16 made it to our November meeting.
Dick Johnson brought along “Tren Bach”. Dick had made an addition to the wildlife in the form of a dragon on the hillside. I’m not sure the local shepherd will be too happy though! (pic001)
Several members took the chance to run stock on Dick’s layout. First was Andy Foster’s articulated railcar (pic002) a purchase from 009 Sales. Ben Powell’s latest Kerr Stuart 0-6-2T (pic003) also ran. Built from the Golden Arrow kit for the Bowater’s /Sittingbourne & Kemsley ‘Superior’. Ben had modified to fit an outside frame Farish 08 chassis. Later it ran with a train of stock built from Chivers kits for his Gasworks project (pic004).
Joseph Jacks showed progress on the Tan-y-Bwlch FR station building he brought along last meeting. It was in a basic colour scheme, but Jospeh was debating what colour to paint the woodwork. His Mini Dolgoch Layout has also had a makeover with a new baseboard and brass Japanese diesel (pic005).
Colin Capel brought along a Liliput 2091 diesel loco. He also had a selection of HO stock including a couple of transporter wagons. It looked like some work was going on with these (pic006) but I missed the chance to find out what.
Andrew Bizley brought along a selection of stock and some Kato Unitrack. He had been weathering the trackwith a view to using it for a rabbit warren layout (pic007). Surprisingly the WD Baldwin went around the circa 5″ radius curves!
Dave Rowley brought along some of his latest 009 builds. I didn’t get the chance to get any details but I did manage to take a photograph (pic008)!
Tim Williams brought along his latest project. This was a working 4mm scale Lartigue Monorail. Track consists of 3d printed A frames with the rail stripped from some Peco 009. Locos are also 3d printed, with power provided by on board batteries and controlled by an RC system (pic009). Stock was also 3D printed. There are still some teething problems to overcome. These include reliable pointwork turntables, a lack of traction with the loco’s and making them look more like the prototypes. As a ‘proof of concept’ it’s looking promising though.
Matthew Tozer had brought along some tools (pic010). He spent the evening building a Dundas kit for a pair of Hudson bolster wagons. These had progressed well by the end of the meting (pic011).
Mike Bartlett was working on a few projects (Pic012). These included a number of On30 box cars and flat wagons from laser-cut wood kits. However I didn’t managed to get the full details.
Adrian Hall was also using the meeting to do something practical. He spent the eving painting a HOn30 Cache Reek Climax loco (pic013).
