Fiftieth Anniversary of closure of NYMR
Originally posted on Loco Yard:
UKHH Copyright As with the Severn Valley Railway, the North York Moors Railway is also celebrating a fiftieth in 2015, this time marking the date…
Author Archives: Gary
Bird’s eye view
Originally posted on Penlowry:
I have an 08 shunter. It’s a Bachmann one. They’re good and they’re outside framed (OK I know the new Hornby one is considered better but…
3D on the Rocks by Suntory
Originally posted on WazArs:
Suntory‘s clever way to use 3D printers: ice cubes shaped like iconic landmarks and sculptures for a brilliant, original advertising campaign. It is doubly effective because iconic…
Twin track – must have
Twin track mainline with long straights. Yep. This was an easy one to get onto my layout. I went for a fairly basic double oval with a view to trying […]
A weed or not a weed? That is the question.
Great article and would certainly add that extra bit of realism to any layout. Just need to figure out what rolling stock I should use for my LNER-style layout. Does […]
Apple Whisky Cake
Originally posted on But I Can Cook!:
One of my guilty pleasures is reading cookbooks, and the year before last I received an amazing banking book: Home Baked Comfort. It’s been almost…
Updated Page: “Wagons – Dapol” #1
Updated to include the following three wagons: 1. G.W. [Great Western Railway] Green, WRCC16; 2. Standard Fireworks, WRCC15; and 3. Firbeck.
Snow at Kingussie
Some fantastic snowy pictures from one of my favourite holiday destinations. Hoping to take some inspiration when I get around to apply snow to my layout. Can’t wait. Ta muchly.
Where am I at now?
Two years or so have gone by since I first started dreaming up my layout. So, where am I at now with it? Have I finished it and incorporated all […]
Designing the layout
MUST HAVE So, I came to the fun part – the actual designing of the layout. I prepared a ‘Must Have’ list of the items I really wanted to see […]
