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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #4
The last selection of layouts from the show. I’ve still got pictures of 19 layouts, but I’ll just post my preferred selection. Starting with an industrial interlude. Fen End Pit (16mm NG) is well travelled, but I always enjoy the … Continue reading
London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #3
I think that I may get four posts from this show – there was such a good number of fine layouts to see. It’s interesting to see people’s reactions in the forums. Some thought it quite average – just shows … Continue reading
London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #2
We’ll start today with a couple of very large, and actually quite old, layouts. Like Copenhagen Fields, these things take time to mature, and occasionally need a refresh. Bournemouth West (OO) spent some time off the exhibition circuit, changing ownership … Continue reading
London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #1
Once again, it was Ally Pally time. I do like the venue, and I had a complementary ticket for being a member of World of Railways. Even better, I arranged to visit with my old work colleague, Malcolm. That made … Continue reading
Potpourri #1124
A few more odds and ends. We’ll start with a number of modelling challenges. I’d like to see some/any of these on a layout…. Now this is already a model, but I like it! A few prototype photos of interest … Continue reading
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Abrail 2025 #4
A fourth, and perhaps (!) the last report from Abrail. I review the remaining layouts before deciding on another post. It does show how good an exhibition this was – and there were still another few layouts that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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Abrail 2025 #3
Onward, ever onward. There’s still plenty to share from this excellent show! My best layout name in show was ‘Hartburn’ (EM), which is a real place in Northumbria. Which does lead onto the subject of strange or rather rude names … Continue reading
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Abrail 2025 #2
Apart from Bath Green Park, the main hall held a number of large layouts, and these would have been just about worth the price of admission. Starting with Faringdon (P4), a close to scale model of the GWR branch terminus. … Continue reading
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Abrail 2025 #1
Looking back, it was 2015 when I last visited this show. Although still at the same location, it’s grown considerably since then, now being spread between three buildings of the college, and sometimes on two floors. A nice feature of … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1123
My son Michael has been investigating volunteering on a heritage line, and has ended up on the Bluebell Railway. I little bit of a journey to get down there, but it all seems like fun. This week the Bluebell were … Continue reading
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