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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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ESNG meeting – 6 September 2023
A slightly odd month, as usual, in September, as our first Sunday meeting will be put back a week due to TINGS. On Wednesday, nine members turned out on a boiling hot day to play trains. We started with an … Continue reading
Back to Bembridge
Back in 2018, I posted this plan and photo of Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, as a near perfect small branch line terminus. A scale model fits within 4′ in ‘N’ gauge. The beach directly to the north of … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, N gauge, Southern Railway
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ESNG meeting – 27 August 2023
It’s been a busy railway week. The KESR on Wednesday, then on Saturday Allan, Richard, Derek and myself had an NCI testing day, to see if our N-club modules would connect to each other. A little fettling to do, but … Continue reading
Modelling the KESR
After Wednesday’s trip on the Kent & East Sussex Light Railway, I was reminded what a lovely prototype it is for branch line or light railway modelling. So here are the station plans, taken from the National Library of Scotland … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, Layout design, modular layouts, N gauge
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ESNG adventure – 23 August 2023
We had a special club outing today. The Kent & East Sussex Railway had put a plaque up on their wall of remembrance for our late friend Miles Saggers. So a group of club members and friends, and Mile’s mum, … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 16 August 2023
A busy Wednesday evening. Eight members, one small son, and two visitors from the West Sussex group. The West Sussex lads came to continue our Stuttgart planning. I think that was successful, and the planned layout might even work! We … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 13 August 2023
A good turn out of seven members, plus a couple of visitors (one a fascinated three-year old) dropping in to see the trains. And a very pleasant afternoon with the usual high standard of trains and low standard of conversation….. … Continue reading
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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ESNG meeting – 2 August 2023
With the chairman back from overseas (well from the Irish Sea), five members turned up for a working afternoon, and another joined us to run trains later. We made a degree of progress – we could have done more, I … Continue reading
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