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EM Gauge Society - Modelling Workshop (including EMGS AGM 2019)


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Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus
Heol y Coleg
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QY

 

Saturday 30th November 2019

 

Open 10.00am to 4.00pm

 

Admission - EMGS members FREE, Non-members £4.00

 

Demos - Layouts - Traders - Refreshments

 

Members - Don’t forget to bring your entries for the modelling competition.

 

This event is being organised by the EM Gauge Society with the assistance of members in the Cardiff area for modellers of all abilities, as part of the EM Gauge Society Members Day and AGM. Come and learn, chat and socialise with fellow modellers.

 

The AGM is for EMGS members only and will commence at 2pm sharp.

 

Layouts

Great Swilling (EM) - exhibited by David Burnett, BR(W), Gloucestershire, the layout will be operated in three time periods: 1948-1958 mainly ex Midland with some WR stock, 1959-1965 transition from steam to diesel and 1965-1972 diesel from green to blue.

Shwt (EM) - exhibited by John Chivers, BR(W), early/mid 1960s, Tewkesbury area. A former main line now heavily rationalised and threatened with imminent closure

Trevanna Dries (EM) – exhibited by Wayne Crowley, BR sectorisation and early privatisation, the mid 1980s to the mid-1990s, a single-track branch line and a China clay works in Cornwall.

Plus, the EM Gauge Society Test Track (EM & P4)

 

Demonstrators

Bernard Baker - ‘Not the Usual Methods’

Richard Brighton - Simplified DCC operation

Karl Crowther - Creating realistic stonework using Wills sheets and other materials
Roger Sawyer - Basic Soldering for the beginner
Tony Sullivan - Finescale points and trackwork

Hywel Thomas - Morfa Bank - some scenic modelling techniques

Andrew Ullyott - Progress with ‘Cheddar’ in P4

 

Traders

EMGS Trade Officer

247 Developments

Eileens Emporium

Taff Vale Models/Dragon Models

EMGS Members' Sales

 

Catering

Light refreshments will be available all day.

 

Getting there

By car - Ample free on site parking

 

By public transport - Stagecoach Bus 132 from Taffs Well railway station served by the Valley Lines from Cardiff approximately every 15mins, thence by Stagecoach Bus Service No.132 from Taffs Well.

 

Accessibility

Good disability access.

 

Contact

Email: publicity@emgs.org

 

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On 12/11/2019 at 20:45, MartinWales said:

Indeed! There will be a small Member's Sales stand too, if you want and instant fix and a quick start in EM gauge.  

What if you’re not a small member but an average sized one? Will you still be able to buy stuff?!!

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On 12/11/2019 at 21:45, MartinWales said:

Indeed! There will be a small Member's Sales stand too, if you want and instant fix and a quick start in EM gauge.  

 

On 19/11/2019 at 19:42, ullypug said:

What if you’re not a small member but an average sized one? Will you still be able to buy stuff?!!

 

On 21/11/2019 at 16:13, MartinWales said:

There will be a medium sized Members Sales Stand for average sized people if you fancy a instant fix and a quick start in EM gauge.......

 

Who will have the somewhat unenviable task of measuring the members?

 

Mike.

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Good luck with the event, sadly  296 miles from the coast of Norfolk is too far for me unfortunately.. 

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35 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

 

 

Who will have the somewhat unenviable task of measuring the members?

 

Mike.

I think the stores has jigs which measure that sort of thing...

 

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2 hours ago, valleymodeller said:

Well I went and thoroughly enjoyed it. As a new EM Society member it was very interesting to see what is available. And the 3 layouts were great too. In fact it was more enjoyable than many other full shows I have been to.

 

Tony

Glad it worked well for you, Tony. It did for me as well.  I thoroughly enjoyed it, my pocket less so after a few visits to Martin’s bring and buy stand.  All good bargains though!

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Well what a great show, I thoroughly enjoyed exhibiting today. Great to catch up with old faces and meet some new ones, many people travelled far and wide to visit and they all seemed to enjoy it.

 

Thanks to Peter and the EM society for the invite...

 

Here's a quick photo the layout I was showing, Trevanna Dries. It's just turned lunch time at the works and the manager has popped out for sneaky photo before any of his employees find out he has an interest in railways.

 

 

 

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