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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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Tagged exhibition, France, model railway, N gauge
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ESNG meeting – 20 December 2023
‘Twas the last meeting before Christmas – and a surprising nine people turned out for a little light relief. Good to see Terry back again, and a welcome to Alex. Plenty of trains on the move….. Chris’ lovely NSE express…. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 10 December 2023
Nine people running trains made for a busy and social afternoon, with added mince pies and other Christmas nibbles. And plenty of trains in the fiddle yard…. Allan’s Inganet train…. Derek’s TGV…. And trains from Brian, Simon and Terry….. Bubble … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 6 December 2023
We pause posts on the Stuttgart saga for a normal club meeting report…. It turned out to be a busy evening, with eight members and a visitor – welcome Terry, and hope we didn’t put you off too much! It … Continue reading
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…
Before posting some pictures from our German trip, here’s a quick report from my workbench. All this should have been done months ago, but predictably it all got built after October’s wedding trip. There’s nothing like a good deadline to … Continue reading
Repost #3: Stuttgart 2017
And finally, before (hopefully) some new photos are some views from 2017. Today, a look at some of the N-club modules on show. Some are there every year, but they are impressive pieces of work that are always worth a … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, modular layouts, N gauge, Stuttgart
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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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ESNG meeting – 19 November 2023
It was an extremely busy afternoon – like Clapham Junction in the rush hour. 11 members, one semi-comatose junior member (due to an overdose of rugby) and a junior visitor. Idea for me, as I could relax in a chair … Continue reading
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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ESNG meeting – 15 November 2023
Wednesday came around again, and six members turned out to run a few trains. Good to see Simon back after a bout of illness. It was a few trains, too, as a lot of the evening was spent watching the … Continue reading
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