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A Minories of my own – 2 – underneath the arches
Moving forward, I need to select the height of the arches under my Minories. An obvious place to start is the South London prototype. We could also move out to Liverpool or Fenchurch Street to the east of London for … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 1 – planning
It’s time to move on from my (occasional) Covid-19 diary, to something new. As you, gentle reader, may well realise, I have spent the last couple of months trying to work out a layout that I actually like. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, Minories, N gauge, Southern Electric
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Training the next generation?
A great picture from Sean of the layout he built for his son: “Here’s a picture you can use of Lucas getting his first layout for his 7th birthday. Keeping it going with the youngsters” It seems to have gone … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 18 November 2020
Zoom again tonight. As ever, good to catch up with some of the ESNG members. There were just the eight of us on the call, plus Maxine for a while, and briefly, two cats. Starting out, we seemed to be … Continue reading
Covid-19 diary #31
Not much modelling progress, but pre-lockdown I did raid Champions in Dorking and came back with a stock of 6mm plywood. The wood is all flat – the photo makes it look twisted. I’ve been looking at the mysterious boxes … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 4 November 2020
A pre-lockdown special tonight. Not that lockdown makes any difference to Zoom…. We peaked at nine persons logged in (plus one cat), and the conversation even touched upon railways once or twice. By the time we’ve all talked about lockdown, … Continue reading
The olden days?
As a diversion from my layout design travails, I came across some historic model railway designs on RMWeb, that are worth reposting. The Larpool and Easington (or was it Easington and Larpool) railway appears in the Railway Modeller sometime in … Continue reading
Covid-19 diary #30
Still no modelling progress. It’s been great to see some of the club on Zoom, but I’m pining for club nights and exhibitions – and that’s a surprise for an anti-social loner like myself! Still – I have read a … Continue reading
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The three-point trick
I’ve always appreciated Ian Futer’s layouts, and their underlying designs. Some of his best designs are his three-point specials. Very simple, but with enough operation built in to be reasonably interesting to operate. This month’s Railway Modeller brought these plans … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 21 October 2020
A record breaking evening on Zoom. We started with just the four of us. That included an impressive display with John and Alpenbahn, and five trains running around. Paul was on-line, but no trains running, due to some wiring issues … Continue reading
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