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A Minories of my own – 2 – underneath the arches
Moving forward, I need to select the height of the arches under my Minories. An obvious place to start is the South London prototype. We could also move out to Liverpool or Fenchurch Street to the east of London for … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 1 – planning
It’s time to move on from my (occasional) Covid-19 diary, to something new. As you, gentle reader, may well realise, I have spent the last couple of months trying to work out a layout that I actually like. This is … Continue reading
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We would have been in Stuttgart – 4 and really the last one…
I thought that I’d done with these, but here are a few more Stuttgart memories from Allan. Starting in 2018…. The rather delightful module that came from Japan with Mr Kato. It was built by a secondary school class, some … Continue reading
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Training the next generation?
A great picture from Sean of the layout he built for his son: “Here’s a picture you can use of Lucas getting his first layout for his 7th birthday. Keeping it going with the youngsters” It seems to have gone … Continue reading
We would have been in Stuttgart :-( – 3
And some of Allan’s pictures from last year. Once again, setting up and socialising seem to appear in a lot of shots. And some ESNG members are evident, as always. This should be the last reminiscences! Back to 2020, now….
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We would have been in Stuttgart :-( – 2
More 2015 reminiscences from Mr Dawes…… First full day at the model railway show in Stuttgart. Party at the end made it worthwhile. Why can’t British shows be like this? This train ferry made a perfect way of separating the … Continue reading
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We would have been in Stuttgart :-( – 1
Various members of ESNG would have descended on Stuttgart for the NCI meet this weekend. We’re all missing a fun weekend, but there have been a number of posts remembering the past years. Allan starts us off from 2018…. Spending … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 18 November 2020
Zoom again tonight. As ever, good to catch up with some of the ESNG members. There were just the eight of us on the call, plus Maxine for a while, and briefly, two cats. Starting out, we seemed to be … Continue reading
The clergy and railways
This came up on an RMWeb thread. I recall seeing Teddy Boston’s layout in the Model Railway News back in the 1960’s. It’s a very respectable bit of modelling for that era, and he also build a delightful model of … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1005
A sign for the times? I’ve been throwing things out, and I expect that I’ll need them next week….. London Bridge lines in the 1930’s. An inspirational shot….. An interesting branch terminus on the Reading, NE USA. The baseboard shape … Continue reading
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