South Hants Area Group Meeting

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We have the first Area Group meeting, under new management this Tuesday night at Portsmouth

 

Please see the attachment for more info.

 

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South Hants AG News Summer 14.pdf

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Short report after my first Area Group Meeting in September.

 

Tuesday 9th September 2014 We had a successful and enjoyable Area Group meeting, the agenda for the night was as planned.

 

Chris Budd gave an demonstration of soldering trackwork, especially the crossing vee using silver soldering techniques, now we all need to make another special jig as he showed us.

 

Dave Hawkins, Phil Chudley and Jonathan Buckie described three different ways of make buildings for the Eastwood Layout (see photo of a radial tank in front of the Eastwood signal box, complete with full interior details - that no one can see. (but we know it's there).

 

Running rights were exercised on Eastwood and Hope under Dinmore layouts (one week before going to Expo EM North). Unfortunately no visitors brought any stock with them, so please can I encourage members to bring some models to show us and to run if possible. If you cannot stand constructive critisism beware you might get blunt recommendations.

 

Tuesday 14th October 2014 The second meeting will again be at the South Hants MRC Club Rooms at Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth (see http://www.shmrc.co.uk/location.html for directions or contact me). , The Theme for the night is Railway Models of Southern England from LSWR to SW Trains and all stops in between.

 

 

 

At the time of writing this report, three exhibition layouts will be available to view and to use as "test tracks". Lee on the Solent, end to end (S4) http://www.shmrc.co.uk/layouts/Lee/Lee.htm and Ogden Fold (S4) this is being prepared for the East of England exhibition (18 October 2014 - 19 October 2014 at East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE) plus Eastwood S4.

 

 

 

In the early evening Ray Hodson will demonstrate how an RSU works and how to use an RSU in the "Building Room" for those interested. Later on Dave Smith will be describing his stock as used on his Southern Area Layout Brighton Road (EM).

 

 

 

Tuesday 11th November 2014 We can now confirm that we have been invited to the Southampton Model Railway Society Clubrooms. Unit 1b,3b,5b & 6b Kemps Quay Industrial Park, Quayside Road, Southampton, SO18 1BZ. (See http://southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com/contact-us-2/) The speakers will be Phil Hall discussing RTR conversions and Alison Barker one of the few Ladies active in Model Railway (and Co-Chairman, SMRS)

 

 

 

Other facilities are operational OO and O gauge layouts plus N gauge under construction. There are DVD and VHS players and we probably have access to a digital projector. More info to follow.

 

 

 

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at all meetings.

 

 

 

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The Churchillian" next to the clubrooms before they go home, or in Southampton we will have to find a watering hole.

 

Update 13-10-14

 

The Ogden Fold layout is fully erected prior to the East of England BRM exhibition next week end. The layout should be running as at the exhibition for testing and if you want photographing.

 

Just another thing to look forward to. As all the L&Y stock will be on Ogden layout then the Eastwood layout will be using BR Steam and Green Diesels plus what ever you bring with you. Visiting stock welcome.

 

See you next Tuesday

 

Ray

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Short report South Hants Area Group Meetings .

 

Report

 

NEXT MEETING

 

Tuesday 9th December 2014

 

 

We return to the South Hants MRC Clubrooms at Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth (see http://www.shmrc.co.uk/location.htmlfor directions or contact me).

 

 

 

My good friends Dave Hawkins will be giving an illustrated talk on operating a Branch Terminus Signal Box at a busy Station from dawn to dusk. As a well known modeller (Gt. Bardfield, Kitehouses and Stoke by Nayland to name just three layouts), he will be advising how our model layouts might learn from the operation of the real thing. Dave is a Guard and Signalman on the North Norfolk Railway.

 

 

 

Finally the evening will be completed with a show and tell session, so please bring along what you have made during the year.

 

 

 

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at the meetings.

 

 

 

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The Churchillian" next to the clubrooms before they go home .

 

Come and join us.

 

LAST MEETING

 

Tuesday 11th November 2014

 

 

Last month we had a very good night at Southampton Model Railway Society Clubrooms. Two illustrated talks by Alison Barker and Phil Hall kept us enthralled for a couple of hours. I think we should remember the talks but also just think how long it took the speakers to prepare the talks. Thanks to them both.

 

FUTURE MEETING FOR YIUR DIARY

 

 

 

Date for your 2015 Diary - Tuesday 14th April 2015. An Audience with Tony Wright as he discusses “The Changing Hobby”. Tony is well know in the hobby as a photographer, Magazine Editor, Magazine article writer and most of all a prolific modeller. This talk was very popular talk a the recent BRM East of England Exhibition at Peterborough.

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Ray Hodson

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South Hants Area Group Meetings (EMGS & S4)

 

Short report after December 2015 Area Group Meeting.

 

Report

 

Tuesday December 2014, we had another meeting in the South Hants Clubrooms, this month the talk was by David Hawkins about the operation of a Small Terminus (like so many model railways), the subject was Sherringham on the North Norfolk Railway where David is a Signalman and Guard.

