Glorious NSE Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 A quick advance post for next years Armitage Freemo meet - put the dates in your diaries folks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2015 A quick advance post for next years Armitage Freemo meet - put the dates in your diaries folks! Already in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Same. I fly out to Orlando at the end of September so I'm not sure if I'll be available. I'm almost certain we fly the following Wednesday so I should be good to go, though I'm not sure what I'll be able to fit into the car - Alpha Packaging or Milepost 21 or both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Confirmed - I fly out the week after. So hell yeah I'm game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 And with TVNAM gone, it's time to bump this thread... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted June 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator?Yes, but its more fun to join in. I'll be there and my dad has asked about coming again, however no module this year, I wasn't satisfied with the track so I've ripped it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I have no module to offer, and no DCC locos, but (assuming I can get the necessary clearance) I'd like to come and join in if I can... I do have some badly weathered freight cars, hopefully will have several more by September... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 16, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2016 Martyn If you want the full length Fort Myers let me know in me as I need to build leg extensions for the juice factory and fit sound chips in the Tropicana cars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator? Like Tim says we'd prefer participants, you don't neccesarily need to bring anything to do that other than a willingness to come and play trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator? I have no module to offer, and no DCC locos, but (assuming I can get the necessary clearance) I'd like to come and join in if I can... I do have some badly weathered freight cars, hopefully will have several more by September... If you haven't been to a Freemo meet before then it's worth just bringing yourself along and buddying up with someone as Driver Engineer and Conductor/brakeman/switchman. I can bring my Junction/Street Running module, but it hasn't been set up since last September and I still need to sort out the grounding problem that some trains experienced, although this might have just been a case of a misaligned baseboard joint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I'd agree with getting involved. There is the opportunity to learn a lot more about operations , switchlists etc as well as seeing different ideas for building modules which can just as well be applied to individual layouts. In my experience , people are only too happy to share their knowledge and experiences on how they did things , and , I think it's fair to say , you'd be unlikely to have many opportunities to operate on a layout of such a size outside of the Freemo environment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mog Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator? I completely mis-read your post as 'Is it possible to just be spectacular?' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2016 I've got the weekend booked off and hotel booked Tim, there's still 3 months left to (re)build something!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2016 Is it possible to just be a spectator?No we force you to have a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Right, planning time!If anyone is planning to come and didn't get Nick's email this morning can you let me know and PM me your email address if I don't already have it.Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northpoint Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Right, planning time! If anyone is planning to come and didn't get Nick's email this morning can you let me know and PM me your email address if I don't already have it. Thanks! Can you also let me know so I can keep on top of numbers for catering etc. Martyn for planning and ops; me for grub! ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2016 Can you also let me know so I can keep on top of numbers for catering etc. Martyn for planning and ops; me for grub! ;) Nick 4 of us so far (names as per last year) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBrad Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I am not in a position to participate this year, hopefully lots of pictures will be taken at the event though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Here is a daft question, what are the Freemo specs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2016 Here is a daft question, what are the Freemo specs? https://rstowerfreemo.wordpress.com/module-info/module-specifications/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks Paul. Not sure my carpentry skills are up to the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBrad Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The carpentry doesn't actually look that complicated, my hesitation has always been creating an interesting enough module that I can easily transport, I had planned to build a British modular layout which uses similar specs, but the existing ones are concentrated, (but not exclusive to,) the SE of the country, meaning long distances if I wanted to play with others. Worst case scenario, if you can afford it, I believe Tim Horn is or was planning to build laser cut flatpack baseboards to freemo spec. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks Paul. Not sure my carpentry skills are up to the job. Rob , I had the same doubts but have successfully produced several modules which work and mate up properly - both in our local area group and at last year's Armitage meeting. I sought advice from others prior to cutting any wood for things like leg dimensions , so have a go. I'm happy to show my terrible carpentry if you want any pointers. Single track modules tend to be a lot more forgiving as well - as long as the track is level at the board end where it interfaces with other modules , it should all work as intended easily enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2016 If you're worried about carpentry then build a single ended module, my King Coal is 3ft x 1.5ft and just one point, so you only have to sort one end perfectly Tim Horn, Model Railway Solutions, White Rose etc all do baseboard kits and Tim has 450mm wide x 1000mm long that fit the specs for an 18inch module if you add legs, they are about £50 incl VAT. The other option is to find a local B&Q or wood yard who will cut a 8x4 to length and then cut it into 18" widths for the tops, and now you know it's all the same length, you get them to cut the rest into 4" strips to build the frame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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