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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #4
Today we’ll have a look at the rest of the modular layouts. Not quite modular, but more (large) table top was Paul Rowlatt’s Kato Racetrack. Up to eight bullet trains could be in motion at any one time. This is … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #3
One pleasure of our annual show is meeting up with old friends. Some visitors come back year by year, others we know from other clubs. It’s even better when work colleagues or neighbours accept my invites to the show and … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #2
Today, a few pictures from the ESNG N-mod layout. Most years, we’ve put together a continuous run layout. However, in 2016, I was having some difficulty thinking how to fit in Azusa Mills, that is an L-shaped layout (pictures in … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #1
Well, another year done and dusted! This year’s show seems to have gone off well enough. We’ve had more visitors than last year, put a few pennies in the club coffers, and received plenty of positive feedback about the show … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules – Is it best to have a deadline?
As you read this, I hope to be relaxing after a successful ESNG. And I hope my new end loop will have worked. Show update – we survived, and all went well, despite the disappearing parking! Pictures to follow next … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 7 April 2016
Show update: Overflow parking is in the Doynings sports centre overflow car park ( RH1 1DP), just 5 minutes walk from the school. Take the entrance and bear right to the upper car park. There’s 4 free hours parking there. Meeting before the … Continue reading
Jon’s modules – Looping the loop
A few weeks ago, I rashly said I had to build an end loop for the show. Amazingly, it’s ready to go – far from perfect, but it’s probably the fastest bit of modelling that I’ve ever done. Progress is … Continue reading
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What’s at the ESNG show?
Show update: Overflow parking is in the Doynings sports centre overflow car park ( RH1 1DP), just 5 minutes walk from the school. Take the entrance and bear right to the upper car park. There’s 4 free hours parking there. … Continue reading
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April fool!
A day late, but here are a few railway orientated jokes, past and present. Residents of Copenhagen who visited the square in front of the town hall were greeted by a strange sight. One of the subway cars from the … Continue reading
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Wombling on…..
Allan sent me this gem of a photograph….. For those with a sheltered childhood, or from remote parts of the world that escaped the Womble plague, read more here. My children were lucky enough to miss them first time around, … Continue reading
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