 

We learnt a lot about the real thing and many of us learnt something we should know if we are to operate models in a prototypical manner, Thanks Dave, it was also very entertaining.

 

The next meeting is on Tuesday Night February 10th 2015. The title of the night is "Rock and Roll Railways". We will have Hope under Dinmore and Ogden Fold operation and the intention is to operate 1950/1960 BR Stock (hence R&R Rly). Please bring along any BR Stock you want to run. ALSO bring any models to join in a Show and Tell session after the tea break and before we go to the pub.

 

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at all meetings.

 

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The Churchillian" next to the clubrooms before they go home.

 

Ray Hodson

South Hants AO

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South Hants Area Group Meetings (EMGS & S4)

 

Short report Summer 2015 .

 

The Area Group continues to meet regularly, in June when Dave Bridges gave an illustrated and informative talk about “Making and Finishing Coaches” and we were able to see

 

The EM gauge Hope under Dinmore and the S4 Eastwood layouts. thank you Cave for a most interesting talk.

 

The next meeting is on Tuesday Night 15th September 2015. The title of the night is "Wagons Roll". Ray Hodson will give an illustrated talk on Pre Grouping plastic wagons, especially conversions and adaptions. Wagon loads will also be discussed.

 

ALSO members are encouraged to bring any models to join in a Show and Tell session after the tea break and before we go to the pub.

 

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at all meetings.

 

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The Churchillian" next to the clubrooms before they go home.

 

In November we have booked Terry Bendall to give us a talk called "I did (do) it my way". Terry has been at the forefront of S4 Modelling for many many years, in the early years he was one of the founder members of the Group that built Pulborough as featured at many shows and in the MRJ. Presently, with his son, he has a modern image S4 layout on the exhibition circuit and is the Scalefour Exhib manager.

So make a date in your diary for November 10th. Subject to confirmation.

 

 

Ray Hodson

South Hants AO

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SOUTH HANTS AREA GROUP

 

Supported by EMGS and Scalefour Society

 

 

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th Nov, 7pm for 7.30pm

at the South Hants Model Railway Club clubrooms, Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth PO6 3LS

 

“I Do It My Way” by Terry Bendall

 

Terry has been at the forefront of S4 Modelling for many years, with 43 years experience of modelling to P4 standards. In the early years he was one of the founder members of the Group that built Pulborough as featured at many shows and in the MRJ. Presently, with his son Simon, he has a modern image S4 layouts on the exhibition circuit and is the Scalefour Exhibition Manager. So make a date in your diary for November 10th.

 

The S4 Eastwood layouts will be erected and available for running, the EM gauge Hope under Dinmore could be up, so members are encouraged to bring models to display and run, before the talk, during the break and after the talk.

Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available at the meetings.

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The Churchillian" next to the clubrooms before they go home .

 

The meeting is open to all, whatever scale and standards you work in.

 

For directions to Clubroom please refer to the SHMRC website - http://www.shmrc.org.uk/location-contacts/or for more information call Ray Hodson

01329 315641 or 07951 978002

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Hello everyone,

 

 

Please see below info about next month’s South Hants Area Group Meeting.  Please will you let everyone know about it

   

Please note there will be several workshops in different locations in the clubrooms. Not a lecture

   

The next meeting will be held on

Tuesday 13^th June from 7.30pm

at the South Hants Model Railway Club clubrooms, Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth PO6 3LS

         

 

“Model Workshop Tools Workshop”

An Evening Workshop and Demonstrations of hand and power tools by a team of SHMRC experienced modellers

We don’t expect to have any layouts up for running as space is limited, so members are encouraged to bring models to show and talk about.

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at the meetings.

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The George" just down the road before they go home .

The meeting is open to all, whatever scale and standards you work in.

For directions to Clubroom please refer to the SHMRC website - www.shmrc.co.uk or for more information call Ray Hodson 07710 591511

[Ray5311]

Hello everyone,

 

 

Please see below info about next month’s South Hants Area Group Meeting.  Please will you let everyone know about it

   

Please note there will be several workshops in different locations in the clubrooms. Not a lecture

   

The next meeting will be held on

Tuesday 13^th June from 7.30pm

at the South Hants Model Railway Club clubrooms, Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth PO6 3LS

         

 

“Model Workshop Tools Workshop”

An Evening Workshop and Demonstrations of hand and power tools by a team of SHMRC experienced modellers

We don’t expect to have any layouts up for running as space is limited, so members are encouraged to bring models to show and talk about.

Tea/coffee and biscuits should be available at the meetings.

At the end of the evening members are invited to join the Portsmouth locals at "The George" just down the road before they go home .

The meeting is open to all, whatever scale and standards you work in.

For directions to Clubroom please refer to the SHMRC website - www.shmrc.co.uk or for more information call Ray Hodson 07710 591511