Andy Y Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 EMGS Announcement Advance Notice The 4th Chris Kedgley Memorial Skills Day The family of Chris Kedgley, the former Chairman of the EM gauge society (and active member of the Scalefour Society) who passed away in June 2013, “gifted” his models and un-built kits to the EMGS. Chris was a highly skilled modeller who as well as building also painted and lined his models. With the proceeds of sale from these models now exceeding £5,000 the EMGS Board have decided to hold a fourth “Skills Day” (the first in the North of England) in his memory. The event will comprise of a number of demonstrators covering a wide range of modelling skills, plus two award-winning layouts exhibited “sans drapes” Visitors will be encouraged (where practicable) to “have a go”. Date: Sat March 11th 2017 Location: Littleborough Coach House, Lodge Street, Littleborough Nr Rochdale OL15 9AE (5 mins walk from Littleborough Station which is a 20min train journey from Manchester Victoria) Hours: 11am to 4.30pm Cost: Admission £3 EMGS Members FREE (Don’t forget your membership cards) Catering: The Cherry Tree café is adjacent to the venue. Demonstrations already confirmed (more to come) include: - • Soldering for absolute beginners - Roger Sawyer • Signal Construction - Karl Crowther • Etched Coach Construction - Dave Carter • Alex Jackson (AJ’s) Couplings - Tony Williams • Soldering White Metal - Derek Evans • Architectural Model Construction - Andy Cooper • Track and Turnout Construction -Tony Sullivan • The Art of Tree making and scenics - David Hawkins • Ready to run loco conversions and chassis construction – Peter Hill • ‘On my workbench’ Ian Worthington & Martin Edmondson featuring installation of point motors and control system for the fiddle yard on Ian’s EM ‘Glaisden’ layout. • Resin casting in the preparation of coach sides - Martin Stringer • Rolling stock detailing including laser glaze coach windows and wagon weathering -. Ben Lord & Dai Davies • Modeling Road Vehicles including working vehicles using radio control and the Faller system - Phil Taylor • Not all wagons are the same!! – Duncan Redford There will also be a Loco clinic for troublesome models run by John James who will also be expounding the virtues of Split Chassis Loco Construction The EMGS Trade Stand will also be in attendance. This event is organised on behalf of the EMGS mainly by Tony Sullivan (EMGS Publicity Officer) with the considerable help of Karl Crowther and members of The Rochdale MRG. (Contact 07806 093340 or mnw1919@gmail.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Saturday March 11th coincides nicely with the ELR Spring Steam Spectacular Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Sounds like it could be a grand day out. I'm sure that several Wakefield area modellers will try to be there. It's a lot nearer than Surrey after all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted January 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2017 Looking forward to this, should be an inspiring and informative day out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 This one is a bit too far even for me to attend but I was at the first three and can thoroughly recommend the concept. No-one is too old to learn! Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Very much looking forward to exhibiting at this with The Mill, i'm a big fan of these smaller more intimate events. Anybody who hasn't been to any of the skills days or to any of the other society groups smaller get togethers I would highly recommend them. We're all looking to gain a little bit of extra modelling know how, an alternative way of doing things or to get our heads round a technique you've only read about. With a list of demos like that to talk to & discus ideas it's worth the journey & entrance fee alone. It'd be great to see a good turn out from the societies northernly membership (its free for you) & plenty of non society members. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted January 27, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2017 It'd be great to see a good turn out from the societies northernly membership (its free for you) & plenty of non society members. Cheers Chris A very good point there Chris; there's nothing in the list of demos that is exclusively EM/P4 and it's a great opportunity for anyone interested in finescale modelling regardless of what gauge or scale they use to learn something new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted March 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2017 Looking forward to this. Apologies for duplicate posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Only 2 days to go. Checked train times today and they seem to fit in nicely. See you there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Evening... The Mill is all loaded in the car ready for setting off in the morning, an additional half a dozen new wagons fitted with AJs & the locos tested. Very much looking forward to spending the day playing trains & catching up with folk. See you all in the morning. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 It was an excellent and very well attended event. I trust that the EMGS will be really pleased with the outcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Accompanied by two shady characters I spent most of yesterday at Littleborough. Started the day well by having half an hour of playing trains before hot tailing it off to Lancashire. What a cracking event. Got there about 11:30 to find the venue absolutely chock a block (but not uncomfortably so) and not a spare seat at any of the demo's. Plenty of space around and about the Coach House for my chauffeur to park the Bentley (free) and loads of stuff to inspire regardless of scale, gauge or mindset. Super choice of venue, with a second hand book shop with a large railway section within two minutes walk and a smashing pub with soft seats, newspapers, coal fire & good ale (those that know about such things told me so) less than three minutes away. Didn't manage any phots of the event but did manage some pix of some bricks and some stones that were less than four minutes walk from the event. There were also some quite nice voussoirs & spandrels (penned by Geordie Stiv) to pass though on the way back from the pub. Some Littleborough bricks yesterday. A big stone at Littleborough station yesterday. Some nice voussoirs & spandrels (with a strange man loitering in Littleboroughs red light district) yesterday. What was the purpose of the wrought Ironwork? The day was topped off with a detour to the ELR (Less than 20 minutes drive) to take some snaps of a stove in a stove and catch some LMS type kettles partaking in some double heading. Then it was half an hour sat under the Bury station platform canopies sipping a half of triple chocolate stout, (Titanic Brewery). That went down well. Well it would with steam locos doing their final bit of shunting for the day within touching distance. A stove in a Stove ( R ) yesterday. A bit of Lancashire double edding that may av tekkin place yesterday. All in all, a grand day out and a credit to the organizers. When's the next one? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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