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The Great OutDawes! Day 4
Allan & Ron are safely home having depleted the Swiss strudel stocks, but we’ve a couple more posts of their holiday. A cold crispy and bright day. Took train to Ilanz from where we took postbuses via Laax to Chur. … Continue reading
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Ballast and an exhibition
Next job, ballast the main line. The secret of ballasting, I think, is to do a bit at a time. Try and do metres at a go, and one gets careless and starts to make mistakes. I’m pretty happy with … Continue reading
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The Great OutDawes! Day 3
Day 3 on this blog is really Day 4 of the holiday. Never mind, let’s get on with the action. Another cold day. Started overcast before becoming sunny. A round trip today to St Gallen out via the Rhone Valley … Continue reading
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The Great OutDawes! Day 2
Day 2 of the holiday (though I shall space out the Dawes Days into a week or so – a sort of red shift.) A cold but bright day. Took train to Davos Glaris to make our way by postbuses … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 March 2022
Five members turned up for the Wednesday meeting, allowing plenty of running time all round. I tried running my military train for the first time, having made the NGS Warwell and Warflat kits during the first lockdown. It ran reasonably, … Continue reading
The Great OutDawes! Day1
Once again, Allan and Ron are off – just for a few days – to their favourite hotel in Switzerland. Arrived here 8pm last night. It is very cold with lying snow. Well, Ron, it is Switzerland in winter, albeit … Continue reading
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Slow but sure….
A little more progress on the club fiddleyard today. We’ll get there eventually. A brace of Derek’s carried on tracklaying. I got some wiring completed for the point frogs. This a most impressive layout. Very realistic scenery, especially the forest. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 27 February 2022
A very quiet afternoon, with just the four members present. Plus Ron, the ESNG honorary auditor, lured south by the promise of a curry. Excuses from other regulars ranged from the reasonable – I’ve a fence to fix – to … Continue reading
Potpourri #1046
Just a few odds and ends today. Not railway modelling, but some interesting modelling techniques, and I wonder how many of us have followed similar paths in our hobby? Nice tram layout – OO, but 1200 x 800mm. This could … Continue reading
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Happy Twosday….
Useless information time. Yes, its 22-02-2022…. Meanwhile, back in the real world, a little more progress on the ESNG fiddle yard yesterday, with track laid on the fiddle yard extension board. I’m also feeling pleased with myself, as I’ve also … Continue reading
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