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Fiftieth Anniversary of closure of NYMR

11 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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…

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Bird’s eye view

11 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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…

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3D on the Rocks by Suntory

11 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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…

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Twin track – must have

7 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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 […]

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A weed or not a weed? That is the question.

6 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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 […]

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Apple Whisky Cake

4 February, 2015by Gary 1 Comment

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…

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Updated Page: “Wagons – Dapol” #1

3 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

Updated to include the following three wagons: 1. G.W. [Great Western Railway] Green, WRCC16; 2. Standard Fireworks, WRCC15; and 3. Firbeck.

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Snow at Kingussie

1 February, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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.

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Where am I at now?

30 January, 2015by Gary 3 Comments

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 […]

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Designing the layout

26 January, 2015by Gary Leave a comment

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 […]

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