14 attended our March meting (Pic001 & 002).
John Walker brought along his DCC test track (Pic003). He ran one of his sound equipped Double Fairlies and his mainline Hunslet Blanche (also sound equipped) with his new Ffestiniog Bowside coaches (Pic004).
Andy Foster brought ‘Hartland’ along. Several group members assisted with the eviction of electrical gremlins (Pic005 & 6). Most of this was achieved, but it was found that the switches operating the points and frog polarity switching had given up after many years of storage. These will need to be replaced at a later date.
Ben Powell brought along a selection of recently built stock for his Gasworks project (Pic007). He also had a review sample of the 70hp RNAD Baguley that Bachmann (Pic008 & 9).
Ian Willetts brought along his latest projects. The first were of some nicely finished GVT coaches from Nigel Brooks 3D prints and one of the Dundas freelance GVT style 4 wheelers (Pic010). He also had (finally!) finished the free 009 Society kit given as part of his joining pack (Pic011).
Paul Atkin brought along his coupling height gauge (Pic012). He used this to fit Greenwich couplings to a variety of stock, including some Colin Ashby 4 wheel coaches (Pic013).
Alan Macdonald brought along his layout ‘Nant Gwrtheyrn’ (Pic014 & 15) for a ‘shake down’ before he starts exhibiting it.
Alec Matthews brought along Darjeelish (Pic016) which has had a few more scenic additions. It also played host to a 3d printed Decauville from Joseph Jacks (Pic017). Joseph also brought along a 3d printed body and tender for the Statfold Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 ‘Fiji’.
Steve Mann brought along the scenic boards for his layout ‘Goodmannton’ (Pic019) to sort out some rail conductivity issues. These proved to be easier to fix that Steve thought, which allowed Charlie Forbes to run some of his stock (Pic020).
