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An interesting railway factoid…..
After the hectic Sunday, just the four ESNG members turned out for last night meeting. So no trains ran. We had a good chat and went home. However…… Having watched Queen Elizabeth fine Christian funeral, and enjoyed the impressive pomp … Continue reading
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A tribute and a little modelling
After a momentous week in the UK, I wondered how to respond to the passing of Queen Elizabeth. I came across this little cameo by John Whitehouse on a Tramway Modelling Facebook group. No doubt Philip is saying, “I’m not … Continue reading
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Odds and ****
Moving onto my next project, I decided to spend a little time maintaining and building a new N-club module. I wanted to make a conversion board from 2-track N-club to 4-track N-mod. I had a module in stock, that was … Continue reading
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St Chant II
Many moons ago, in the early days of ESNG, Martin Micklewright built a little layout on a 4′ x 2′ module called St Chant, and later extended it by another 4′ with a largely scenic section. It appeared at a … Continue reading
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Saggers Sidings completed
Some real modelling today, rather than ESNG members holiday snaps (that will, of course, soon return.) I wanted to complete my modules, now named ‘Saggers Sidings’ in memory of Miles, before the Bredgar and Wormshill Railway model show. First step … Continue reading
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(Almost a) Minories of my own – 19 – arches
For I’ve been mulling over how to make the arches for my station. I looked at the DM-toys laser cut models, but they didn’t look British enough. The Scalescenes cardboard kits are very nice, but the brickwork looks a little … Continue reading
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(Almost a) Minories of my own – 18 – points
I risked having a go at the first FineTrax point last night, and as with all these things, there was two steps forward and one back. It didn’t take long to get to this stage, as shown below, and my … Continue reading
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(Almost a) Minories of my own – 17
The problem with leaving a layout for a period of time is what accumulates on it whilst you are away. My baseboard looked like this! It seemed to have accumulated some stray American stock, several Terriers, a Japanese brake van, … Continue reading
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A Minories of my own – 16 – back to work
When I last wrote about Minories, it was late 2021. Since then, building (successfully) a pair of modules for the N-mod and sorting out the ESNG exhibition has rather taken up my time. The modules need a little more scenery, … Continue reading
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What next?
With the exhibition over life is beginning to return to normal. It has taken 2 weeks for the layouts in the lounge to return to the loft. I’d made such a mess moving them out, that a little reordering was … Continue reading
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