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Prototype for everything?
If you are old enough, you may remember the Triang Giraffe car, where the said animal ducked its head on approaching a low obstacle. I never had one, and would confess that I never even wanted one! But fact is … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1031
Another mixup for Friday….. This would be a real modelling challenge! Mind you, you don’t have to go to Queensland for floods. The BBC recorded this at Euston… Another modelling challenge – especially if you wanted to include the catenary…. … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 4 August 2021
Seven members tonight. Not too bad for a Wednesday. It was easy enough to get a circuit up and running, more difficult to keep the trains on our appalling track! Here we have the usual suspects in action….. Chris had … Continue reading
A little (more) retail therapy
This week seems to have been very busy! Not much time for modelling, but a little shopping. This was a must to buy – a book of Somerset and Dorset track plans, with lots of interesting photographs and informative captions. … Continue reading
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Some smallish layout designs….
I haven’t posted any track plans for a while. So here are a few that have captured my imagination recently. Alan Whitehouse’s ‘Mini-MSW’ model of the trans-Pennine Woodhead line, a delightful 5′ diameter 2mm fine-scale layout has a successor. Same … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1030
I continue to be amazed at the amount of quality content on YouTube. Railway, that is, but I keep getting diverted by some brilliant music videos, especially from the 1960’s and 70’s, and build videos for plastic kits. I’m very … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 25 July 2021
Back to the hall on Sunday for our afternoon meeting. Great to have nine members attending – enough to be busy and sociable, but not too crowded in the hall. Door and windows were open for ventilation, though we had … Continue reading
N-Club update
Allan has exchanged emails with Stefan, in Stuttgart. The news from Germany….. I’m looking forward to my second vaccination -> tomorrow !! We all hope that the people returning from their holiday (August/ September) won’t bring a 4th Covid wave … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 21 July 2021
First ‘open’ ESNG meeting, though the number of COVID cases locally has meant that we kept the hall well ventilated, and masks were welcomed, if optional. So of course we got exactly six members attending. And had a very pleasant … Continue reading
Potpourri #1029
Haven’t done one of these for a while….. This video of Peter Denny’s ‘Buckingham’ shows just how good a model it was. Way ahead of its time…. I’ve no idea where this is, but great film of rail and trams…. … Continue reading
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