After an entertaining ten minutes or so setting up the equipment Tim gave us his talk and slide show entitled “An introduction to Signalling”. Tim started off his working life as a signalman on the London Underground and produced a slide showing him at work in the Aldgate East signal box together with a natty […]

This became a very busy session. Edington Junction was erected, the plan being for those due to operate the layout later in the year would be able to familiarize themselves with its operation. Everything started well, but it became clear that some of the wiring had broken internally and failed, including the wiring from one

Today’s focus on the circuit was on royal, Pullman or other special stock. That was the theory but in practice the only royal item was a Royal Mail van. However, the circuit was constantly in operation with members bringing in a large and varied selection of stock.Fred brought in his LBSCR terrier “Stepney” and some

Geoff’s talk nominally entitled “Memories of a teenage train spotter” encompassed both his early train spotting memories and his subsequent interest in all forms of transport. Geoff’s initial interest was prompted by the trains passing his primary school in Wincheap where the now long gone Elham Valley line used to run past his classroom windows.

After quickly setting up the circuit we all settled down to what was a very productive meeting. Paul K and Barry K spent the day wiring up the track work on Lenham which is now starting to look very impressive. David L, Tim and I continued planning the new dockside layout. I produced a life-sized

As Spring began to arrive in Badlesmere we set up the circuit in order to run 6 and 4 wheeled carriages and anything else anybody had brought along. To begin with, David G ran his S&D Sentinel, then Fred ran a very fine rail car that he had built and followed that up with an

Being the progressive and tech savvy group that we are we gathered to hear David L expound on the wonders of 3D printing and the intricate detailed models that it can produce. David gave a very interesting power point presentation on the subject and had brought along his equipment and examples of items he had

We had a very productive meeting today with work being carried out on three layouts and another new member joining us. Keith Meredith, having seen our web site came up from Dymchurch and must have liked what he saw because he has now joined our happy band.Today’s focus was on Edington which was quickly set

Martin Barnard turned up today having been pointed in our direction by Geoff and immediately started helping to set up tables etc. We can’t have been doing too much wrong because Martin has now joined us and we welcome him in to our club. We set up the circuit today in order to run members’

a) The Chairman (Chris) opened the meeting by running through his annual report.Received: prop. Jackie, sec. Roger, all in favour.b) The Treasurer (Geoff) presented the accounts, pointing out that the Mangapps trip, insurance and bank charges were new costs. Following a question about a 2023 business plan, he noted expenditure on a new layout and

Our focus today was on road transport and buildings with many fine examples having been brought in. Tim brought in one of his epic brewery layout buildings and David G and others brought in numerous examples of road transport and lineside buildings. There were some impressive road vehicles and I particularly like David G’s coalman’s

Several regulars had sent their apologies so it was a pleasant surprise that no fewer than 12 members attended today. The theme was ‘red coaches’, and Paul ran a rake of fine looking Dapol red and cream Mk1s behind an impressive Class 47, while David G produced a rake of Gresley vehicles hauled by an

Seventeen hardy souls braved the near freezing temperatures and huddled round the big table while we kept feeding the heating cards into the meter as the long hot summer seemed a lifetime away. Today we were focussing on freshening up the scenery on Sarre ahead of its appearance at the Longfield show at the weekend.

After the usual post-Christmas enquiries, we settled down to focus running green liveried engines and coaches on the circuit. Among the locomotives on show were Fred’s recent purchase, a Lionheart GWR Mogul which he was running in, and Paul H’s GWR Class 2800 2-8-0. Paul’s DCC loco looked and sounded great until it got its

Those present may remember that I laid out the frames for a Gibson 0 6 0 chassis as a starting point for building a loco kit. Having opened the box, and talked about it, I thought I should finish the kit . So here it is awaiting some final details , couplings and weathering. The

With everybody dressed appropriately for an afternoon on the piste as temperatures outside hovered just above zero and probably less in the hall we settled down for this year’s quiz. Having led last year’s successful team to victory it fell to Geoff to officiate at this year’s proceedings. After we had split ourselves into groups

With winter very definitely drawing on we huddled together around the big table to consider each other’s “problem models”. Various models appeared on the table including a number of small tank engines from Bill, David G, Geoff and Ross and a three plank wagon from me . Suggested solutions were offered and hopefully will be

In 1962 I was living in Gosport and working in Portsmouth. I saw a BR handbill advertising an excursion from Pompey direct to the Bluebell. I went with a friend from the local model railway club (some things don’t change!) We were shocked on arrival of an SR 4Cor EMU. Naively we were expecting a

Ashford 180 was a celebration of the arrival of the railways to Ashford and the effect it had on the town’s development. It was held in 11 sites across Ashford with a free bus connecting them. The event was organised by AIMREC with support from the Ashford Model Railway Club and many others.We were allocated