Our March meting saw a full house, with 15 attending Moorfield Hall.
Will King brought along his latest loco. Going back to 009 he had been working on a Langley WD Hunslet 4-6-0. He had re-motored the Mintirix chassis with a Tramfaberike motor, and lowered the body onto the chassis for a more prototypical look. Despite the loco being in grey primer the results looked good.
John Walker brought along his test track and ran a selection of stock. His Roco 6 wheel diesel (recently fettled by David Churchill) was first up. Then his two Bachmann double Fairlies. His Livingstone Thompson has been joined by an open cab Merddyn Emrys. Both locos were just back from Julien Webb who had fitted the etched nameplates and ModelU crew figures.
Ben Powell brought along part of his Industrial Layout. Even without movement it looks impressive. Ben also brought along his recent kit builds. The locos were a ‘Fiji’ Baguley Drewry and Thomas Green 0-6-2 ST “Masham” from RT Models. The wagons a trio of the new plastic bogie wagon kits from Chivers Finelines.
Geoff Harper brought along his Mintirains Ns2f. This was running much better after some fettling following last month’s meeting. It was joined by a Dundas Vale of Rheidol guards van Geoff had modified with a veranda end.
Steve Mann had been busy at his workbench. A 3d printed Talyllyn ‘Alf’ Hunslet mines locomotive fitted with a Farish chassis joined a pair of railcars built from Dundas Eisteddfod coaches. Moving up a scale Steve had built a selection of 09 stock built from kits bought at NG North 2 days earlier. Also running was his Bachmann Double Fairlie Earl of Merioneth (another NG North purchase).
Peter Hardy brought along his test track and gave his K1 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt a run. It was joined by Julien Webb’s 2-8-0+0-8-2 Sierra Leone Garratt. This is a Paul Windle build that Julien had recently refurbished, replacing the split axle muff in the locos Bachmann chassis with spares printed by Shapeways. Being dwarfed by the articulated superpower was Joseph Jacks’ Kerr Stuart ‘Wren’ 0-4-0ST.
At the other end of the scale (pun intended) was Paul Atkin’s his 16 mm scale tram loco. this operated via bluetooth remote control linked to an app on his smartphone.
In the reading room (ok – on a table!) was Dick Johnson’s copy of the second edition of “A Guide to Simplex Narrow Gauge Locomotives” by D.R. Hall and J.A.S Rowlands.
