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Tolworth Showtrain 2023 – 2 – UK layouts
We’ll carry on our visit to Tolworth with a look at the UK based prototypes. The first layout might have been included in my favourites. I have seen Fawley (OO) a number of times, and it is an interesting prototype. … Continue reading
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Tolworth Showtrain 2023 – 1 – some favourites
Last Saturday morning was spent with Messrs Dawes and Atfield visiting the Tolworth Showtrain exhibition. It’s usually a good show, and this one was no exception. I took pictures of most of the layouts and as with Uckfield a few … Continue reading
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Repost – Wisbech & Upwell doodles
No inspiration today, so here’s another very popular post from the past. I’m still doodling….. Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over … Continue reading
Minories #1 – the original design – still #1
A lazy repost today. This is still the most popular post that I have written, that shows the enduring popularity of the Minories theme. I guess that I’d better get back to modelling mine…. There are few model railway plans … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #3 – the rest
Although this third episode from Uckfield is labelled ‘the rest’, it doesn’t mean the layouts were poor. Quite the opposite – some excellent modelling yet again, and some might have made my favourites another time. It’s always good to see … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #2 – Favourites
As always, a few layouts stood out from the (very good) rest. Of course, the layouts that I especially liked reflect my strange view of our wonderful hobby…. So we’ll start with Arcadia, a minimum spaced ‘S’ gauge model of … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2023 #1 – Rice railways
The Uckfield show weekend has come around again. Despite a busy week, I set off south once again to visit a very good show. A good number of layouts that were new to me, no dross at all, and a … Continue reading
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Faversham Model Railway Club exhibition 2023
With temperatures hitting 33C today, I didn’t fancy a TINGS visit, with the exhibition in a tin cow-shed. (My spies, i.e. Mr Dawes told me it was 32C outside.) So Derek and I went east rather than west to visit … Continue reading
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Shoeburyness Model Railway Club exhibition 2023
Messrs Dawes and Atfield attended. I had a theoretically quiet day that turned out busy! Both me and Derek Atfield went to this show yesterday….. James Street. First time I could get close to this large layout for a good … Continue reading
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Pevensey Bay MRC Show 15th July 2023
Mr Dawes sent me a few pictures of the N gauge layouts at this show. Crilvington Town by Kevin Leggett of the WSNG. is still under construction. Chilcompton Tunnel by Alastair Steele. I really liked this layout. Very, very, simple, … Continue reading
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