Our first meeting after the festive period with the hope that we would be able to bring both Chitterne baseboards together and see how they looked. Unfortunately, Chris H who has the right hand board with the platform and goods siding was unable to attend due to a family member testing… Read More »Chitterne progress
At last!! After a lot more tedious filing and soldering and many weeks of painting effort (much of it wasted) the Chitterne bridge girders – initially described in my previous post – have finally been completed! As always, click the image below for a larger version. The girders are shown… Read More »Bridge girders for Chitterne completed
At the entrance to Chitterne station there will be a small bridge over the Chitterne brook. After a great deal of debate it was agreed that this would be a simple plate girder bridge and Chris B and I agreed to make it. Chris is building the brick abutments and I… Read More »Chitterne Bridge Girders
Progress with our Chitterne layout continues to inch forwards. Progress has been rather slow over the summer due to a combination of holidays and work commitments but we hope that with the evenings drawing in members will be hunched over their work benches producing the numerous items required. Lawrie R… Read More »Chitterne Station Building
A few months ago Chris B kindly organised for group members to be able to order some hard to obtain D&S wagon kits. Joe has been hard at work on one of his and shares this photo and comments. I have been working on a D & S GWR horsebox… Read More »A D&S GWR Horse Box
As some will know, it is my intention after very many years of procrastination to construct a model of Princetown Station in the 1920s. Being currently in the ‘historical research’ stage I took advantage of a family holiday on Devon to visit the site for the first time. There is… Read More »Princetown Survey
Mike H has sent some photos of the progress being made with Parkstone showing the two road bridges and the downside platform.
In another example of “Stuck at home hiding from Coronavirus” progress, Clive H has shared this photo of his excellently weathered Hornby Ruston which he is also re-wheeling.
With all group activities forestalled and everyone trapped at home, there is plenty of time to press on with modelling projects. In the first of an occasional series which we might call “How my railway has benefited from Covid-19” we hear from Richard P about his recent modelling activities. The lockdown… Read More »Modelling under ‘Lockdown’
This club evening took the form of a tutorial during which Mike demonstrated how best to mount and quarter driving wheels and how to use the club’s chassis alignment tool. This handy frame is invaluable for accurately aligning axle mounts and horn blocks in engine chassis and is available for… Read More »Wheel Quartering and Chassis Alignment