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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2024 #3

Today we have the final selection of photos from the Canterbury show.  They may be last, but are definitely not least!  If any exhibitors read this (or any other of my blogs), this is personal preference and any criticism is … Continue reading →

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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2024 #2

We continue today with some almost favourites.  The first layout perhaps should have been a favourite, but is definitely an old friend.  Alpenbahn (N) started back in the early noughties as an ESNG modular layout modelling, as the name suggests, … Continue reading →

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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2024 #1

Last Saturday, I once again paid a visit to the Canterbury show courtesy of the Dawes bus service.  The weather had perked up a bit, and 5C seemed almost tropical compared with the past few days.  As ever, the Kent … Continue reading →

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Mid Kent Model Railway Exhibition

Friday, five of us bundled into Allan’s van, and headed for Maidstone to visit this new exhibition.  It not only gave something railway-orientated to do between Christmas and New Year, but it was good to go to a show on … Continue reading →

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Tolworth Showtrain 2023 – 3 – Narrow or overseas

Our final visit to Tolworth looks at the narrow gauge and overseas layouts.  We’ll start with Blackmoor (OO9).  A close to scale model of  Lynton and Barnstable station.  What isn’t there to like?  And it’s all excellent modelling, as well. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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