We are delighted that our EM steam era exhibition layout, Chitterne, has been featured in the January issue of British Railway Modelling. We are grateful to the staff at BRM for choosing to include Chitterne and making the drafting and proofing process so painless. We also want to express our… Read More »Chitterne in January issue of BRM
With Chitterne due to visit the Portsmouth show on the 19th November, it is time to make some vital improvements, two of which concern the control box. I’d like to start by saying that the design and construction of the control box, carried out by Rob K, is superb and… Read More »Chitterne control box modifications
Earlier in the year, JB Railways visited ExpoEM in Bracknell and the Salisbury Model Railway Exhibition in Wilton where he videoed our Chitterne and Navigation Road layouts. You can watch the videos below.
We are please to report that our new layout Chitterne has been invited to this year’s Portsmouth model railway exhibition to be held on the 19th November at the Admiral Lord Nelson School. We hope to see you there.
After some last minute finishing off, Chitterne was finally exhibited at the EMGS Spring Expo EM at Bracknell on the weekend of 14/15 May where it joined five other layouts which were participating in the Chairman’s Challenge. We were delighted to attend with our layout, particularly as the Chitterne team… Read More »Chitterne’s First Exhibition
At long last, Chris B and Chris H were both able to get to the club at the same time this evening and bring with them the respective Chitterne boards on which they have been working. We were therefore finally able to get a better idea of how the layout… Read More »Chitterne Boards Combined
Lawrie has kindly supplied the photos below showing the fantastic progress he has made with the platform complete with an excellent horticultural display. Unfortunately, as it remains impossible for more than half the team to attend on any one evening due to a combination of Covid and injury, we haven’t… Read More »Chitterne platform
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