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More Stuttgart 2021
Having seen Stefan’s comments on the show, I couldn’t resist another post on Stuttgart 2021. He writes Everything (well – almost) is back at its place, pictures will be exchanged, mails written: an really very fine exhibition found it’s end. … Continue reading
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Well, at least Duncan got there!!!!
I was going to ‘borrow’ a few pictures of Stuttgart 2021 from Facebook, but Duncan emailed me: Davida and I spent a couple of days at Stuttgart last week. Although we were masked the whole time, it wasn’t as strange … Continue reading
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‘Allan, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Stuttgart anymore.’ #3
Another day, another line…. Went on the Taka line today. Another one to cross off my bucket list. Will have to come back to do the Oakhampton line. They had an opening day yesterday. But it’s not open to the … Continue reading
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‘Allan, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Stuttgart anymore.’ #2
Meanwhile, somewhere out west….. Day three a quick trip down to Collets Model Shop in Exmouth. Then spent the afternoon sitting at Dawlish Station watching trains and the works on the sea wall. Dawlish. You can’t visit Dawlish without visiting … Continue reading
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‘Allan, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Stuttgart anymore.’ #1
We should have been enjoying a little visit to Stuttgart this weekend, but having decided that it wasn’t wise to go there due to the high UK rates, we now find that Germany is as bad as the UK (almost.) … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 17 November 2021
Bumper evening this evening – 11 members present! The Treasurer was beside himself!!! Here we have the usual suspects, some showing how not to do social distancing. And with lots of members came lots of trains, including…. Great Western splendour … Continue reading
More ill gotten gains
I recently had a text from a lady down in Smallfield, whose father, at the age of 98 (!!!) had decided to give up ‘N’ gauge modelling – having started it in his 80’s. After looking at what he had … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 14 November 2021
I didn’t get to this afternoon’s meeting, and Brian was also missing, so no epic video this time. But Paul gave his usual summary on Facebook….. Back from an enjoyable afternoon playing trains with the East Surrey N Gauge Group. … Continue reading
When in doubt, laugh….
Catastrophe #1 Catastrophe #2 Now, here’s a kit worth building! Slightly bigger than ‘N’ gauge though.
Did I really buy all these books?
Wondering why I haven’t got much modelling done recently, I decided to have a good tidy up of my books and models. I started in our lounge, and collected all the railway books that were lurking in various corners, to … Continue reading
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