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Missenden Railway Modellers go on line ...again.... Virtual Spring Weekend 6 and 7 March


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Have you ever wondered what goes on a Missenden Railway Modellers’ Weekend or even been tempted to book a place? The current situation with Covid 19 means that the Summer and now the Autumn gatherings have been cancelled. The organisers have therefore decided to provide a virtual Missenden experience drawing on the resources and expertise normally only available at Missenden. This means that anyone who is interested can access all the on-line content on 17th and 18th October at no charge.

 

The first online offering will include a modelling resource of tips and tricks that we have collected over the years with many contributions from current and former tutors. 

 

Much of the Missenden experience is interacting with other modellers, sharing ideas and solutions and finding new, and sometimes better, ways of resolving the difficulties that we all face.
For a few years, we published a manual of such tips and ideas and this will now be available on the website. We are also planning to extend and improve this facility.

 

In addition, there will be new content provided by current tutors and a number of our regular attendees. There will also be a number of live sessions which require booking.

 

The main Missenden Home Page is here:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/

 

and the event page is here:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/autumn-weekend-2020-online-event/

 

 

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 A reminder to anyone who wants to register for any of the live events, you have to do so by this Thursday, the 15th October.  The link to use is:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/autumn-weekend-2020-online-event/

 

The event itself opens on Saturday morning.  There is a shed load of stuff available, enough to keep you occupied for hours!

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There are plenty of downloadable pdfs etc and if it goes to plan (.....and its a big "if"...) the Zooms will be available after the event on the main website.

Thanks for the interest.

Chris

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On 15/10/2020 at 19:46, Gilbert said:

There are plenty of downloadable pdfs etc and if it goes to plan (.....and its a big "if"...) the Zooms will be available after the event on the main website.

Thanks for the interest.

Chris

Saturday's zoom sessions

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/virtual-missenden-recordings/

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Lots of good content on the site and I really enjoyed the live event that I signed up for.

I will be working through the recordings of the other events during the week.

 

Well done to all who organised this!

 

Jon

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I attended the DCC, loco building and weathering sessions and was extremely pleased with how they were presented, informative and and hosted by exceptional modellers who took the time to explain things in an easy to understand format. It was very friendly and professional and cant wait to get on one of their weekends if the current situation improves. Well done everyone who put this together and thank you!

 

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The Missenden Railway Modellers virtual Autumn Weekend has drawn to a close but all the content remains on line here:

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/virtual-missenden-autumn-2020/

 

The weekend included a number of live zoom sessions which have been recorded and are available here:

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/virtual-missenden-recordings/

 

If you have a few minutes and whether you are a Missenden regular or not we would be very keen to hear any feedback which you can leave here:

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/virtual-missenden-feedback/

 

Thanks

Chris

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Given the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions on gatherings we have decided it will not be feasible to meet at Missenden Abbey in March 2021. We will therefore run the Spring weekend on 6-7 March as another virtual event similar to the Autumn 2020 weekend.


Content will include:

  • Backscenes
  • Scenery
  • Locomotive Kit Building
  • Fitting DCC Decoders
  • 3D Printing
  • Laser Cutting Buildings
  • Wiring Best Practice
  • Point Building and Tracklaying
  • Weathering
  • Kitbashing Buildings

With live sessions:

  • JMRI Demonstration
  • Weathering
  • What’s on the Workbench?

 

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5 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Teachers round every corner and the Headmaster telling people what to do.

 

BUT

 

Chips with every meal and a bar with real ale too.

I couldn't possibly comment..or maybe I could...those were the days...

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The Spring Virtual Weekend page has been updated including details of the live Zoom sessions.

 

The dates are 6/7 March opening at 10am:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/spring-2021-virtual-event-plans/

 

Material from the Autumn weekend is still available on line:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/virtual-missenden-autumn-2020/

 

Chris Hopper

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Zoom sessions have limited numbers and are filling up surprisingly quickly - they will be recorded and linked on the website if you miss out on the live session.

Chris Hopper

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