Hi All,
As secretary of the club I joined bout two years ago now, I was wondering what sort of contact base there was with other like minded modelers in Ireland in RM Web our Club; Midlands Model Railway club is based in Abbeyliex in County Laois
As a hobby there seems to be very few model railway clubs in Ireland but, I am sure there are a lot of railway modelers in Ireland?
Is there a particular part of RM Web which relates to modelers in Ireland? I see there is a part for Irish
Hi all,
It's been an age since I posted anything and that is somewhat lazy on my part!
I think by the time I keep up with my clubs requirements and the house/maintenance chores!! coupled with my own layout which I have started on again after some absence, there is not much time left!
Club wise, we have had a good year traveled/exhibited to a number of model rail club shows here in Ireland and been asked to exhibit at agricultural shows and Diorama diecast shows as well!
We are no
Hi guys,
Not posted for a while as I spent the New year in hospital, the dreaded heart attack followed by multiple by pass surgery, a hard way to bring in the New Year!! On the mend now thankfully and getting back into the hobby both at club level and at home!
Heading off to my first show for a while on Sunday as the club is exhibiting our revised scenic 00 gauge layout for the first time this year. I think I have convinced my fellow members as to the value off scenic drop in sections
Hi All,
Still working away without much to show however, after my 4th visit to my new club, idea's are beginning to come back to me, a little help from friends always brings results, it can be a lonely hobby at times as we all know, club life does make a difference!
At the club we are building an extension to the fiddle yard at the back of the layout, to allow more train storage for exhibition running, hopefully this will be ready to fit to the layout after the clubs next show which i
Hi all,
Went to new club for second time last night, all round good bunch of guys really, one of the founder members invited me up to see his own layout, what an eyeopener! it must have been the biggest private layout I have ever seen, it was very good, like all layouts of course a work in progress!
What really suprised me was that he had real water, lakes, streams, working mill with water wheel, the lot! don't know about you guys but I have never seen this in any layout, very well do
Hi All,
Noted the comments in Blog re website, living in rural Ireland as I do, our web service is nothing short of awful and the site and MRL TV works fine with me, no complaints!
Anyway went to the local MRclub show here last Sunday, it was the Midlands clubs first show and it was very good with an overall surprising attendance, got chatting to some of the guys as one does and decided to give club membership a try.
Went along last Thursday to see what the club is into and got a ver
Hi all,
It's September already and not a dish washed so to speak! I keep trying to start but something always gets in the way of time! Reading the blogs, it would seem that I am not alone, some of you guys seem to push on in all areas and some like me are restricted in time and end up taking two steps forward and three back. I have managed to build a couple of bridge kits to my credit and a crossings house/cottage,not very well I hasten to add, as it has been along time since I built kits!
Hi all
Haven't posted for a while since not much to report really, house change round done now as well as most of the decorating, so can get back to planning and construction?
In the model room I am fitting cupboards that I used to have in my workroom/office, these are now surplus to requirements office wise since my retirement!
I am mounting as many as I can above the baseboards and intend experimenting with light effects when the cupboards are fully in situ and the layout construct
Hi all,
Initial try outs on site good, got kits from scale scenes re canals etc. thanks for all help on this. Just been looking at grass and weeds etc.
I have been going through all the packed away for long time boxes and have found many items
I thought had been thrown out!!
I went to the show at the Secc in Scotland a few months ago with long time freind and bought Power cab DCC kit and converters, big change from my beginnings as being an electrician to trade, I spent most o
Starting back to modelling again now that I have finally retired, I have always enjoyed canals etc having lived in England for 9 years before moving to Ireland and want to create one in 00 format for my layout but, for the life of me I can't find any info on modelling any, Plenty of info on canals of all types but not on how to build models.
New to this blog thingy !! so hope soemone will come back with some advice/info
There are a few canals over here in Ireland where I now live but th
