Category Archives: N Club International

A prehistoric station?

If you’re a German modeller, how about this for a station name?  I suppose, obviously enough, they named the species after the place it was first found.  The plan comes from the Sporenplan site with lots of mainly continental track layouts.  The … Continue reading

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Stuttgart N-Club meet is close….

Only a couple of weeks and the ESNG visit to Stuttgart will be under way. There is more to plan this time with two vehicles going to the show.  We’ve had to decide what will go in which vehicle, and … Continue reading

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Jon’s modules – getting ready for a show

ESNG have been invited to exhibit at the Dorking and District Model Railway Club 2o15 show on October 3-4.  Unfortunately, I found that a number of key members were away that weekend, so I offered to take Earl’s Wood along for the … Continue reading

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TINGS 2015 – 2

Having given a dishonourable mention to the ESNG representation, I’d better make a mention of the other layouts.  The show guide gave a list 0f 29 layouts.  When in the hall it maybe seemed like less, but (apart from the … Continue reading

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The International N Gauge Show 2015 – 1

I’ve not been to the International N Gauge Show as yet – the past two years I’ve been working in Turkey, and before that I had other diversions.  But this year I had a free Saturday, and Neil had a … Continue reading

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Jon’s modules – a reorganisation and progress!

Since my last modules post, I have actually made steady progress with the layout.  First of all, I finished all the wiring for the 1200mm module, and tested all the point motors and track feeds.  For this task I used … Continue reading

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Jon’s modules – new trains

I’ve spent some time in the loft room this week, and it’s back to the stage when I can get back to completing my N-club modules.  We’ve moved the old bunk bed from the loft, and sorted out a lot of … Continue reading

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Australian inspiration

Rediscovering websites that seem to have gone for good is always good news.  I enjoyed Andrew Martin’s site as it had a good number of very buildable small layout plans.  Although based in Australia, small stations are small stations worldwide – … Continue reading

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Jon’s modules – ‘Earl’s Wood’ progress

Progress on Earl’s Wood continues, aided by a week off work.  The photos below show the exit from the layout with scenery and ballast complete (apart from a hoover to pick up any odd debris).  The trees hide the exit … Continue reading

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Jon’s modules – ‘Earl’s Wood’ returns

Over the past couple of months I should have been getting my modules into a viewable condition for the show.  But work and life in general has conspired against me.  And more to the point, I was having a general … Continue reading

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