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Thanks to Stan and Perth mrc for organising a great weekend with a great barbecue!  Hope to see you all at our Greenock show in October.

Brian.

Opening times;- 

Saturday 22nd  10.00 - 5pm

Sunday23rd 12.00md- 5pm

Prices Adult £5

Concession  £4

Family          £15

Just one week till our first exhibition for three years. Looking forward to a good show. Preparations are going well- so far!

Prize competition for under 16's--  Draw or paint a picture of the Royal Train.  The winner will receive a prize supplied  by Junction Box  models. Judging will be at 3 pm Sunday. 

Lyle Kirk,

Union St,

Greenock. PA16 8DD

10 working layouts,trade,food

Static and automatic dioramas.

Debut of the clubs new layout " Kirkconnel " see below

Just upgraded the speaker on my weathered Caley 812 to a double iPhone in the tender ready for Modelrail Scotland. I am in no doubt the public will hear it now!

Just arrived- a weathered 828. But while the sounds are all there the loco won't move. Cvs  are adjustable but I don't have read back at present.  I did a factory reset but to no avail. 

Any simple fixes or is this a return job!

A dirty one coming my way for action on Kilbowie at Modelrail Scotland. I have just phoned to upgrade to the sound model. I was going to wait till and choose a sound file but having the built in speaker has spooked me a bit. It may still get an additional speaker in the tender. We'll see..........

Thanks everyone for your positive comments and yes Kilbowie did win the cup. We all enjoyed the show but will need to scratch our heads to come up with better next year. We hope to see you all again next year. You can follow events as they unfold on Facebook.

You've  got to come to our exhibition because there are so many great layouts.

Modellers I'm  sure you'll  want some of them for your own shows!

Support your fellow modellers

Kilbowie will be dragged out from its homebase for only the 4th time. Visitors will see both steam and blue diesels ( sunday) on the assumption the line received  a Beeching reprieve!

Due to an upturn in the whisky trade the line to INVERBOYNDIE was resurrected resulting in a return of both passenger and freight services. Visit these beautiful surroundings at our show.

Ah the secret is to reserve it when you go in and stick it in your pocket till you are ready to eat it! The buffet staff only bake 2 or 3 pies so you need to be quick.

How do you make a working model boat pond in oo scale? The answer is............ come along to our show and see it on our Thomas layout and ask!

Do you like the borders? Lammermuir typifies borders scenery with a variety of well known landmarks thrown in the mix.Come along on the 20th-21st and see!

David and Rob Wallers' "Dduallt" will make its Scottish debut at our Greenock show

Order your apple pie early because some people take 2 pieces!

BTW. Parking at the kirk is free and plentiful on the surrounding roads.

Well that set up was easy. I just couldn't remember where all the connections went! Well it's all working but tomorrow is another day!

Now now you know I can't condone bacon rolls. However 1 bacon roll + 1 apple pie- now that's a balanced diet!

Hi Doc

 

Never mind the apple pie. Just make sure the bacon rolls are on for Saturday morning.

I have it on good authority that the home made apple pie is at an advanced stage of preparation. Don't delay get your pie at the show while stocks last!

Less than a week till our exhibition. Our layouts have been dusted down and are ready to go. Lammermuir station is expecting a few specials!

Removing the Peckett body. Disaster!

Trying to remove a very tight and stuck body to fit DCC to my shock the crosshead pin has sheared from its connecting rod. This appears to be very fragile and not made of nickel silver. I will be contacting Hornby for a remedy.

The doocot and canal on Kilbowie

http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/doocots/

I'll post a picture shortly.

B.T.