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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

ESNG meeting – 2 April 2025

Posted on April 4, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A full six regulars turned out for our working party on Wednesday afternoon.  As per usual, three people did the work, and three sat around chatting and drinking tea.  However, we managed to improve the alignment of tracks on the … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1126 – Trains and buses

Posted on April 2, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Sean, Lucas and Allan took Leonard to the Beckenham & West Wickham show…. A rare outing today at the Sydenham show for Leonard but ran well especially as hasn’t run for 2 years. Allan claims that he was too busy … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1125

Posted on March 30, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Well, I seem to have run out of exhibition pictures to post!  So just a few odds and ends today. The shoulder is mending, and the new bathroom is well on the way to being fitted.  I should be modelling … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #4

Posted on March 28, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

The last selection of layouts from the show. I’ve still got pictures of 19 layouts, but I’ll just post my preferred selection.   Starting with an industrial interlude.  Fen End Pit (16mm NG) is well travelled, but I always enjoy the … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 23 March 2025

Posted on March 26, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

The warm weather must have brought the ESNG members out of hibernation, as there were ten of them around on Sunday afternoon. It’s always possible to find a Class 66 in a livery that you’ve never seen before…. USA goods…. … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #3

Posted on March 24, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

I think that I may get four posts from this show – there was such a good number of fine layouts to see. It’s interesting to see people’s reactions in the forums. Some thought it quite average – just shows … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 19 March 2025

Posted on March 22, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A small working party today, as some couldn’t make it, and Chris and I were late.  not much work was completed – we started off looking at improving one set of corners, then found that the other set were the … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #2

Posted on March 20, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

We’ll start today with a couple of very large, and actually quite old, layouts.  Like Copenhagen Fields, these things take time to mature, and occasionally need a refresh.  Bournemouth West (OO) spent some time off the exhibition circuit, changing ownership … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #1

Posted on March 18, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Once again, it was Ally Pally time.  I do like the venue, and I had a complementary ticket for being a member of World of Railways.  Even better, I arranged to visit with my old work colleague, Malcolm.  That made … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1124

Posted on March 16, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A few more odds and ends.  We’ll start with a number of modelling challenges.  I’d like to see some/any of these on a layout…. Now this is already a model, but I like it! A few prototype photos of interest … Continue reading →

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