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Baseboard joints
I recently came across this interesting product. I’ve been using copper-clad strip at my baseboard edges to keep alignment, but the strips I’ve used are a bit wide and I can’t hide them all under level crossings or board crossings. … Continue reading
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2B or not 2B?
Keeping track clean, and by association keeping wheels clean, is a perennial problem. How often do you see a loco stall at an exhibition, followed by a lot of work with a Peco track cleaner? I came across this tip in … Continue reading
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Sorry, no ESNG meeting – 5 May 2016
Just a reminder – there’s no ESNG meeting tomorrow – the hall is being used as a polling station for the local elections. We could have met in the church, but with a PlayDay quickly following on Sunday 8th, we … Continue reading
Two (very different) reopenings
Two rather different railway reopenings from the BBC….. The Farnham and Alton railway line is to reopen after a landslip. A railway line which was closed due to a landslip is to reopen next week, Network Rail has announced. Temporary repairs … Continue reading
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Virgin on the hilarious
We’ll end the month with a little non-railway related humour. The Daily Telegraph reported: Virgin on the hilarious: airport worker entertains passengers with brilliant boarding messages As anybody who has answered “did you pack your own bags?” with sarcasm will … Continue reading
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Some interesting quotes….
From ‘Achievable Layouts’: If you want to do this (build and achievable layout) as well, I think the first step is self-awareness. Be honest with yourself about how prolific you are in the hobby. At the same time, be honest … Continue reading
Jon’s modules – fiddling with the fiddle
Well, last week was easy to write, with all my pictures from the exhibition. I’ll have to go back to write something a little more original now….. You may have noticed the lack of progress with my N-club modules. When … Continue reading
ESNG Exhibition 2016 – a PS
As I noted a month or so ago, Ian and Lily, who did such a good job last year on the catering, escaped to a family wedding in Malaysia, then holiday in Hong Kong and China. I wrote them a quick … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 20 April 2016
We had a good turnout of members on Wednesday – 10 days after the show gave us all time to recover! It was very pleasant not to have to worry about exhibition arrangements, although we have begun planning our next show … Continue reading
ESNG Exhibition 2016 #5
The last couple of years the show has had a mix of modular layouts, and mostly smallish standalone layouts that the visitor could imagine building themselves. Apart from Leonard, mentioned earlier, we had a number of other layouts on show…… … Continue reading
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