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Abrail 2025 #4

Posted on March 14, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

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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Abrail 2025 #3

Posted on March 10, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

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

Posted on March 6, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

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

Posted on March 4, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

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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2mm Scale Association Diamond Jubilee Expo – 3

Posted on June 26, 2022 by snitchthebudgie

And finally, the micro layouts.  These were mostly entrants to the Diamond Jubilee Challenge layouts.  The 2mm Scale Association ran a layout challenge to celebrate their Diamond Jubilee in 2020. Entrants were required to build a small 2mm scale layout … Continue reading →

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2mm Scale Association Diamond Jubilee Expo – 2

Posted on June 24, 2022 by snitchthebudgie

Today, we’ll look at the ‘medium’ sized layouts, that takes in anything that isn’t tiny and isn’t enormous.  These are the sort of layouts that the average punter could build – not ‘lifetime’ layouts like those in the my last … Continue reading →

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2mm Scale Association Diamond Jubilee Expo – 1

Posted on June 22, 2022 by snitchthebudgie

Plenty of blogging to get on with.  I’ve got another set of photos from Germany, as Ron once again goes in hunt of the elusive strudel – and no doubt immediately eats it.  But first, an account of a most … Continue reading →

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It’s shunting, Jim, but not as we know it….

Posted on January 21, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

With apologies to Star Trek! This video, hi-jacked from the 2mm Association site, is just one incredible bit of model making.  And I’m not (for once) talking about the fine scale.  Shunting using a tractor – whatever next – working … Continue reading →

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Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017 #3

Posted on October 25, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

We start our final day at Farnham with the magnificent Addison Road, in ‘O’.  Modelling to a high degree of accuracy what is now Kensington Olympia station, it’s set in the mid-1920’s so you can see LNWR, GWR and LBSCR … Continue reading →

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Farnham & District MRC exhibition – 14 October 2017 #2

Posted on October 23, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Next we go north to the Settle to Carlisle line, and a model in ‘N’ of the high moorland sections of the route.  The layout represents the section of line from Blea Moor Tunnel, across the Dent Head and Arten … Continue reading →

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