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Mickleover (Derby) 21 January 7mm Narrow Gauge Open Day


Mike Bellamy

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The Trent Valley Area Group of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association are holding a 'Members' Day' at Mickleover Community Centre (Derby DE3 0DA) on Saturday 21st January between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

 

Layouts, Traders and Demonstrators information will be posted later.

 

Full details are on the EDM web site http://www.ngtrains.com/Pages/Admin/Shows/tvg3.htm (thanks Paul) complete with public transport information and maps. You can also see photos of the Henmore layout and the previous events to see what to expect. Thanks to Mary and Sylvia, bacon cobs, jacket potatoes and other light refreshments will be available. There are also three pubs nearby as well as a chip shop, cake shop and Tesco.

 

Car parking is available at the rear of the Community Centre off Vicarage Road (by the new Library) – be there early to get a space! There is a regular bus service from the City Centre

 

A charge of £3 will be made to cover the cost of the hall hire.

 

All welcome (we need the money!) :triniti:

 

Hope to see some of you there

 

Mike

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Just to add a couple of things to Mike's post about our little "do"............

 

 

1. EDM Models / Ngtrains [Me] will be bringing a van load of stock but it won't be everything. If there is something specific you want please let me know before we leave York on the Friday lunchtime.

 

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2. Not narrow gauge but we will have a bit of 0 standard gauge at the "do" as I have borrowed the Ixiob Hudswell Clarke test model and we'll have a track for it to exercise on.

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I took it to a little lunch time event today and it impressed everyone who had a play with it

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DEMONSTRATIONS

 

There will be a demonstration of building buildings(!) by David Wright as featured in Railway Modeller and on his ’shows you how’ DVD.

 

Keith Gilliver will be displaying his unusual collection of rail mounted military vehicles

 

Ian Thompson will be demonstrating 7mm trams built from plastic card.

 

 

TRADERS

 

EDM models stock the full range of Bachmann On30, as well as products from many other US suppliers such as AMS, San Juan, Stoney Creek, Banta, PSC and other hard to get items. Paul stocks DCC from NCE and Soundtraxx and kits for some Festiniog locos. The unique Ixion model of the South Australian ‘Coffee Pot’ will be available at a special offer price for the ‘no 1 version’ (plain end). New from San Juan are ready to run Tank Cars and new building kits have just arrived from Raggs to Riches.

 

EDM goes Standard Gauge. Following the success of the Coffee-Pot, Paul has secured a deal with Ixion to have the Engineering Prototype of the Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 being demonstrated at this event. This is the only model in the country and is the one featured in most of the magazines last month. Orders are now being taken for the final version at a special price of £235.

 

Port Wynnstay will have their full range of both narrow and standard gauge stock available along with other kits and architectural items for buildings.

 

Allen Law from Minimum Gauge Models will have his new range of kits for O9 and Gn15

 

The 7mm NGA Sales stand will be there with a range of modelling goods including Peco NG stock, Evergreen plastic sheet and strips and Kadee couplings, Publications and Second Hand Sales.

 

There will also be members’ informal 'bring and buy' sales.

 

Just waiting for details of one of the layouts - should be 5 there including one in O standard gauge so that Paul can let visitors run the Ixion Hudswell Clarke loco. That layout will also be for sale - details soon!

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Hi Mike, just to let you know I'll be there with the 0 gauge as discussed on tues night.

Alan

Thanks Alan

 

I was going to publish the layout list sooner but have been let down by someone who hasn't let me have any details apart from name and size (the layout that is, not him !)

 

Anyway - the details are now below - as your layout is for sale, I suggest that you post a description on here and hopefully you will get a queue of buyers wanting to take it home. As it's there as the demo layout for the Ixion Hudswell Clarke loco then the purchaser will have to wait until 4.00pm :nono:

 

 

LAYOUTS

 

The highlight will be our O16.5 layout Henmore, based in rural Derbyshire serving the local quarries around Ashbourne - we have to hire the Community Centre to set it up as the layout is 24ft in its short form as shown here but will have additional boards for the Derby exhibition in May.

 

Anderton - A Maine inspired On30 layout set in the early 30's: this is another long layout that only just fits in the hall, and shows work in progress, brought to us by the West Midlands Area Group.

 

Hofbau Am See - by James Corsi

 

Port Wynnstay Quay. A dockside layout from Phil Traxson built using many of his resin castings.

 

Ramsdale. O Standard gauge by local modeller Alan Cheadle. This layout has featured on RMweb and is being used to demonstrate the new Ixion Hudswell Clarke loco. Layout for sale – please ask for details.

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LAYOUTS

 

 

Port Wynnstay Quay. A dockside layout from Phil Traxson built using many of his resin castings.

 

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What Mike doesn't tell you is that this layout is "work in progress" , and at long last progress is being made.

I think 8years for an 8ft x 1ft layout is pretty good on the procrastination stakes, especially as Ikea supplied the baseboards ready made!

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Just had a phone call offering an On30 Loco Shed and loco display - of course I accepted but now need to think where they will fit!

 

See you in the morning

 

Mike

 

Okay, okay, I'll be there !! Do you charge extra for 'small' committee meetings.........??

 

Bob

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Do you charge extra for 'small' committee meetings.........??

Well we do need to replace our "small" Chairman :O . . . . . and before you start getting ideas - no I don't want the job - far too much going on and lots more members better qualified than I am :nono:

 

Mike

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Some pictures taken at todays exhibition,

 

First up Ashbourne Park Road

 

 

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Minimum Gauge Models - Demo Layout

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Hofbau Am See - Exhibited for the first time

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Any exhibition managers in Suffolk / East Anglia who would like to book this layout email jamescorsi@hotmail.com

 

Nitinat Lumber Co - Diorama

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Anderton

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Port Wynnstay

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And finally...... We have the first engineering prototype of the Ixion Hudswell Clark on test on my 0 Gauge layout 'Ramsdale' and Lionheart Trains unpainted 7 plank wagons.

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