Fourteen of us met at Barsham on 7th December, and the meeting had a Christmas flavour. Big thanks go to our organiser Richard Doe for another successful and interesting year running the Group, organising our exhibitions, keeping us informed, preparing the hall each month, fetching fish and chips, and for keeping us supplied…at his own cost…with tea, coffee and goodies.
Here are a few pictures from the day….
A special running model and track built by David for the Flatford Mill NT Tea Room, and christened “Santa’s Express-o” to enhance the tea rooms Christmas Fayre. The basis of the 16mm train are Houstoun Gate kits with a shortened 3D home-printed loco chassis and also 3D printed sleigh parts by David using Thingiverse. A 1:43 Christmas diorama by Stuart. Strange happenings in the woods, where things have moved-on a little as “steam” has taken over propulsion of Santa’s sleigh. A certain redundant reindeer is being cooked on the spit (which revolves) and Col. Stephens and Robert Fairlie await cooked venison to eat in the log cabin (lit up).An O9 Floyd Kraemer steam tram loco enhanced by lovely extra detailing by Ray.Construction before painting of Richards HOn30 Toma Model Works Sandy River 2-6-0 loco.Quite a lot of O9 was displayed this month, and this is one of Chris’s tractor locos, from a 1:43 1934 Super Landini die cast model. A completed section of “Sainte Hilaire” H0 scale French town street by Stewart.One of Graham’s new O9 models, a second-hand Orenstein & Koppel MV2 with compressor load and tool wagon.Graham also tested another new Floyd-Kraemer O9 loco on his layout “Pye Rigg Works”.Stewart worked on repairing the Marklin Z gauge chassis of this Nn3 “Southwold” model which ran well after repairs.
Work Tables:-
After an un-fortunate happening, Bill was starting to re-make parts for an office in 1:16 scale, in this case, chairs and a filing cabinet. Neville was continuing the mammoth task of making the HO scale US Ridgway Station Building.Richard was track laying on a board for an HOn30 logging layout which will be partly dual gauge.The finished track at the end of the day.Clive was making some Dundas 009 DM31 Hudson Steel Open Wagons.Mike was starting an HO Faller 110097 Kleinstation kit.Geoff was constructing the shell of an O scale low relief workshop building.For Ray’s initial O9 carriage kits he is using much modified Wills Taxi Mens Huts as the basis for the body with scratch built chassis parts and Peco 009 bogies.
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