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    Bargain Hunters Mark 2

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    LIDL supermarket from on Sunday 15th October are selling a Digital Soldering Station, including 48watt Iron with 3 interchangeable tips, and stand/sponge. It might even include a reel of solder.

    It has three preset temps of 200, 300 and 400 degC, and is variable from 200 to 450degC.

     

    Not as low a temperature as some expensive models which go down to white metal temperatures, but this is priced at only £17.99.

     

    See below link:

     

    https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?articleId=6988

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

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    Risborough & District MRC Annual Open Day 7th Oct

    in Exhibitions

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    CLUB ANNUAL OPEN DAY

    Risborough & District Model Railway Club

    Saturday 7th of October 2017

    Community Centre(adjacent to Springs swimming pool),
    Wades Park,
    Stratton Road,
    Princes Risborough,
    Bucks,
    HP27 9AX

     

    This is a day where the club has the Main hall and the Carrington room in the Community Centre in Princes Risborough open to the public.
    Demonstrations and displays of club projects (including our layouts Aylesbury Town and Okehampton) will cover track laying, scenery, electrics, layout research, kit-building, detailing and weathering in a variety of scales from N through 00, 4mm finescale to 7mm. Visitors most welcome.

     

    Only disabled car parking places are available at the Community Centre, therefore all other visitors are required to park in the Mount Carpark in Stratton Road (Follow brown Leisure Centre signs to just past St. Mary's Church). Please note that this is pay and display. Half hourly bus service from Aylesbury or High Wycombe. 15 minute walk from Chiltern Railway station with regular trains from Birmingham, Banbury, Aylesbury or London Marylebone, 25 minutes drive from M40 Junction 6 via B4009.
    Prospective senior and junior members welcome.

     

    11.00am - 4.00pm

    Admission FREE

    http://www.rdmrc.org.uk

    Thanks
    SEEYA
    ANT         

    Scaleforum 2017 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury - Saturday September 23rd Sunday September 24th

    in Exhibitions

    Posted · Edited by ANT

    Hello

     

    I have just noticed on the Scalefour website on the Scaleforum 2017 page that you can now down load the Show Guide in pdf.

     

    Here is a direct link:

     

    https://www.scalefour.org/downloads/2017/scaleforum2017guide.pdf

     

    When you click on the link you should get a box at the bottom of the page asking if you want to save or open it.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

    Dapol 08

    in Dapol

    Posted

    Hello

     

    Just been looking at the September issue of Hornby Magazine, and I see that in the inside back cover there is a photo of the 1st decorated sample of 08173.

     

    Now I have the digital issue, but it looks like to me that it has a black cab roof, would this be correct? 

     

    Has anyone seen other decorated samples of the next batch of 08s?

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

    Dapol Class 121 and 122 in OO gauge

    in Dapol

    Posted

    Thanks Martin

     

    Most amusing

    When I unboxed my model the offending piece of plastic was wedged between the exhaust and the cab roof. I would have sworn that someone had put it there because it nearly looked right.

     

    36005036031_e6457598fd_c.jpg

    Dapol_Class122 - as received

     

    Regards

     

    Ray

     

    Hello

     

    I have noticed that this extra plastic part is on both the green ones on the Hattons website, see links below

     

    http://www.hattons.co.uk/60363/Dapol_4D_015_002_Class_122_Gloucester_RCW_Bubblecar_single_car_DMU_Class_122_single_car_DMU_Bubbl/StockDetail.aspx

     

    http://www.hattons.co.uk/60366/Dapol_4D_015_005_Class_122_Gloucester_RCW_Bubblecar_single_car_DMU_SC55007_in_BR_green_with_small/StockDetail.aspx

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA

    ANT

    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted · Edited by ANT

    Hello

     

    Thankyou all for you kind words about the show.

     

    The Awards at Railex 2017 are as follows:

     

    Best Layout: Pempoul exhibited by Gordon & Maggie Gravett, as judged by the other layouts at the exhibition.

     

    Best Model: The Viaduct on Fence Houses exhibited by Bob Jones & The Fence Houses Team as judged by Iain Rice.

     

    Photos of the presentations can be found on our Club website using the below link:

     

    http://www.rdmrc.org.uk/Railex2017/Awards2017.html

     

    I will add more details as I obtain them.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

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    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    Here are a couple of photos from around lunch time today

     

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    Those of you attending tomorrow, make sure you purchase a programme on the way in as there might not be any left by the time you leave.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

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    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    If you arrive at the stadium early and buy a ticket at the stadium, you can buy a cooked breakfast before the show opens.

     

    We have lockers that rucksacks and other stuff can be left while you wander round the show.

