Tonight we are looking at a rather interesting piece by Graham Muz. As regular readers of my blog will I know I often assist a number of the model manufacturers and commissioners with support, advice and research in conjunction to models that they are in the process of developing. This post is a ‘comment piece’…
At locoyard we try to keep track of 00 scale model announcements – which change rapidly in these exciting times. There are many manufacturers and special commissions from different vendors, with announcements made at various events and through different media. As ever, hopefully this will summary will not be outdated too soon, but I have…
Good evening, As seeing Dave is having laptop issues and my wife has taken my son out for the day I thought today would be the perfect time to do something LocoYard.com hasn’t done this year, a model train review. The locomotive I am looking at today is an old model but the real life…
Please note that this blog post has been superseded – click here to read a newer version. At locoyard we try to keep track of 00 scale model announcements – which change rapidly in these exciting times. There are many manufacturers and special commissions from different vendors, with announcements made at various events and…
Ahead of tomorrow’s forthcoming model announcements from Bachmann, Hornby have timed a new announcement that they will be crossing off another model from southern 00 scale modellers wishlists in 2016 – the original Merchant Navy class.
Please note that this article is out of date as of April 15th 2015. Please click here for the latest version. It is difficult to keep track (excuse the pun) of 00 scale model announcements. It wasn’t too long ago that a summary was put together here on locoyard, but within a short space…
Please note that this article has been superseded, please click here for the updated blog post. It’s been a little while since we’ve commented on new model releases on this blog and to be honest a big reason for that is that it is becoming hard to keep track (excuse the pun) of the…
Those of you who follow this blog on Facebook may know that it was my birthday a few weeks ago. I was fortunate to have been gifted a new model by Mrs Locoyard, chosen because she knew how I love the Bluebell Railway – the heritage railway where the prototype of this locomotive runs. So…
After my popular review of the Hornby Castle class I have decided to do a review of the GWR’s top link locomotive King class. The model I will be looking at is part of the Royal Mail ‘Great British Railways Collection’ and comes with several special additions. Like all my reviews I will start by…
Locoyard’s 00 scale model reviews section (click here to read) nearly has all ready to run BR Standard class models reviewed. Hornby’s version of the 4MT (75xx) 4-6-0 model is regarded as one of the best out there and has a direct competitor from Bachmann (click here to read the review). Today we look at…
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