Two new books recently published and provided to me by my friends at Strathwood Publishing are Southern Lament - Bulleid's Light Pacifics and Southern Electrics Scrapbook Volume II. These wide landscape format books contain 208 and 176 pages respectively often with multiple black and white photographs per page along with well researched and informative captions. … Continue reading Two new titles from Strathwood Books for Light Pacific and EMU enthusiasts
Tag: Class 71
And the 2016 winners are… British Model Railway Awards
The winners of the first British Model Railway Awards for 2016 have been announced today and can be read here. This year saw a resurgence for Hornby wining not only 00 manufacturer of the year, but also Overall Manufacturer of the year, helped by within a number of the categories Southern Railway / Region related products … Continue reading And the 2016 winners are… British Model Railway Awards
British Model Railway Awards for 2016, vote now, vote Southern… (shameless plug!)
Voting for this years British Model Railways Awards promoted on RMweb and British Railways Modelling Magazine is now live and open for voting until 9th February, with the winners being announced in the Spring edition of British Railways Modelling Magazine and on RMweb. As well as giving you the chance to vote for your favourite models and manufacturers of the year, … Continue reading British Model Railway Awards for 2016, vote now, vote Southern… (shameless plug!)
Hornby announce full 2017 range; a Southern Railway / Southern Region related roundup [updated 16/01/17]
Hornby have today announced their full range for 2017. As with the range for 2016 new tooling announcements fro 2017 have already been made during the last year via their informative Engineshed blog and a presentation /launch at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition. These from a Southern Railway perspective has already included the announcement last … Continue reading Hornby announce full 2017 range; a Southern Railway / Southern Region related roundup [updated 16/01/17]
Recent 4mm model releases and from Hornby, Dapol, and the latest Class 24 from SLW
Some say that Southern modellers have never had it so good. Over the last couple of months a number of SR / BR(s) related products have arrived in 4mm scale (a future post will catch with recent 2mm releases). These have included: from Hornby the Class 71, ex LSWR 0415 Adams radial tanks, ex LSWR … Continue reading Recent 4mm model releases and from Hornby, Dapol, and the latest Class 24 from SLW
Kernow Model Rail Centre announce weathered version of Class 71 in 00
Kernow Model Rail Centre have today announced three weathered OO Gauge Class 71s from DJ Models. These will be based on masters supplied by Mercig Studios which the factory in China will copy. This process has worked well with many of the previous Kernow Model Rail Centre models, such as the JIA Nacco clay wagons. These … Continue reading Kernow Model Rail Centre announce weathered version of Class 71 in 00
Hornby move a number of 2016 range items into 2017 including the Original Merchant Navy pacifics
Further to my post last week advising that a number of the Hornby 2016 range items had been withdrawn from the range, Hornby have also confirmed that a number of the 2016 range items have now been moved into the 2017 range, including a number of the SR / BR(s) items such as the Original … Continue reading Hornby move a number of 2016 range items into 2017 including the Original Merchant Navy pacifics
Warley Exhibition news round up for Southern Related items
Last weekend saw the annual Warley National Model railway Exhibition at the NEC, this post rounds up some of the the news and items of interest from mainly a Southern / BR(s) perspective. It is usual for many of the manufacturers to use the event to make announcements of new items or showcase updates to new … Continue reading Warley Exhibition news round up for Southern Related items
Hornby 2015 range announcement from an SR/BR(s) perspective sees an S15 and Adams Radial
Following on from their break in tradition by announcing some of next years range at the Warley show last month today sees the announcement of their full plans for 2015, this post is a summary of the information from a Southern / BR(s) modellers perspective. The main highlight is completely new tooling to produce an S15 … Continue reading Hornby 2015 range announcement from an SR/BR(s) perspective sees an S15 and Adams Radial
That was the Warley that was ’14, duplication is the name of the game… [Updated 28/11/14]
Last weekend saw the annual Warley National Model railway Exhibition at the NEC, this post rounds up the news from a Southern / BR(s) perspective. As duplication seems to be the order of the day I have also duplicated part of the post title from one I have used before. It is usual for some manufacturers … Continue reading That was the Warley that was ’14, duplication is the name of the game… [Updated 28/11/14]