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Farnham & District MRC 2019 #3
The Farnham OO9 modular layout is obviously a work in progress, but it was all working well on the day, and has a lot of potential for future years. Thorneycroft Factory Sidings (N) models this corner of Basingstoke around 1930. … Continue reading
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Ron and the Rhine – days 1 to 3
Ron’s back in Germany, so here are a few of his pictures – concentrating on transport (but with a little tourism thrown in). Left home on 0558 to St Pancras to meet up with tour party and then caught 0855 … Continue reading
Farnham & District MRC 2019 #2
One of my favourites from the show was Midland Sidings (P4) modelling the Midland Railway around Birmingham in 1920. Lots of excellent industrial buildings, and some very attractive wagons on show. I’ve added the track plan. It started life as … Continue reading
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Farnham & District MRC 2019 #1
I can hardly believe that a year has passed by, and I’m starting to visit the usual autumn run of exhibitions. This weekend was a double header on the Saturday, at Farnham and Croydon. I wanted to get to both … Continue reading
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Odd modelling ideas #3216
Sorry, but there hasn’t been much blogging time this week, as real life seems to have caught up with me! However, if you want a simple paint-only conversion for your layout, that will provoke comment from rivet counters – or … Continue reading
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An interesting concept?
Received an email today: Hello, Hoping this will be of interest to your members. Over the last year or so I’ve been developing a soundscape system for my model railway. Basically it’s a set of web pages that pipe controlled … Continue reading
Dorking MRC Exhibition 2019
I was going to visit the Folkstone or Fareham shows today, but a heavy cold meant a slow start to the day. So I watched the rugby World Cup, then slipped over to Oddfellows’ Hall, Dorking (what an appropriate location … Continue reading
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Couple of links
Just returned from a rather windy and wet weekend in Wales (how about that for alliteration?) Worst disruption on the roads, though, was following a large flock of sheep up a single track road. So just a couple of links … Continue reading
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Mid Essex MRC exhibition 2019 – 3
There seem to be a lot of pictures of this show. Although it wasn’t the largest, I think there was more to see as there were a lot of small layouts. I’d seen Abbey Street (S) before, but it was … Continue reading
Mid Essex MRC exhibition 2019 – 2
Shelvington (P4) is set in the Hampshire/Surrey borders. This section of line has seen better days… But around the corner there is a fine selection of SR DEMU’s, and a relatively modern BR terminus. Fen End Pit (16mm narrow gauge) … Continue reading
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