16 turned out for our October meeting.
Ben Powell had been busy at the workbench. The current ‘work in progress’ is a Bagnall Meyer. This uses a Golden Arrow ‘Monarch’ body and a pair of modified N-Drive chassis. This was joined by Ben’s finished loco, a third scratch built Hadfield 0-4-2ST Peckett called “Dwarf”.
“Dwarf” had a run on Peter Hardy’s test track along with some of Peter’s latest builds. First was a railcar built using a Dundas Eisteddfod coach on a Kato 4-wheel chassis. Then a Roco HOe 0-6-0T reworked to make something more UK in appearance. Finally a second Roco body mounted on a Fleischmann 0-4-0 chassis.
Ian Willetts brought along his latest models. These were a Kerr Stuart Haig on a roco 0-6-0 chassis and a KS 60 hp diesel on a Trix 2-6-2 chassis running as an 0-6-0. Also visiting the test track was Ian’s 0-6-0 rod drive diesel made from a Roco HOe body and a Farish 04 chassis.
Paul Atkin brought along his O-14 Lister Autorail, built from the KB Scale kit and sitting on a little diorama. On Peter’s test track he ran a pair of bogie coaches made from Ratio sides, painted in a crimson lake livery. Paul also brought along a pair of Ashover coaches built from the Meridian kits and a Bachmann Baldwin in Ashover livery.
David Churchill brought along his latest purchases. These were a pair of Bachmann ‘Peter Sam’ locos and Fourdees printed kits for the Kerr Stuart Thames. The plan for these is to build one of the Kundala Valley Railway (India) ‘back to back’ loco pairs.
David Wilcox brought along a scratch built bogie wagon running on scratch built bogies and pulled by a Knightwing diesel loco bash running on a Kato chassis. The loco was equipped with a flashing LED roof beacon powered by an on board coin cell so it could be illuminated independently of the track current.
Prize for the most interactive display went to Jospeh Jacks, who brought along a small baseboard and proceeded to lay tracks. This was something Joseph had not done before, so he welcomed the assistance and advice of group members. By the end of the evening most of the circuit of track and a few sidings were laid. With a couple of flying leads from his controller managed to get his Kerr Stuart Skylark running.
