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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Not quite a Minories
Last layout to describe from the Uckfield show is ‘Surrey Arms’ in EM. I found this an interesting design concept, a sort of mini-Minories. Here’s the description from the show guide: And here are some photographs of the layout. The … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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Uckfield MRC show 2017
On to my third model railway exhibition in three weeks. Uckfield was another excellent show. It was a contrast to Farnham. Farnham was larger with more larger layouts. Uckfield seemed to have more small layouts. There were a few old … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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Jon’s modules – Now “On my workbench” #1
With retirement slowly but surely happening, I’m finding time for a little more railway modelling. It’s surprising what one can achieve with, say, an average of an hour a day spent with one’s hobby. I’m starting (or trying to finish) … Continue reading
Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017 #3
We start our final day at Farnham with the magnificent Addison Road, in ‘O’. Modelling to a high degree of accuracy what is now Kensington Olympia station, it’s set in the mid-1920’s so you can see LNWR, GWR and LBSCR … Continue reading
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Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017 #2
Next we go north to the Settle to Carlisle line, and a model in ‘N’ of the high moorland sections of the route. The layout represents the section of line from Blea Moor Tunnel, across the Dent Head and Arten … Continue reading
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Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017
Last Saturday’s show visit was to the Farnham & District MRC. This also had the 2mm Scale Association AGM going on, so there was a selection of 2mm finescale layouts on display. So this post is a 2mm special. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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ESNG meeting – 18 October 2017
A quiet evening again, with just 5 of us there, plus prospective new member Steve, and Ian, who just dropped in at the start to pay his annual subscription, before going back to work. Mr Atfield is still somewhere in … Continue reading
Links for the middle of the week
I’ve got a set of photos to post from the excellent Farnham show, but that will have to wait till later in the week. For now, here are some of the links that I’ve come across recently. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in Hints and tips, Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype
Tagged ESNG, model railway, prototype, railway
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Jon’s modules – fettling Aldersford
We’ve been meaning to carry out some maintenance on Aldersford, our late President Martin’s N-club modules, based on the Southern Railway station at Ford. The boards had warped, making running at last year’s ESNG show a little unreliable. With a … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design, N Club International
Tagged ESNG, Layout design, modular layouts, N-Club International
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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 8 October 2017
A surfeit of pictures this week – well at least it cuts my pontificating….. Some club meetings just seem to go very well indeed. Sunday’s PlayDay was a very pleasant afternoon, and 10 of us had a very sociable afternoon … Continue reading
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