We were delighted to be able to take Navigation Road to the Festival of British Railway Modelling held in Doncaster in February. Members who attended reported that the exhibition was both well organised and very well attended with crowds three deep around the layout for much of the first day.… Read More »March 2024 Report
Jeff, who sometimes assembles new kits of buildings for PECO, as part of a video or as a diorama to publicise forthcoming products, showed us his latest work. He recently completed a laser cut wooden kit of Rannoch station; part of their new Highland range. We were most impressed by… Read More »December 2023 Report
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
Sarum Finescale were thrilled by the appearance of our layout Navigation Road in the September issue of British Railway Modelling. It is some months since Jamie Warne came to photograph and video the layout and we have been eagerly anticipating the results. We were most impressed with what he and… Read More »September 2023 Report
A few weeks ago, Chris H had the brilliant idea of holding “Running Evenings” on some group nights where we would all bring our stock of a particular “category” and see what trains we could run on our test track. This evening was the first of these events with the… Read More »NPCS Running Evening
We are delighted that Navigation Road has been included in the September issue of British Railway Modelling magazine. It was a pleasure to have Jamie Warne come and visit us to take his excellent photos (some of which we have kindly been allowed to use on our website) and to… Read More »Navigation Road in September issue of BRM
In pre-Covid times, the ‘Merry Month of May’ contained two of the best exhibitions in the south of England: expoEM Spring and Railex Aylesbury. This year, Group members were able to go to both – and we were not disappointed. In addition to viewing some excellent layouts, there is always… Read More »June 2023 Report
The first meeting of the New Year saw the welcome return of Richard P to Group meetings, bringing with him his Finney T9 which he has built to P4 standards. Painted in Drummond LSWR livery, the lining has occupied him for many, many hours. His patience has been rewarded and we… Read More »March 2023 Report
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
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