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A third exhibition post

Posted on April 19, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Here’s a third post about model railway exhibitions – and this one is a little bit of history.  It was taken at a Beckenham and West Wickham MRC show back in the early 1970’s. The are a number of things … Continue reading →

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ERIC goes American

Posted on April 15, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Also seen at the ESNG show this year was Eric the roundhouse full of my American locomotives.  We’ve had Eric full of (UK) Southern Railway Pacific’s, and full of Taurus electric’s.  But this year, it was full of REAL locomotives – mainly Alco’s and mainly … Continue reading →

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ESNG 2014 Exhibition – the day after!

Posted on April 13, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Well, we’ve got through another exhibition, and it seems to have been a success.  At least, all the club members enjoyed it, and we received plenty of compliments from the exhibitors and the visitors.  Numbers were good.  Not quite as … Continue reading →

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Countdown to ESNGtacy (with apologies to Steely Dan)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

We panic onwards towards the 12th April and the ESNG show.  Of course, it all happens at once doesn’t it.  My wife is due for a hip replacement on the same day (hi-op not to be confused with hip-hop), but luckily … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting, 4 April 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Last meeting before the exhibition!  Predictably, we spent a lot of time discussing logistics.  Who will be doing what, when can the van pick up layouts, when can we get into the school. We did have one scare last week, … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling

Posted on March 24, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

I actually got to a model railway show this weekend – the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace.  Two work colleagues, who might even qualify as good friends were going, so I sent my apologies to the morning service … Continue reading →

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3 weeks to the ESNG show

Posted on March 22, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

And you will get much better “bargains” in the club shop than the one below! (Can’t seem to reblog this from the ‘Playing Trains‘ blog, so I’ve just copied it).  I hate to think what it would have cost with … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting, 6 March 2014

Posted on March 7, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Not a lot to report from last night’s meeting.  Trains ran, but nothing special – just like the real thing, I suppose. We spent a lot of time talking about the exhibition, now just over a month away.  Having to … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2014

Posted on February 11, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

I have been putting together the (hopefully) final plans for our 2014 show.  It’s a more of a challenge this year, as we are changing venues, largely due to increased hall charges.  We knew our old venue very well, and … Continue reading →

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Review of 2013

Posted on January 7, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

It seems to be the done thing to produce a review of the year.  So what did 2013 bring for the Budgie: A total lack of modelling for 8 months, thanks to too much engineering to do, especially Chinese dams, … Continue reading →

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