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ESNG meeting – 7 March 2019
A busy evening, with 11 members in attendance. Paul was testing some old Farish Class 50’s – perhaps to sell them before the new Dapol one appears? A couple of Mr Atfield’s bargains seemed to be running well…. ‘Tother Paul … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 20 February 2019
The three members who had arrived by 7:30pm were almost ready to pack up and go home, when there was a sudden flurry, and we soon had ten members putting a small layout up for running. We were missing Allan … Continue reading
Another Minories
Last layout from the Southampton show – Spanker Lane, a Minories layout under construction in ‘N’. The show guide states that: Spanker Lane is found in the north of England, where green DMU’s are the order of the day, although … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Inspiration, Layout design
Tagged exhibition, Minories, N gauge, small layout design
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ESNG PlayDay – 13 January 2019
Eight of us made it to Sunday’s PlayDay. After the usual curry lunch, we resisted the temptation of an afternoon nap, and put the layout together. It was a bit smaller than recent meetings, as Paul couldn’t bring his Kato … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 3 January 2019
A new year – just. The three members who were there at 7:30pm wondered whether it might be best to just go home. The Cha(I)rman was on an early milk round again, and the Treasurer was still away seeing family. … Continue reading
Must resist bargains…..
Now I’m (more or less) retired and living on a pension, I told myself that I will have to cut back my railway spending (except for a few new models when they are finally issued.) But it’s so very difficult … Continue reading
In defense of the roundy-roundy #4
For my last post of 2018, a few final comments on layout design. As a member of ESNG, a modular club, where do parts 1-3 of the series leave me? It sounds very much as if I have abandoned the … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design
Tagged ESNG, Layout design, modular layouts, N gauge
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In defense of the roundy-roundy #3
In my earlier ramblings about continuous layouts, I missed out one excellent example, and a concept for such designs. Chris Morris’ Little Aller is based on Aller Junction in Devon in the early sixties. The area of the layout is … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design
Tagged isle of wight, Layout design, N gauge, Southern Railway
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Santa’s delivery 2018
What Santa brought me – via Ebay and handed directly to Maxine for wrapping! And is this the cutest tank engine ever (can’t think of a better adjective.) ‘Borrowed’ from RMweb, it comes from Belgium. Bit tricky for ‘N’, though….
ESNG meeting – 19th December 2018
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” But nine ESNG members made it to club night, less than a week before Christmas. Neil and John were … Continue reading
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