18 made it to the meeting.
Colin Capel brought along a selection of HOe stock after fettling the couplings (pic001).
Ian Willetts brought along his scenic test track. The centre of the layout houses a classic car show. On the rails were a selection of Paul Windle locomotives (pic002). Also running were a pair of Bagnall locos. A 0-4-0ST (Fourdees kit running on a Bachmann Percy chassis) and a 0-4-0IST (3D printed body on a Minitrains chassis). These posed of the photographer alongside the engine shed and water tank. The tank is made from a Tomytec HM-01 body (pic 003).
Bob Taylor brought along his box file layout with a Bachmann Rheneas pulling a pair of vans (pic004).
Paul Walton brought along a section of a larger layout. A quayside (pic005) set in North Wales. Running was a French style 0-4-4-0 Mallett tank loco. This had been built from a a modified Lilliput U class body. Running gear was a pair of N-Drive Productions 0-4-0 chassis(pic006).
Dick Johnson brought along his latest purchase. This was a freelance 0-4-0 tender loco with a haystack firebox (pic007). Based on the designs of Isaac Watt Boulton to fit a Tsugawa Koppel chassis. The print came from Double M Models .
Tim Williams made a welcome return to a meeting, and brought some current projects. The biggest was his Lartigue Monorail test bed (pic008). Tim had also brought along his Kilimanjaro Summit Railway (pic 009). This had been tested on Cadair Idris and the French Alps. Tim was applying some finishing touches before he takes it to Africa. Tim had also been working on a couple of other things. Two rail mounted baths (3d printed from Thingverse files). Also a Port Penrhyn tar boiler (Tim’s own design) (pic010).
Alec Matthews had been working up some 3d printed loco bodies for the Bachmann Quarry Hunslet chassis. First was a Darjeeling & Himalaya Railway No. 1 class (pic011). A similar Sharp Stewart design built for Brazil (pic012) and a Decauville Type 2 (pic014) are also planned.
Joseph Jacks brought 2 layouts along to the meeting. The first was ‘Dol-Fach’ (pic015), showing some more scenic development. This was accompanied by ‘The Coaster’ (see pic009). Built around one of the 009 Society 50th Anniversary coasters and with just enough clearance to run trains around a pint glass!
As usual Mike Bartleet was working on some stock. This time it was a variety of laser cut wood kits for On30 and NG7 rolling stock. Adrian Hall brought along his HO/HOn3 layout module that will be the home to the Campbell Scale Models Idaho Spring Mine kit he had been building at the last meeting (pic017).