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
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
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.
The ultimate slow burn project of national importance has been finished after many repaints. I may add a footplate crew as they were not on strike in 1906. I’m still dissatisfied with my efforts at lining and the tender back bogie needs more packing to lift and level the watercart… Read More »T9 completed
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
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
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