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West Sussex N Gauge MRC exhibition: 4-5 November 2017
Friday afternoon, Allan, Derek and I loaded up Allan’s truck, and headed for the West Sussex show. We put together a joint N-club modular circuit with the West Sussex boys. The actual layout went together very well on the Friday … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 November 2017
It turned out to be a busy night, with 13 members turning up through the evening. We weren’t expecting Paul and Honest John, who were off to Eurospoor the following morning, but both were there for much of the evening. … Continue reading
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ESNG on the road
Three final shots from the Croydon show, that Paul took of his Kato Racetrack. It took some time to set up, as they couldn’t find the tables, but the end result was, once again, an eye-catching display. And Stuttgart is … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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