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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #2
Today, a few pictures from the ESNG N-mod layout. Most years, we’ve put together a continuous run layout. However, in 2016, I was having some difficulty thinking how to fit in Azusa Mills, that is an L-shaped layout (pictures in … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #1
Well, another year done and dusted! This year’s show seems to have gone off well enough. We’ve had more visitors than last year, put a few pennies in the club coffers, and received plenty of positive feedback about the show … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules – Is it best to have a deadline?
As you read this, I hope to be relaxing after a successful ESNG. And I hope my new end loop will have worked. Show update – we survived, and all went well, despite the disappearing parking! Pictures to follow next … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 7 April 2016
Show update: Overflow parking is in the Doynings sports centre overflow car park ( RH1 1DP), just 5 minutes walk from the school. Take the entrance and bear right to the upper car park. There’s 4 free hours parking there. Meeting before the … Continue reading
Jon’s modules – Looping the loop
A few weeks ago, I rashly said I had to build an end loop for the show. Amazingly, it’s ready to go – far from perfect, but it’s probably the fastest bit of modelling that I’ve ever done. Progress is … Continue reading
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What’s at the ESNG show?
Show update: Overflow parking is in the Doynings sports centre overflow car park ( RH1 1DP), just 5 minutes walk from the school. Take the entrance and bear right to the upper car park. There’s 4 free hours parking there. … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #3
My final post on ‘Ally Pally’ is to look at O gauge, the ‘senior scale.’ There seems to be a vogue for O gauge shunting layouts at present. The Model Railway Club’s Happisburgh Goods (pronounced ‘Haze-burr’) models a Great Eastern … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #2
As I finish writing this, my thoughts are again with Brussels. What importance is our hobby compared with all that is going on in Belgium, and almost day-by-day around the world? But perhaps this is just the time when we … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #1
Today I enjoyed a pleasant day out at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace in the company of Peter and Malcolm, ex-work colleagues. It’s a simple journey from Redhill to north London – train to Victoria, Victoria line … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 16 March 2016
We thought that we were not going to run trains on Wednesday. At the PlayDay, the points had stopped working on the fiddle yard, and we feared that the CDU had failed. So Derek, Derek and Ian had the board … Continue reading
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