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in america, americana, Art, b&w, Bachmann, black and white, blog, book review, Cameo layout, canada, canadian national, canadian pacific, dapol, finescale, Hattons, heljan, history, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, journey, Kalmbach, Layout, library, life, man cave, mancave, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, Rapido Trains, realism, reference, research, review, travel, Uncategorized, Union Pacific, usa
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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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Bachmann 94xx Pannier Review 35-025
If ever you wanted to know how to capture the functional, brooding mass of the last pannier, this is it. Bachmanns 94XX. The first thing that struck me on opening the box, (no video, sorry about that), is it just … Continue reading
Posted in 35-025, 35-025SF, 35-026, 35-026SF, 35-027, 35-027SF, 94XX, accurascale, b&w, Bachmann, blog, British Rail, Cameo layout, copyright, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Exhibition, finescale, Forest of Dean, Great Western, gwr, Hattons, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, LED, LED Lighting, man cave, mancave, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, monochrome, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new release, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, Photography, product news, railway, Railway Modeller, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, Swindon, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
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Warley Virtual 2020
This weekend would normally be the annual Warley National exhibition, COVID-19 obviously has taken its toll this year and well into 21 of the exhibition scene. However, this year Warley will be running a two day show on line, see … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, baseboards, blog, Cameo, Cameo layout, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, free-mo, fremo, fremo module, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, Kalmbach, laser, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, mansplaining, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, Nevard, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, planet industrials, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, review, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, warley
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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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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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Hornby 61XX R3723 Review
Hornby Prairie R3723 R3723x R3719 R3719x R3721 R3721x R3725 R3725x In through the man cave doors this week from Hornby is their latest release of a GWR 61xx design. The original Hornby 61XX model was the 1970’s Airfix model, well … Continue reading
Posted in 61xx, accurascale, Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo layout, dapol, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, finescale, gwr, Hattons, heljan, HO, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, man cave, mancave, media, Midland Region, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, product news, R3719, R3719x, R3721, R3721x, R3723, R3723x, R3725, R3725x, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, research, review, scale, scale modelling, Scottish Region, shelfie, Southern Region, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, Uncategorized, Western Region
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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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