Category Archives: Out and about

ESNG Exhibition 2016 #4

Posted on April 18, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today we’ll have a look at the rest of the modular layouts. Not quite modular, but more (large) table top was Paul Rowlatt’s Kato Racetrack.  Up to eight bullet trains could be in motion at any one time.  This is … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #3

Posted on April 16, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

One pleasure of our annual show is meeting up with old friends.  Some visitors come back year by year, others we know from other clubs.  It’s even better when work colleagues or neighbours accept my invites to the show and … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #2

Posted on April 14, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today, a few pictures from the ESNG N-mod layout.  Most years, we’ve put together a continuous run layout.  However, in 2016, I was having some difficulty thinking how to fit in Azusa Mills, that is an L-shaped layout (pictures in … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #1

Posted on April 12, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Well, another year done and dusted!  This year’s show seems to have gone off well enough.  We’ve had more visitors than last year, put a few pennies in the club coffers, and received plenty of positive feedback about the show … Continue reading →

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April fool!

Posted on April 2, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A day late, but here are a few railway orientated jokes, past and present. Residents of Copenhagen who visited the square in front of the town hall were greeted by a strange sight. One of the subway cars from the … Continue reading →

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Wombling on…..

Posted on March 31, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Allan sent me this gem of a photograph….. For those with a sheltered childhood, or from remote parts of the world that escaped the Womble plague, read more here.  My children were lucky enough to miss them first time around, … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #666 – A challenging prototype?

Posted on March 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

The Daily Telegraph came up with a fascinating set of photos of life in North Korea, that included a few of the railways.  It’s an interesting modelling challenge, with little prototype information to go on – I suspect Chinese prototypes … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #3

Posted on March 25, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

My final post on ‘Ally Pally’ is to look at O gauge, the ‘senior scale.’  There seems to be a vogue for O gauge shunting layouts at present.  The Model Railway Club’s Happisburgh Goods (pronounced ‘Haze-burr’) models a Great Eastern … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #2

Posted on March 23, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

As I finish writing this, my thoughts are again with Brussels.  What importance is our hobby compared with all that is going on in Belgium, and almost day-by-day around the world?  But perhaps this is just the time when we … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #1

Posted on March 21, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today I enjoyed a pleasant day out at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace in the company of Peter and Malcolm, ex-work colleagues.  It’s a simple journey from Redhill to north London – train to Victoria, Victoria line … Continue reading →

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