Category Archives: Out and about

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Today, just a few photographs of the many N-club modules that were on display.  A reminder – here’s the end board of the N-club module – the module can be of any length or indeed radius. This enormous station layout is … Continue reading →

ESNG ran our usual four track N-mod circuit for the four days of the show.  It was linked to the main N-club double track modular layout by a pair of junctions.  This allowed the inner three tracks to run our … Continue reading →

For the next week or so I will blog through the Stuttgart show.  I’m wasn’t quite clever enough to ‘live-blog’ it all, so I’ve come back with a load of photographs, and I’ll post a few chosen ones. Maxine and I arrived in … Continue reading →