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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 12 November 2017
Another railway session on Sunday with our scheduled PlayDay. We had two layouts on the go. In the background, we have the usual circuit, largely monopolised by Simon and Graham’s American passenger trains. In the foreground, we put together (again) … Continue reading
West Sussex N Gauge MRC : 4-5 November 2017 #2
Sunday morning, Mr Dawes’ milkman’s nose again tracked down some bacon and eggs – this time at the ‘Portuguese Grill’ in Littlehampton town centre. Then it was off to play trains again. The advantage of a two day show is … Continue reading
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West Sussex N Gauge MRC exhibition: 4-5 November 2017
Friday afternoon, Allan, Derek and I loaded up Allan’s truck, and headed for the West Sussex show. We put together a joint N-club modular circuit with the West Sussex boys. The actual layout went together very well on the Friday … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 November 2017
It turned out to be a busy night, with 13 members turning up through the evening. We weren’t expecting Paul and Honest John, who were off to Eurospoor the following morning, but both were there for much of the evening. … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, ESNG Meetings, Germany, modular layouts, N gauge
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Jon’s modules – Now “On my workbench” #1
With retirement slowly but surely happening, I’m finding time for a little more railway modelling. It’s surprising what one can achieve with, say, an average of an hour a day spent with one’s hobby. I’m starting (or trying to finish) … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 18 October 2017
A quiet evening again, with just 5 of us there, plus prospective new member Steve, and Ian, who just dropped in at the start to pay his annual subscription, before going back to work. Mr Atfield is still somewhere in … Continue reading
Links for the middle of the week
I’ve got a set of photos to post from the excellent Farnham show, but that will have to wait till later in the week. For now, here are some of the links that I’ve come across recently. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in Hints and tips, Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype
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Jon’s modules – fettling Aldersford
We’ve been meaning to carry out some maintenance on Aldersford, our late President Martin’s N-club modules, based on the Southern Railway station at Ford. The boards had warped, making running at last year’s ESNG show a little unreliable. With a … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design, N Club International
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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 8 October 2017
A surfeit of pictures this week – well at least it cuts my pontificating….. Some club meetings just seem to go very well indeed. Sunday’s PlayDay was a very pleasant afternoon, and 10 of us had a very sociable afternoon … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 5 October 2017
Not a bad turn-out on Thursday, and plenty running for much of the evening – then at 9:15pm, everyone put their trains away, and the hall emptied. So I got my trains out and running….. Paul was celebrating a new … Continue reading