There was a packed village hall for our first meeting of 2024 with 21 members/visitors. Later this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Group and to mark the upcoming occasion we thought we would update our Test Track, so two of our members set about making a new board, adding a built-in transformer, controller, and a multi-way switch, – all a big improvement on the original board which had actually served us well from the day of the first meeting on 3rd March 2014. The test track is also to be joined by a Display Stand to enable us to show models on any occasion.
Also this month one of our original members is celebrating a special birthday, and he was presented with a cake made by Sarah, thank you to her, and Happy Birthday Jim.
Bellow are some photographs from the meeting:-
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Layouts
Chris’s “Ingoldsby Yard” (O9) having a run. A Lanz Bulldog tractor loco seen shunting the yarLandini tractor loco seen on the headshunt at “Ingoldsby Yard”.Steam Railmotor squeezing between houses on Jim’s 009 layout “Loose End”The Steam Railmotor seen at the halt on “Loose End”Graham’s “Pye Rigg Works” (O9) with “Hyena” leaving the halt.Freelance diesel “Ladon” waits in the siding with a rubbish train at “Pye Rigg Works”.
Display Models
On3 Porter locos (Stuart)Smallbrook 0-4-0 loco and coaches (Ray)O-16.5 Kerr Stuart diesel (Geoff B)Sn3 New Zealand DE Class suburban loco (Ian)HOn3 Porter loco (Richard)009 Simplex loco (Malcolm)009 Sentinel type double cab loco (George) O-16.5 Freelance radio controlled 2-6-2 and train (Geoff G)HOn30 Plymouth diesel and bogie flats (Richard)009 0-4-0 Bohler/Barclay conversion, new tank wagon and Ruston & Hornsby diesel (Richard)4w Rio Grande US diesel (Neville)O9 Steam Tram loco and van (Graham)Freelance O-16.5 (Nigel)1:16 Freelance loco and “coach” (Bill)SM32 Simplex and V-tipper quarry wagon (Malcolm)16mm Ruston project (Nigel)Prototype 3D print (David)A possible future project for Bill.
Work Tables
David was displaying work in progress on his new 009 layout using Kato Unitrack with many 3D printed parts.Malcolm was painting some more Modelu 06mm figures.Also painting Modelu figures was Geoff B, in 7mm.One of Nigels’ bargain purchases, a Fleischmann BR80 for use on O-16.5.Neville succeeded in shortening the goods shed section of this HO kit to fit his layout.Stuart built this O scale U.S. Water Tank and supports.Bill was working in one of his unique 1:16 Goods Wagons adding rivets.Ray was making this O scale low-relief building for the end of his new layout.Stewart was making parts for his French layouts street scene.
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The New Test TrackA special Birthdayfor JimA full Barsham & Shipmeadow Village Hall
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