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ESNG meeting – 13 June 2021
A boiling hot Sunday afternoon, and England playing their first game in the Euros. Five of us had a rather more sedate afternoon running trains, and very pleasant it was too. It didn’t take long to set up the layout. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 2 June 2021
A quiet evening, as a couple of members had to drop out, and I couldn’t find a replacement. I wondered whether to cancel the meeting, but everyone seemed keen, so we went ahead and had a very pleasant evening chatting … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 30 May 2021 – part 2
A quick PS from Paul….. My first model railway club meeting in the flesh since March 2020. Very enjoyable, most of my trains ran well apart from my GENBI set which does not appear to like Peco track and a … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 30 May 2021
And it time for another ESNG meeting – two in a row, without a lockdown! Time to reminisce? Certainly good to see old friends again. Paul, as usual, contributed some interesting Japanese trains. A year away has no doubt created … Continue reading
No internet to guide us?
From the “Micro/Small Model RR Layouts” Facebook page, with permission. Attributed to Al Judy, On30 Railroading. ‘Some very wise words from a long time modeler. It is a very fair assessment of things by someone who has “been there and … Continue reading
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A Swiss layout under way
Not mine, I hasten to add!!!! I thought that I had better email Ian Milroy and tell him what I had done with his original Kuritu. Fortunately he was complementary about the changes, and also sent me some pictures of … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, N gauge, Switzerland
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ESNG meeting – 19 May 2021
As the UK escape from lockdown continues, we were delighted to hold the first ESNG meeting for over a year. Only six people allowed to attend, and we kept the windows and doors open, and were largely masked through the … Continue reading
Covid-19 diary – Kuritu II – 11 – Finished!
Well, the Kuritu rebuild is finished. There might be a few little things to do, but the layout is definitely ‘substantially complete’, as they say in the trade. Overall, I’m very happy with the results – one of the best … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge
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Stewarts Lane – sort of
Amongst all my other projects ongoing, I have two N-club boards that need some railway on them. So how about squeezing a quart into a pint pot? Stewarts Lane lay just south of the River Thames in Battersea and was … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, model railroad, N gauge, Southern Railway
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ESNG meeting – 5 May 2021
Well, it might have been a Zoom meeting, but we were practising for escaping lockdown and the dreaded ‘Rule of Six’ this evening. The Cha(i)rman was missing, presumably already asleep ready for work in the morning. Paul was running the … Continue reading
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