Our August meeting saw twelve members attending.
Peter Hardy brought along his test track and his Southwold Sharp Stewart 2-4-0T. This had acquired a new keeper plate that had improved the running. It pulled a pair of coaches that Peter had built from some Colin Ashby kits. Each coach used 1 1/2 kits to make a long wheelbase 4 wheel coach. (Pic001)
Charlie Forbes made a visit from the East Mids Group and brought along a selection of stock. First was a 3 car railcar set made from Hornby Pacer bodies (Pic002). Another 3 car set had been built from Dapol/Airfix railcar kits. These were based on designs by Bernard Taylor published on NGRM-Online(Pic003). Finnaly we saw a pair of Clogher Valley coach kits from Fourdees .(Pic004)
Joseph Jacks had been busy with his Snailbeach layout (Pic005) with further developments to the scenery. Joseph had also been working on some rolling stock. Star was with a ‘danger train’ consisting of a Stenning Talyllyn gunpowder van, RNAD flat wagon with bomb load, converted War Department E class well wagon with nuclear flask. This was finished off with an RNAD break van and Kerr Stuart Skylark. (Pic006)
Alec Matthews brought along a selection of his 3D printed models. First was a Talyllyn Douglas on a Bachmann Percy chassis (Pic007) with a Talyllyn guards van (Pic008). Alec’s re-worked Bachmann WD Baldwin (Pic009) always looks good. Alec had also done another ‘South American’ Double Fairlie. This one is a second Bachmann Double Fairlie, with a replacement steel cab and other 3D printed details (Pic010).
Bob Taylor brought along his latest purchase of a Bachmann Ffestiniog Railway Linda with tender in a very fetching blue livery (Pic011).
David Churchill brought along a Narrow Garage 9mm gauge chassis(Pic012). This is destined for one of his Darjeeling Railway diesel locos 3D printed in India . David also had a Couillet 0-4-0 (Pic013). This uses one of Alec’s 3d prints as a starting point and was running on a Bachmann Percy chassis.
