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Stuttgart coming soon – and a new module
Sunday afternoon was spent in the august company of Messrs Atfield and Dawes, testing out the setup that we will take to Stuttgart. The last few weeks, I’ve had plenty of free time, so have completed a new module for … Continue reading
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Odd modelling ideas #23
Two links today…… A train passenger’s view of India Shanu Babar loves train journeys so much that he began documenting his. Soon, others joined him…. On 21 July 2015, Mr Babar launched @windowseatproject to record his journeys on Instagram. The … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 20 September 2017 – and Ron’s last day away
Wednesday’s meeting was European night, with just a few British and American interlopers. People seemed keen to try out their TINGS purchases from the previous weekend. There was a good turnout of members, and we were delighted to have a … Continue reading
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Learn To Love The Process
Yet another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… I have two thoughts in mind and I don’t know if I can connect them in a coherent narrative. The first is simple, maybe even obvious: you can … Continue reading
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Wisbech & Upwell doodles
Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over the motion. It all started with Iain Rice’s ‘Creating Cameo Layouts’ book, where I was … Continue reading
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Ron flies east #2
More from our European rambler, who has reached Germany. Day 2…. Rail trip to Cochem. Photos show inside and outside of station plus train at platform and Cochem’s road train After time looking round town we were taken to a … Continue reading
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Ron flies east
Ron’s off on his travels to Europe again…. Got on Eurostar at St Pancras only to be told that we were being held as there was a problem in the Chunnel. We finally got away 10 late. On arrival in … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2018 and beyond….
Exhibition planning is well under way for the ESNG 2018 exhibition, and the first flyers are out…. Layouts on show will include: ESNG N-mod/N-club modular layout West Sussex group N-mod modular layout Forrestone (UK modern) Freshwater (2mm finescale IOW) City … Continue reading
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China announces plans for ‘flying train’ that can travel up to 2,500mph
From the Independent….. China announces plans for ‘flying train’ that can travel up to 2,500mph The state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has claimed it plans to develop the next generation of trains, which can travel at speeds … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 7 September 2017
After the last non-meeting, the 7th September was a complete contrast – 14 members and a full fiddle yard of trains. Perhaps it was the start of a new school year, or perhaps that we were discussing how to get … Continue reading
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