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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #3
Last look at the Stevenage show today. As usual these days, there were a few layouts of locomotive sheds and stabling points on show. It must be that we all own too many locomotives! Leeman Street in P4 models the … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #2
Getting to Stevenage from Redhill requires a circumnavigation of London on the M25, as one town is diametrically opposite to the other. But the Dartford tunnel crossing had one bore closed on Saturday, so Allan played safe and drove through … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #1
Last Sunday, Allan, Derek and I paid a visit to the Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition at their new venue in Stevenage. I saw the list of layouts on display and thought I would really like to go. So I phoned … Continue reading
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Bognor Regis MRC show 14/01/2017
Took a trip to the seaside (not that we saw it) with Derek Atfield to visit the Bognor Regis MRC show. Not the best I have been to, but there are always a few things of interest, and it was … Continue reading
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Tolworth 2016
A year has slipped past, and once again I scrounged a lift off Derek Atfield to pay a visit to the Tolworth Showtrain exhibition. And once again I nearly didn’t go – it was a foul wet morning – and … Continue reading
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TINGS 2016 #3
The Black Diamonds group had a large modular US layout on display. There was some criticism of this layout on N Gauge Forum, saying that the scenery was disappointing, there were too few trains that were too long, and that … Continue reading
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TINGS 2016 #2
So to some more TINGS layouts…. It was good to see some UK overhead electric layouts. An interesting, but under-modelled subject. Perhaps we’ll see more layouts now economical overhead masts are available. I won’t insist on the ‘N-cat’ route with … Continue reading
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TINGS 2016 #1
Another road trip for ESNG last weekend, as we visited The International N Gauge Show (generally known as TINGS.) A fair number of ESNG members visited on the Saturday – some arriving at 10am sharp to join the battle for … Continue reading
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ESNG on the road #3
We’ll start our look at the larger scale layouts at the Gaugemaster show, with Allenton in HO. Just 6′ of shunting layout, with a timewaster Timesaver track plan. Somewhere in deepest Cotton Belt territory, a Southern Pacific switcher is hard … Continue reading
ESNG on the road #2
Today we’ll look at the small scale models at the Gaugemaster show. First off is the N gauge layout Kayreuth. A regular on the exhibition circuit, Kayreuth is a modern image German layout set in western Germany. There are multiple tracks … Continue reading
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