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Tolworth Showtrain 2023 – 1 – some favourites
Last Saturday morning was spent with Messrs Dawes and Atfield visiting the Tolworth Showtrain exhibition. It’s usually a good show, and this one was no exception. I took pictures of most of the layouts and as with Uckfield a few … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, France, model railway, N gauge
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Potpourri #1086
We visited the Tolworth show this morning, so some pictures from this good exhibition will follow over the next few days. But it’s been a busy day, so a few more odds and ends for today. Rail replacement bus? Not … Continue reading
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Repost – Wisbech & Upwell doodles
No inspiration today, so here’s another very popular post from the past. I’m still doodling….. Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over … Continue reading
Potpourri #1085
Nothing like a little Jago Hazzard for a Wednesday….. And if you want to go in ever decreasing circles…. I worked and lived near Vauxhall for a number of years – but well after the milk trains had gone. If … Continue reading
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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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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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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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Tagged ESNG, exhibition, N-Club International, Stuttgart
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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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