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ESNG meeting – 5 November 2023
Much better weather this afternoon – even some autumnal sunshine – and seven members turned out to play trains. American trains from Dave… Allan’s cement train is heading for Stuttgart… The long and the short of it…. A dummy ‘Bubble … Continue reading
Minories #1 – the original design – still #1
A lazy repost today. This is still the most popular post that I have written, that shows the enduring popularity of the Minories theme. I guess that I’d better get back to modelling mine…. There are few model railway plans … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 1 November 2023
As Storm Ciarán approached just the five hardy members made it to club night. We’d brought trains so we set up the layout and got things moving. I had received my last Class 128 in that attractive Express Parcels livery. … Continue reading
Stuttgart approaching fast!
Just the three weeks to go before we set off for Stuttgart. Fortunately, I’m making progress on the ‘joker’ module (one that moves the main lines from one side of the board to the other) we need for the show. … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #3 – the rest
Although this third episode from Uckfield is labelled ‘the rest’, it doesn’t mean the layouts were poor. Quite the opposite – some excellent modelling yet again, and some might have made my favourites another time. It’s always good to see … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #2 – Favourites
As always, a few layouts stood out from the (very good) rest. Of course, the layouts that I especially liked reflect my strange view of our wonderful hobby…. So we’ll start with Arcadia, a minimum spaced ‘S’ gauge model of … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 22 October 2023
Taking time out of Uckfield photos for our latest ESNG meeting. It seems appropriate that the meeting was on World Wombat Day. Nevertheless, we had more members attend than expected, and seven turned up to play trains. I ran in … Continue reading
Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #1 – Rice railways
The Uckfield show weekend has come around again. Despite a busy week, I set off south once again to visit a very good show. A good number of layouts that were new to me, no dross at all, and a … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 18 October 2023
Another non-meeting. Few members were available due to illness, work and other things. So we cancelled the meeting – probably a good thing, as it was a foul night. We’ll have another go on Sunday. Between all other activities, I’ve … Continue reading
Potpourri #1084
Recovery continues….. I’ve never seen so much rain on a motorway as there was going north. A horrible six hour drive (plus loo and coffee breaks) turned into an easy four hours in the sun coming home. It’s a long … Continue reading
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