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ESNG meeting – 11 August 2024
A toasty hot afternoon (the following day was the hottest of the year to date), but seven regulars met to run a few trains, talk a lot, and drink tea – except Brian and I who enjoyed the flask of … Continue reading
Bexhill MRC Exhibition 2024 #2
A second batch of layouts from Bexhill, with some interesting ideas. Bletchinghurst (OO) seems to be at most shows at the moment, but I appreciated a chance to look at it closely, without the barriers, and appreciate some very nice … Continue reading
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Bexhill MRC Exhibition 2024 #1
A morning (that turned into most of the day) out to Bexhill with Allan and the Derek’s seemed a good idea. We had a pleasant run down to the show along the leafy, and mainly secondary, roads. The Bexhill show … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 7 August 2024
A working afternoon followed by a running evening, with 7 members present. The ‘working’ afternoon mainly involved tea and chat, but we did manage to trip down some point motor operating pins that were catching some locomotives. We also admired … Continue reading
From our northern correspondant
Thanks, Paul Rowlatt, for letting me post pictures of Redcar model rail, held on 3-4 August. A bit of a photo-dump, but I’ve gleaned a few layout descriptions from the web…. Fiddle Street Yard (OO). Note the hinged front that … Continue reading
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Shoeburyness Exhibition 2024
[Whoops, title corrected!] I had the offer of a lift to the Shoeburyness (nearly Southend) MRC layout, but turned it down. I let Messrs Dawes and Atfield go, and Allan sent me some photos of some of the layouts. I … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 28 July 2024
I missed this Sunday meeting, as Maxine and I slipped off for a couple of days at the New Wine church festival, in Shepton Mallet. Most unusually, it didn’t rain there, and even 30C temperatures were preferable to mud and … Continue reading
Chatham & District MRC Exhibition 2024 #4
And a final selection from the show. There were quite a few layouts that I didn’t capture, but I think that I caught all the interesting ones, and for good measure those worth a quick look. Bocksley Town (N) is … Continue reading
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Chatham & District MRC Exhibition 2024 #3
Here we go again with a third set of layouts from the Chatham show… First, Northport Quay, David Holman’s cameo layout set in County Mayo. 7mm/ft, and real 5’3″ gauge – with handbuilt track to 36.75mm. Good scratchbuilding, and that … Continue reading
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Chatham & District MRC Exhibition 2024 #2
Another selection of excellent layouts from Chatham. First, Westhouses. John Morgan’s close-to-scale OO layout of this loco depot in 1980 was a new one to me. Unlike many shed layouts, it is not crammed with track, and operation was leisurely. … Continue reading
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