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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2019 – #3
Last visit to Ally Pally – I guess that next week I shall be blogging about N Gauge Southeast. It’s been a busy few days working through the final details! Another favourite from the show was Eccleston (P4). In some … Continue reading
London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2019 – #2
And on with the layouts! Ballyconnell Road is unusual – 3mm/ft scale is unusual in itself, but this layout is 15.75mm gauge, representing the Irish 5′ 3″ lines. I also really like the circular layout plan. And another road – … Continue reading
London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2019 – #1
Last Saturday it was my annual pilgrimage to the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace. As usual, I went with my ex-work colleague Malcolm (unfortunately Peter can’t make it up the hill from the station these days.) It’s … Continue reading
How to build the perfect model railway
It’s good to see the media get our hobby exactly right. Have a read of this article: “How to build the perfect model railway” It describes the 34ft-long 1:76 finescale model of Alloa station built by members of the Glasgow-based … Continue reading
Bournemouth exhibition 2019 #1
The Cha(I)rman spent the weekend in Bournemouth helping Richard ‘Ollie’ Oliver with his Bournemouth Corporation bus display. Allan writes: Just got back from a weekend at the Bournemouth Model Railway Exhibition. I was there helping (or I think I was) … Continue reading
Southhampton MRS exhibition 2019 #2
One of the highlights of the show was a chance to see Loftus Road in the flesh. This ‘OO’ layout is based on the West London Line around Kensington from the 1990’s to today. The West London Line carried, and … Continue reading
Southampton MRS exhibition 2019 #1
A trip down to Eastleigh today for the excellent Southampton MRS exhibition. There were some excellent layouts on show, and plenty of trade, though I was a good boy and bought absolutely nothing. Derek came along with me and it … Continue reading
