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ESNG meeting – 27 June 2021
Extra Sunday meeting on the 27th, but I wasn’t there for long due to a lot of enthusiastic members and the Rule of 6. But I’m sure they had fun! Comments from Paul…. A pleasant afternoon playing trains in Earlswood. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 17 June 2021
Another club night – and the expected rain arrived half way through the evening, but without the forecast thunderstorms. Five of us met, ran trains, and finally settled down for a long chat, leaving my Warship and parcels train doing … Continue reading
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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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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