RMweb Premium Annie Posted May 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2019 Yes the delights of instantaneous etheric communication Northroader. The Fen Drove article is certainly worth hunting out amongst the magazine stacks if you aren't like me with my super convenient birthday present RM on-line subscription. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2019 I missed seeing you today I was wandering around all day but a lot of nattering with friends. Fen Dove was nicly modelled. Aparantly th rest of the layout is up in the loft and about 60ft long to the same standard. Don 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2019 10 hours ago, Northroader said: Thank you for enquiring, Mikkel, I’m afraid I’m still at a standstill with the Washbourne line, as all my energy (?) has been going on to the Englefield line for something like two months. Over there I’ve decided that it was ripe for a rebuild from a terminus / fiddleyard into a through station with small fiddle yards each end, as I’ve been pushing recently on here, and this is shaping nicely, and I’ve decided to stay focused on getting it somewhere near finished. Thanks for the update, and don't let me distract you then. Staying focused is hard enough as it is in this hobby of so many possibilities. Speaking of which, Fen Drove does look exciting in that clip, as do David's layouts which have now been bookmarked for further reading. Many thanks for pointing in their direction. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Northroader said: Funnily enough I’ve been off today to the ALSRM do at Reading, which I think is always good for finding good layouts to admire. Wah! A direct clash with my club's show just a few miles away, at which I was busy all day with the first outing of one of our club layouts. I've never managed to get to one of the Rivermead shows and always regret it. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 12, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 Don’t get me wrong, but I think one of the main attractions is that the bulk of shows are built around OO with a bit of N, whereas with the ALSRM do the whole lot is large scale, and finding great variety. You’ll have to get your club to swap dates. I failed to mention that the Hambleden Valley Line was there, another that looks magic, with hands-off live steam. http://www.summerlands-chuffer.co.uk/the-hambledon-valley-railway/4594144236 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 It's the first reading show that we have missed in about 5 years. But we couldn't do the 16 hour round trip with a 4 year-old and have him fighting fit for school today. Marc 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Wah! A direct clash with my club's show just a few miles away, at which I was busy all day with the first outing of one of our club layouts. I've never managed to get to one of the Rivermead shows and always regret it. Can I ask which show that was? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 12, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) Presume this is the one Stephen supports? The one I’ve been going on about is this one: https://www.alsrm-events.co.uk/reading-show Edited May 12, 2019 by Northroader 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 7 hours ago, ChrisN said: Can I ask which show that was? Apologies this is well off-topic but since the Question has been Put, the Swallowfield show, one of two shows per year organised by the Loddon Vale Model Railway Club, of which I am a member. (In the 2018 group photo, I am on the extreme right.) I'm involved with the club layout Erlegh Quay, which was having its first outing as a "work in progress". Here's some video footage - the Hand of Lea can be seen at 8:57. Warning: not pre-Grouping! The stock is all 1950s WR, mostly RTR, none of it mine. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2019 Thank you Stephen and thank you Northroader, I have been to the Autumn Exhibition at St Peters with my son, grand daughter and grandson so I wondered if that is the one you meant which is why I asked. We had the grandchildren with us this week so did not go and as next week is Expo EM I would be chancing it two weeks in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 We'll look forward to seeing you at Earley St Peters on 21st Sept! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 12, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 I was scanning the group photo for your club, Stephen, wondering if I could find a person I used to work with, lived in Earley, name of Grahame, modelled in N gauge, couldn’t find him, ah well, the other thing I didn’t find in the layout photos was a single D299 wagon? You’re slipping. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 You might check out the Berkshire Area Group of the N Gauge Society - @Bagladdies - they have a Facebook page. The LVMRC is, as advertised, a very friendly club, but GWR/WR with a bit of SR does predominate. I'm hoping to work towards a pre-grouping day on Erlegh Quay! As in all missionary work, one has to start with where people are at... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2019 The above brings back memories. One of the boys in my class was the son of the vicar of Grazeley. Depite living in Caversham I spnt a lot of time around Earley / Maiden Erleigh. It has all changed now by the look of the local maps. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 28/03/2019 at 13:44, Regularity said: I can only presume that you haven’t tried to manoeuvre a double-bass case about the place? That sentence reminded me that there's a moose loose aboot this hoose. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 17, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2019 Oh, go on then, (there ain’t much else happening) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeu72y0f4Kc 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianmaccormac Posted May 17, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2019 I sometimes feel I am on another planet when things appear on here! That made me smile! Cheers Ian in Blackpool 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2019 I remember that. Around that time my pocket money went on Last Train to San Fernando Johnny Ducan and the Bluegrass Boys on a 78 for the windup gramaphone. Don 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2019 They don’t write em like they used to. Must try slipping in a Record now and then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted May 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Northroader said: They don’t write em like they used to. That’s not always a bad thing... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2019 Watch Eurovision.... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted May 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Northroader said: Watch Eurovision.... Is that possible? I am sure it’s more of an endurance test... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2019 Quote: “we’re an award winning, anti capitalist, BDSM inspired, techno punk, cyber goth, entertainment, opera influenced performance entourage founded with the goal of exposing the anomaly of neoliberal society and the relentless scam that we call everyday life. It is a reflection on power and powerlessness, hope and hopelessness.” Stick with rock and roll, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 "BDSM inspired" eh? I need to check some of their videos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2019 Don’t, they’re blokes, leastways, I think they’re blokes. I’d best stick to modelling. The missus is going out this afternoon, and I’m not needed. Yippee!!! 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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