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A sort of Minories of my own – 23
Marking time a bit with this post. I’ve spent the last couple of days completing the control panel. All the switches, buttons, and the controllers themselves have been mounted on the panel, and the panel recessed in the baseboard. As … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 1 February 2023
Back again for the Wednesday meeting. It was a slow start, so we waited to set the layout up, but members then started to arrive, so we ran trains. In the end eight members came through the door (and left … Continue reading
A sort of Minories of my own – 22
Not too much progress on the layout. I have had a large sort out of my boxes for storing wiring and switches and rationalised them both – and found a number of things that I had lost. And the good … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 29 January 2023
Not a good start to the afternoon when I received this photo from Allan & Derek, returning from the Eastleigh exhibition….. A car fire (seen in the distance) had held them up on the M3, but they rolled in to … Continue reading
Three interesting layout designs….
‘Ian from Cumbria’ linked to his layout blogs on RMweb. He has developed three excellent plans, and I reproduce them here. The location is somewhere in the West Country, but the principles could be moved almost anywhere. First, Tredethy Wharf, … Continue reading
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ESNG Open Day 2023 – publicity!
Here’s the flyer for April. Black and white so that I can run them off at home – though of course my laserjet cartridge gave up when I tried to print a batch. Meanwhile, Wednesday’s running session included a slight … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 18 January 2023
Another working afternoon trying to debug the fiddle yard. A few broken wires, a few dry solder joints, and some incorrectly wired plugs. We’d just about given up, then a plate of fish and chips gave new inspiration, and suddenly … Continue reading
ESNG exhibition 2023 – what’s happening
We were (or rather, I was) a bit slow getting a show together for April, so we’ve moved our annual show to the end of September this year, and will hold an Open Day at our usual time around Easter. … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 15 January 2023
First Sunday meeting of the year, and a whole 12 members turned up. And a warm welcome to Richard, an old friend, but he’s decided to actually join ESNG. Good to have you aboard, sir! We risked life and limb … Continue reading
A sort of Minories of my own – 21
After Christmas, I got back to work on the layout. The short extension to the baseboard is complete (but needs another coat of paint.) I’m hoping that this area will also store all the transformers and electronics needed for operation. … Continue reading
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