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ESNG meeting – 15 January 2023
First Sunday meeting of the year, and a whole 12 members turned up. And a warm welcome to Richard, an old friend, but he’s decided to actually join ESNG. Good to have you aboard, sir! We risked life and limb … Continue reading
Potpourri #1062
Today’s mix is a potpourri of Southern Railway locomotives. Photos are credited where I know the source. As ever, apologies if I have missed the appropriate credits. A perennial question. Why has no one released an N gauge King Arthur. … Continue reading
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A sort of Minories of my own – 21
After Christmas, I got back to work on the layout. The short extension to the baseboard is complete (but needs another coat of paint.) I’m hoping that this area will also store all the transformers and electronics needed for operation. … Continue reading
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A passing oddity
Brian tipped me off that there was a engineers train passing through Redhill on Monday, so I paid a quick visit (having checked that it was actually on the move) to my favourite bridge to watch. Waiting, i noticed that … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1061
A bit of a Jago Hazzard special today. I always enjoy his videos, and these are a few that caught my attention in recent weeks. Potential modelling ideas, perhaps, with some shared London Underground tracks. And where the Underground logo … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 4 January 2023
Back for the new year, and a very respectable nine members turned up to run trains. The afternoon was again spent working on the new fiddle yard, doing some final wiring and then rewiring when things didn’t quite work. There … Continue reading
Local pictures #2
And we’ll start 2023 with some more local pictures. This time even closed to home. I’ve attributed photos when I know the photographer – apologies when I’ve missed the credit. We’ll start in Earlswood, just round the corner from home. … Continue reading
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A sort of Minories of my own – 20 – ch..ch..ch..Changes
As David Bowie would memorably say. I’ve returned to my little Minories. I had come to a stop, as I realised that the design still didn’t feel right. So it was time to wait till some inspiration happened. It eventually … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
I hope that you all get some modelling done in 2023, and actually complete some projects! But here are three modelling challenges to get you going….. A bullet train? A working escalator. Moving treads are easy (!?!) Your challenge is … Continue reading
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