17 attended the May meeting (Pic001).
Steve Mann brought along the fiddle yard boards from Goodmannton. He needed to modify the section switches so that they switched in the same way as those on the main layout (Pic002). Steve wanted to be safe using his new soldering iron, so Ian Willetts was on hand to assist (pic003).
Dick Johnson brought Tren Bach along and ran a variety of his own stock. These included Quarry Hunslets Britomart, Dolbadarn and Alice. He also had War Department Baldwins Peggy, WHR 590 and Snailbeach No. 4. The latter being caught on camera on a train of GVT stock (Pic004).
Also appearing on Tren Bach were Ian Willetts’ latest purchases from 009 Sales. These were a Tongaat Bagnall 4-4-0T (pic005) and Cliffe Hill 0-4-2T Bagnall. Both had been built by Paul Windle (Pic006).
Bob Taylor had been busy building a new tanker wagon. He had finished it with a Purple Moose livery (pic007) which also posed on Tren Bach.
David Wilcox brought along his layout Dolserau and ran a selection of stock. This included a Peco GVT loco pulling a short train of Dundas stock (Pic008) and a Rod Alcock Ruston LBT (Pic009).
Dave Marriott spent the meeting wiring up a number of multi-way D connectors. He did this with quite an impressive set up of clamps to hold everything in place (pic010).
Adrian Hall and Mike Bartleet shared a work table (pic011). Adrian continued working on his HOn3 climax. This was a cast resin kit from Cache Creek (Pic012). Meanwhile Mike worked on a On30 scale water tank. It was a 3D print of a Chicago & North Western Railway example. ( I managed to miss photographing it – sorry Mike),
Alec Matthews brought along a new layout with a working title of ‘Toad Hall’ (pic013). This gave the Japanese-made DHR 0-4-0ST he had bought at NG South a test run with one of his 3d printed wagons (pic014). They were joined by John Davies’ GVT stock (Pic015).
