Chris M

You could of course achieve a lot more in N gauge. Yes, a statement of the obvious and not what you want to do. But you can buy code 40 track and make it yourself - see British Finescale https://www.britishfinescale.com/. Making buildings from scratch is pretty straightforward in N. If at some time later you still wanted to go to 4mm the experience gained by building in 2mm will make you a better builder in a larger scale. There are some nice locos available in N these days. I went from 00 to N about 12 years ago and would not now go back. I've just built a real shelf layout in N. It is only 7 inches deep although it is over 12 feet long that sits on a shelf in my railway room. It might be worth having a think to see just how much more of a layout you could do if you used N. Here's mine, its amazing what you can do with only 7 inches.

Bond Lane will also be at Statfold. This is a most interesting 00 layout.

Some 009 layouts were invited but we haven’t got one at the moment. Warley club is working on a 12ft by 3ft 009 layout (its kind of my baby) but that is a few years away from being exhibited yet.

But pretty much all the e-bikes on sale from shops and reputable on line suppliers in the UK are designed to fit within the legislation that makes them effectively the same as a non powered bicycle.

All e-bikes that you buy from a reputable shop will have a 15.5 mph limit (on power supply) and therefore be technically a pedal cycle rather than a motor vehicle. There are two main types of assistance- cadence sensing and torque sensing. These are quite different in the way they assist. A cadence sensor will. Power the motor when it senses the pedals turning. It will provide power until the speed on the preset is reached. This can be nice. Cycling this type requires less effort but tends to use more battery. A torque sensor measures how hard you are pedalling and adds additional power in line with your effort. This gives a more natural feel to pedalling but requires more of your input. if you buy from a reputable source the battery is likely to be very safe. If you buy the cheapest battery you can find from China then don’t be surprised if it bursts into flames. I have a Bosch torque sensor Cube 29er which is great and costs about £2k. I also have a cadence sensor foldable Woosh Rambletta which cost £1k and is also good. As I’m getting older I’m starting to prefer the Rambletta for smoother trails the Cube is best for rougher terrain.

Thanks, I will add you next week. I need to add a few more societies to the list and at least one more layout. Yes I would say this I really do like the Statfold Barn venue. I exhibited my old layout there in April and I loved everything about it. So much more relaxed than the NEC, nice new buildings, easy parking, friendly smiley staff, reasonably priced food and as many narrow gauge train rides as you like. Even though I am much more interested in standard gauge than narrow it is really interesting to have a look around the Statfold Barn collection of narrow gauge locos. While I wish BRM every success with their NEC show I am glad that Warley club decided to go for something smaller and much more manageable for a club to organise.

N gauge layout Cwm Bach will have its first ever exhibition at Warley at Statfold. It is being built by some idiot who keeps posting on here and was never intended to be an exhibition layout. It should be quite pretty when finished. Cwm Bach is a peculiar shape at 12ft 10ins long but only 7 inches deep. Passenger train entering the as yet un-named halt. The wonky handrail on the above loco has now been fixed. 46443 shunting at Cwm Bach.

Eardley Mor Halt in 00 is based on Eardington on the SVR. It has only been exhibited once before.

Societies & Demonstrators 009 Society West Midlands 3D Landscape Demo - Neil Podbery Soldering - Bob Bishop Sutton Coldfield Model Makers Painting & Lining - Ian Rathbone Chassis Building - George Brodie

The trade exhibitors Anoraks Anonymous Bachmann Europe PLC Bomber County Models Book Law Publications C & L Finescale Connoisseur Models Connoisseur Wrenn Deltic Preservation Society DMG Technical Ltd Dundas Models Greenwood Models Harvey's Hobbies Hereford Model Centre Holder Collectables LCUT Creative LMS Patriot Company Ltd Model Railway Trader Online Models Ltd Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd Procast Ragstone Models Rail Express Replica Railways Roger Carpenter transport photographs Squires Tools Sawyer Models The Paper Chase Travelling Art Gallery Warley members new/as new sales area

Here is a last of layouts for Warley at Statfold. Photos will be posted in September. N gauge Brocolitia Broadwater Junction, Warley MRC Cwm Bach, Chris Morris Gibben Quarry Gravelly Oak, Ed Purcell Monument Lane, Ted & Sam Robinson Musgrave Hill Spllraintal The Quarry Underwood Tunnel N-Nm Oberdorf - II Port William Trebarwith Quarry HO Burford Rock Hill Yard HOm St Fayre HOe Le Vieux Hameau OO Awdry St Nicholas or Bachmann Thomas Layout Clayton End Signalman Dagnall End, Redditch MRC Eardley Mor Halt Jacksfield Portishead TMD Seaford Promenade EM Hadley Town Orfe Quay O Baracke Works, Pete Aston Borington by the Sea Pulsons Amalgamated Munitions Worcester South Quay O-NG Abbey Light Railway David Malton Inver Rumbow Edge S7 Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae

Actually most model trees are way too short so I commend the use of nearer to correct scale trees on this scene. The loco is obviously straight out of the box and looks so wrong. Why oh why do people do that? The big building at the back is ok but it needs some more feature to make it look right.

Our second open day of the year is this coming Sunday. Loads of clubs layouts will be running as usual. There will be people to chat with and a club secondhand sales stand. Entrance to this lovely event is free but you won’t be allowed out unless you buy a cake or a bacon bap.

My expertise in building baseboards means that it wouldn’t really matter.