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Happy New (English) year
And a Happy New Year from Hong Kong! It’s not Kung Hei Fat Choi for another six weeks or so, but Hong Kong being a practical sort of place, the Christmas lights might as well stay up for both the … Continue reading
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“This could be painful, Mr Bond”
Today’s modelling challenge comes, of all places, from the Metro free newspaper: Zap leaves on the line with lasers Train companies are testing lasers as a way of clearing leaves from the paths of high-speed trains. Trials to zap slippery … Continue reading
Christmas greetings
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas 2014, in a pretty random world. Redhill doesn’t look like this – yet. I like how the point heaters are working perfectly – pity about the rest of the railway. “A friend of … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 17 December 2014
What is it about Christmas and work? Everyone seems to have to work three times as hard just to get a little time off over the holiday. So today, I was half asleep at the meeting, having been rushing around … Continue reading
Stuttgart 2014 – A PS
I couldn’t resist just one more post. Here are three videos. The first two are of the ESNG portion of the show, The first is of Union Street. The tube train is in the station and will depart (automatically) in due course. … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #8 – All good things must come to an end….
And, as always, it’s quicker to take a layout down than to put it up. Two hours after the close of show, the van was packed. It was then back to the hotel for a well earned dinner. Amazingly, there … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #7 – Other halls, other interests
One really good thing about the Messe is that you pay once (a very reasonable 12 Euros) and you gain entrance to all eight halls. Our NEC could learn from this. It increases the visitor numbers to all shows, as even … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #6 – Other trains and models
Although the N-Club convention and modular layout dominates the train section of the Stuttgart show, there are always some other self contained layouts to look at. There are usually one or two modular HO layouts on display. This one featured … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 4 December 2014
Winter is upon us. Cold and dank tonight in Redhill, but ten hardy members braved the elements to run trains. And there was a very good variety of trains. We started with multiple unit night. A new bullet train from … Continue reading
Stuttgart 2014 #5 – Those Americans get everywhere!
There seems to be an American layout at every show these days. Perhaps not surprising, as the quality of the models, and the value for money, is high. I started modelling American ‘N’ about 15 years ago as the models … Continue reading
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