Tag Archives: ESNG

What’s at the ESNG show?

Posted on April 8, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

With just three days to go, and with a number of last minute changes to the line-up, here’s what there is to see on Saturday.  Despite the changes, I think it will be a good show! Layouts N-Mod (x3) From … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 5, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

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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ESNG meeting – 2 April 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Last meeting before the show!  And a good turnout, with 11 people at the meet.  We obviously all preferred running trains to watching politicians go head-to-head on television – what a no-brainer.  Had the Hon. Treasurer had stayed in to watch the debate?  Then … Continue reading →

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This would make a good model!

Posted on March 28, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

This has great potential as a set piece on a preservation-era layout.  I can imagine a locomotive, broken trailer, police cars in attendance, and the curious Great British Public looking on.  And a good way of using up a non-working (or … Continue reading →

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At least you can’t see the details in ‘N’….

Posted on March 26, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

The Daily Telegraph has come up with this gem of a headline: “Model railways showed an idealised England until ‘sexy scenes’ came along – Forget housewives in headscarves or children waving from the road, the latest figures from Buffers Model … Continue reading →

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Jon’s modules – ‘Earl’s Wood’ returns

Posted on March 24, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

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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New trains for old

Posted on March 22, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

The HST125 must be one of the railway design greats.  But their 40 year reign as an iconic sight on British tracks is coming to an end.  The BBC reports: A new Japanese train is arriving on British shores today … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 18 March 2015

Posted on March 20, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

A sort of routine evening – 9 members, plus a return visit from Graham – we obviously failed to scare him off last time when we had no trains running.  Also good to see Ian Carter, after missing the last … Continue reading →

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Planning the exhibition – again

Posted on March 16, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

A while back, I posted about planning the ESNG show and the room layout that I had come up with.  Indeed, I thought it was all set out nicely.  But over the past couple of weeks, and with four weeks … Continue reading →

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ESNG PlayDay – 8 March 2015 #2

Posted on March 14, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

A few more views of our afternoon playing trains….. We were supposed to be working on the ‘gate’ ready for the show.  But it didn’t get far.  Talk is indeed cheap, and running trains was more interesting than laying track. … Continue reading →

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