Monthly Archives: March 2016

Wombling on…..

Posted on March 31, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Allan sent me this gem of a photograph….. For those with a sheltered childhood, or from remote parts of the world that escaped the Womble plague, read more here.  My children were lucky enough to miss them first time around, … Continue reading →

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Better looking N-gauge track

Posted on March 29, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

One of my continuing issues with N gauge is the poor appearance of the trackwork.  This, together with the heavy looking wheels – OK on diesels, but obvious on steam locos, has often temped me over to the 2mm dark … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #666 – A challenging prototype?

Posted on March 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

The Daily Telegraph came up with a fascinating set of photos of life in North Korea, that included a few of the railways.  It’s an interesting modelling challenge, with little prototype information to go on – I suspect Chinese prototypes … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #3

Posted on March 25, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

My final post on ‘Ally Pally’ is to look at O gauge, the ‘senior scale.’  There seems to be a vogue for O gauge shunting layouts at present.  The Model Railway Club’s Happisburgh Goods (pronounced ‘Haze-burr’) models a Great Eastern … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #2

Posted on March 23, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

As I finish writing this, my thoughts are again with Brussels.  What importance is our hobby compared with all that is going on in Belgium, and almost day-by-day around the world?  But perhaps this is just the time when we … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #1

Posted on March 21, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today I enjoyed a pleasant day out at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace in the company of Peter and Malcolm, ex-work colleagues.  It’s a simple journey from Redhill to north London – train to Victoria, Victoria line … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 16 March 2016

Posted on March 19, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We thought that we were not going to run trains on Wednesday.  At the PlayDay, the points had stopped working on the fiddle yard, and we feared that the CDU had failed.  So Derek, Derek and Ian had the board … Continue reading →

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Llanastr – yet another small layout

Posted on March 17, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

The blogsphere is a small place and downright incestuous at times.  Two of my favourite sites Prince Street, and Andrew’s Trains  both recently featured one of my favourite small layouts, Llanastr, built to P4 (4mm/ft, and a scale 18.87mm gauge) … Continue reading →

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ESNG PlayDay – 13 March 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A fairly quiet PlayDay last Sunday afternoon.  Only five members present, until Allan and Ron arrived mid-afternoon, back from the Swiss Railway Society AGM in Derby.  However, we got a good circuit up and working, and had a pleasant afternoon … Continue reading →

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Another small layout idea – and a view from across the pond

Posted on March 13, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Trevor Marshall’s “Achievable Layouts” regularly comes up with some interesting model railroad ideas.  They are often small (and achievable), as Trevor models in ‘S’ gauge, so a medium size layout to him is a very buildable small layout in ‘N’.  His … Continue reading →

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