Copies of reports submitted to the EM Gauge Society for inclusion in their newsletter.
During the Autumn, the test track has been brought back into use and seen a large variety of locomotives and stock running in both 2 mm and the three 4 mm gauges. We have been impressed by a number of the new locomotives produced by the major manufacturers, especially when comparing their… Read More »December 2022 Report
Group meetings this summer have seen lower attendances. One reason is that a number of us caught Covid, although always from sources other than club nights. Mercifully, none of us has been badly affected but it is a reminder to be careful. The other factor has been the high temperatures… Read More »September 2022 Report
May seemed like a return to former times with Group members exhibiting at two shows on successive weekends – Chitterne went to Bracknell and Navigation Road (MRJ 266) was reinvigorated for the Salisbury and South Wilts RS’s exhibition the following weekend. Both received many positive comments. How great it was… Read More »June 2022 Report
The American writer Damon Runyon’s character Feet Samuels had ‘feet as large as violin cases’ which ‘go off at different directions under him’. When he stood on a street corner guys would ‘make bets on the proposition as to which way Feet is headed when he is standing still.’ Club… Read More »March 2022 Report
We have continued to meet fortnightly apart from the evening of Monday 1 November when the village in which our clubroom is located was without power following high winds and power cables down. At least, unlike the aftermath of Storm Arwen, power was restored to the village within a day.… Read More »December 2021 Report
Following the easing of Government restrictions we have returned to our (more or less) fortnightly meetings. Most members have attended at some stage and there has been much catching up of personal experiences in recent months. The test track has been brought back to life and has seen a variety… Read More »September 2021 Report
Step 3 of the Government’s road map, Monday 17 May, coincided with a possible Group meeting. Mike H checked that we could gain access to our club rooms, and eleven members duly gathered. Although it was about a year since most of us had met, we carried on where we… Read More »June 2021 Report
We have continued our individual and separate modelling which has effectively led to the formation of two sub-groups within the club. Activity has continued on the Parkstone layout with Clive and Mike H laying the first rails in the fiddle yard. More buildings have been produced by Lawrie who has… Read More »March 2021 Report
Once again we have been modelling in isolation, maintaining contact by email, and continuing with Individual projects at varying speeds. Chris B was instrumental in obtaining a supply of etched and cast kits that are no longer in production – to the delight of a number of us. Richard S… Read More »December 2020 Report
We were physically isolated from one another until mid-August but we had some interesting email discussions with questions raised and (usually) answered during that time. Richard S and Rob, our two relatively new members, sought information about modelling techniques and also about prototype matters. The many answers revealed the depth… Read More »September 2020 Report