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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

Bognor Regis MRC show 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Derek & I paid a visit to the Bognor show this morning.  It’s a pretty drive down to the south coast, and far more pleasant than battling up to Stevenage.  The Bognor show might not have been as good, but … Continue reading →

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Odds and s**s

Posted on January 11, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

I’ve found the modelling mojo on the low side recently – a mixture of Christmas busy-ness, cold weather, and too much NGSE exhibition planning I guess.  However, I hope to have some workbench pictures to show soon – I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Waterloo

Posted on January 9, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Some inspiring shots of Waterloo station from this site. In 1912.  Wonderful locomotives, and short trains. In 1964.  Green electrics and looks like a rebuilt West Country 4-6-2 departing. In 1971.  Blue-grey coaches and Warship diesels.  But note hoe the … Continue reading →

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Just three months to go….

Posted on January 7, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Just three months to the N Gauge SouthEast exhibition.  Hopefully it’s all coming together, though there may be a few sleepless nights on the way.  I’m hoping that the Railway Modeller will include the following in an edition before April … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 3 January 2019

Posted on January 5, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

A new year – just.  The three members who were there at 7:30pm wondered whether it might be best to just go home.  The Cha(I)rman was on an early milk round again, and the Treasurer was still away seeing family.  … Continue reading →

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Must resist bargains…..

Posted on January 3, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

Now I’m (more or less) retired and living on a pension, I told myself that I will have to cut back my railway spending (except for a few new models when they are finally issued.)  But it’s so very difficult … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2019!

Posted on January 1, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

A Happy New Year to you all!  I hope that it’s a good one and plenty of modelling gets done.  I try not to make resolutions, as they invariably fail, but I do intend to complete a few of the … Continue reading →

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In defense of the roundy-roundy #4

Posted on December 30, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

For my last post of 2018, a few final comments on layout design. As a member of ESNG, a modular club, where do parts 1-3 of the series leave me?  It sounds very much as if I have abandoned the … Continue reading →

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In defense of the roundy-roundy #3

Posted on December 28, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

In my earlier ramblings about continuous layouts, I missed out one excellent example, and a concept for such designs.  Chris Morris’ Little Aller is based on Aller Junction in Devon in the early sixties.  The area of the layout is … Continue reading →

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Santa’s delivery 2018

Posted on December 26, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

What Santa brought me – via Ebay and handed directly to Maxine for wrapping! And is this the cutest tank engine ever (can’t think of a better adjective.)  ‘Borrowed’ from RMweb, it comes from Belgium. Bit tricky for ‘N’, though….

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