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ESNG meeting – 17 February 2021
A busy evening, with plenty online. Phil seems to be multiplying, with three of him in the meeting at one point. Graham came, went, and returned. Phil and Paul ran trains…. Simon showed off his new Bachmann Percy. We were … Continue reading
A Minories of my own – 13 – a big decision?
And can you guess what it is, from the picture below? I’ve decided to go DCC for this layout. I’ve already got the point operation bits to operate them on DCC, but I’ll also go for digital train operation. Why, … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 12 – first track
First, a contrast in packaging….. Believe it or not, these two packages, each from a well known box-shifter, have the same contents. Namely, two of these aquatic creatures…. They’re lovely models, but I wish that I had remembered that I’d … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 11 – roads
Well, the vapour-free impact glue dropped through the door, and I was able to get going on the railway again. I had already put together the roof sections for the bridges under the station. Just a simple girder representation from … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 3 February 2021
Eight members appeared on Zoom tonight. We managed to keep conversation very much ‘on track’ with railway topics. Must have been the positive influence of Chris, managing to join us for the first time. It was also good to see … Continue reading
A Minories of my own – 10 – housekeeping
A little snow in Earlswood meant a lot of modelling time….. I built the simple box that will represent the concourse end of the platforms. Easy to uncouple a locomotive, too, if it’s not under an overall roof. The boards … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 9 – still shopping
Yesterday, I put together a ‘kit’ of parts for the second baseboard. It should appear online in a day or five – not much progress will be made over the weekend with FA Cup football on TV and internet! However, … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 20 January 2021
A very good turnout tonight. We were missing Brian though…. Please accept my apologies. I’ve just woken up from a deep sleep – sadly not alcohol induced. Strikes me Brian may have had the better deal….. We started with the … Continue reading
A Minories of my own – 8 – mainly shopping
Cut the holes in the end of the shadowbox for the tracks to enter/exit. I can think about building the other boards now, I guess. I also need to think about legs or trestles for the layout, but that might … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 7 – and the first board built
Over the last few days, lockdown has enabled me to carry on working on the layout. Having marked up and cut out a lot of plywood, I ended up with a kit of parts for the main board. Looks a … Continue reading
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