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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

On my workbench #4

Posted on January 23, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Progress!  The second board for my N-club modules is wired and the three point motors fitted.  The wiring looks neater in the photograph than in reality, but it is at least all held in place with hot glue, and the … Continue reading →

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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #2

Posted on January 21, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

How did the show match up with last year?  There was a lot more ‘N’ and 2mm modelling on show, but overall I felt that there were less ‘inspirational’ layouts than last year.  But this is of course a subjective … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 17 January 2018

Posted on January 19, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A fairly quiet club evening – and sorely missing the Cha(I)rman’s tea making expertise.  But there were some interesting trains on view.  Derek ran this Peco Jubilee and Dapol Gresley coaches.  A mismatch in both time and region, but a … Continue reading →

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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #1

Posted on January 17, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Time out with Mr Atfield on Saturday, visiting two shows north of the river (Thames).  We started at the Brentwood toy fair.  These things are a real lottery for ‘N’ gauge – it’s OK if you want to buy Hornby … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 14 January 2018

Posted on January 15, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Just the eight of us at yesterday’s PlayDay, but we had a pleasant afternoon running trains.  We quickly put together a large circuit… And Simon was soon running some USA freight….. Dave brought his quarry along, and was testing locomotives … Continue reading →

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Modular model railways – the pros and cons?

Posted on January 13, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Dave emailed me recently about exhibiting our ‘N’ gauge modular layout at local exhibitions.  His comment was (in part)…. Hi – not having much success with exhibitions at the minute. The larger ones don’t seem interested in modular layouts….  We … Continue reading →

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Virgin on the unreadable?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

An article in the papers today caught my eye: Virgin West Coast train firm stops selling Daily Mail Virgin Trains has announced that it has stopped selling the Daily Mail newspaper on its West Coast trains. A spokesperson for Virgin … Continue reading →

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Holborn Viaduct

Posted on January 9, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

This is a layout idea that has been bumbling around for a few months.  It all started with a thread on RMweb, describing some possible ideas for the 2mm Association Diamond Jubilee layout challenge.  This involves developing a cameo layout with … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 3 January 2018

Posted on January 7, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

First club night of the new year, and despite the Chairman not being there due to anti-social working hours, 13 members enjoyed a varied procession of trains on the layout.  Mind you, Ian doesn’t look too excited by proceedings in … Continue reading →

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More on the detail trap

Posted on January 5, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

More on the detail trap from The Erratic and Wandering Journey…. Out of Context? I recently re-blogged René Gourley’s post, in which he quoted Marty McGuirk’s comment on Georgia O’Keefe: “Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It … Continue reading →

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