Tag Archives: N gauge

A Minories of my own – 15 – reboot?

Posted on December 28, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

I was just getting back into my Minories, and coming to terms with the Finetrax points and making the point blades.  Then I saw this (I thought it must be coming, as Wayne Kinney has already done it for a … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 15 December 2021

Posted on December 16, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

The last meeting of 2021 (apart for a Zoom gathering after Christmas.)  A good meeting with eight members present, mostly well masked against Omicron, garlic, or any other nasty emission… The usual variety of trains were on the move.  Derek … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 5 December 2021

Posted on December 8, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

The third meeting of the week, and once again we seemed to hit the Rule of Six.  I’ll let Paul introduce the proceedings:  A third ESNG meeting in a week with just 6 attendees. The running session was enjoyable as … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 1 December 2021

Posted on December 4, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

My birthday evening was spent at the second ESNG meeting of the week.  Just the six of us, but that is quite OK with all the Covid cases about at the moment.  We had the usual relaxed evening running, and … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 28 November 2021

Posted on November 30, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

A busy week this week.  Three ESNG meetings, due to the vagaries of the calendar and the church hall being unavailable on one Sunday this month. Six members attended a pleasantly relaxed afternoon running trains. Dave brought along two of … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 17 November 2021

Posted on November 18, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

Bumper evening this evening – 11 members present!  The Treasurer was beside himself!!!  Here we have the usual suspects, some showing how not to do social distancing. And with lots of members came lots of trains, including…. Great Western splendour … Continue reading →

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More ill gotten gains

Posted on November 16, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

I recently had a text from a lady down in Smallfield, whose father, at the age of 98 (!!!) had decided to give up ‘N’ gauge modelling – having started it in his 80’s.  After looking at what he had … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 14 November 2021

Posted on November 14, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

I didn’t get to this afternoon’s meeting, and Brian was also missing, so no epic video this time.  But Paul gave his usual summary on Facebook….. Back from an enjoyable afternoon playing trains with the East Surrey N Gauge Group. … Continue reading →

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Did I really buy all these books?

Posted on November 6, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

Wondering why I haven’t got much modelling done recently, I decided to have a good tidy up of my books and models.  I started in our lounge, and collected all the railway books that were lurking in various corners, to … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 3 November 2021

Posted on November 4, 2021 by snitchthebudgie

Sorry, I’ve missed a few days blogging – all well in the household, but it seems to have been rather busy.  Too many breakfasts out, I think.  This is Redhill aerodrome on a cold, misty, autumnal morning. But on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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