     

    Just a final point on parking, it does get busy at the stadium, it will fill up quick, as we only have a few hundred free places, once these are full you will need to park in the hospital, we have hired one of the hospital staff car park it is likely this will fill too. There will be plenty of spaces in the adjacent hospital car parks as these are lightly used at weekends, but these charge, there are pay and display plus take your ticket and pay as you leave barrier type parking. If unsure please double check where you are parking, as you don't want to end up with a ticket!

    As has been suggested many times park at the Friarcroft carpark by Morrisons in the town centre and get our vintage bus in from Aylesbury Station carpark, there is a short walk from the stadium bus stop to the exhibition.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

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    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    Those of you who are taking the advantage of using the Free Vintage Bus, please can you if possible have the exact change for when you are buying your Railex ticket £9 and Programme £1 from the Bus Team, as this will help speed things along.

     

    We have plenty of tickets to purchase.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted · Edited by ANT

    Hello

     

    I have uploaded the Railex 2017 Bus Timetable in pdf format to the Railex website,

     

    www.railex.org.uk

     

    Or you can download from the link below

     

    Railex 2017 Bus Timetable.pdf

     

    The timetable takes into account the FA Cup Final on Saturday and the League 2 Play-off Final on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

     

    I have removed the bit about provisional, no changes are needed, as this is correct for the Railex weekend.

    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    Due to circumstances beyond our control, the layout Penfold Priory (O gauge) by Bridgend Model Railway Group can no longer attend this year, but it has been replaced by Bishops Quay (OO gauge), full details about this new layout can be found on the Railex website.

     

    I have also uploaded an updated Railex 2017 Floorplan with Stand Numbers pages in pdf format to the Railex website.

     

    www.railex.org.uk

     

    Or direct on this link

     

    Railex2017FloorPlanandStandNumbersB.pdf

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

    Phoenix Precision Paints

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    Are they still trading as they're not at Expo EM or Railex?

     

    Is this yet another company that has disappeared into the proverbial black hole?

     

    Hello Re6/6

     

    You will be able to find Precision Paints on sale on the Roxey Mouldings stand, and on the Shawplan stand, at Railex on the 27th/28th May.

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA

    ANT

    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Years of working on website usability makes me say "Oh yes it is." Even people you would think will grasp this sort of thing can struggle to the point where the person conducting the test just wants to beat them to death with the keyboard. Odly, teachers always seemed to be the worst group...

     

    Seriously though, I suspect that the printed version of the programme forces the numbering of stands and doing something different for the web just adds work (which to your credit, you've offered to do even though that sort of helpfulness will probably earn a repremand ;-) ) and the train spotters in the audience likes to "cop" all the stands.

     

    Hello RichardS

     

    Phil is quite right, that the floorplan is numbered, in order that it will be easy to read and reference in our A5 programme. 

     

    We have never thought of putting the stand names on instead of the numbers for the online version, I have just posted today a pdf file of the floorplan with stand numbers both in stand number order and for the first time in alphabetical order.

     

    Maybe it is something that we can look at for next year, but it is a lot of work for David to produce an extra CAD drawing with the names on, we will see how many people download the pdf file from RMWeb and then make a decision.

     

    You are more than welcome to have ago at producing a floorplan with the stand names on.

     

    The floorplan is taken from a full size CAD drawing for marking out the floor, then David will produce the blocked out floorplan with the stand numbers on,I will then import this into the programme.

     

    How easy is it is to read the pdf file on your mobile device? 

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA

    ANT

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    RAILEX 2017 27 & 28 May

    in Exhibitions

    Posted

    Hello All

     

    Here is the list of stands at Railex, so you can stop guessing now:

     

    1. Railex Information Point

    2. R&DMRC Club Stand

    3. R&DMRC Club Second-Hand Sales

    4. Parkside Dundas

    5. Wizard Models

    6. 247 Developments

    7. Green Scene

    8. ALL Components

    9. Roger Carpenter Photographs

    10. N Brass Locos

    11. D&E Videos - Realtrack Models

    11A. Legomanbiffo - Locoman Superior Sounds

    12. AMBIS Engineering

    13. Eileen's Emporium

    14. Modelu

    15. Wild Swan Books Ltd

    16. Isinglass Models

    17. MARC Models - Electrifying Trains

    18. Radley Models

    19. Plus Daughters

    20. Tools 2000

    21. Ian's Trains

    22. Cheltenham Model Centre

    23. C&L Finescale Modelling Ltd

    24. Shawplan - Extreme Etchings

    25. PenBits Model Railways

    25A. Rumney Models

    26. High Level

    27. Alan Gibson

    28. Pempoul

    29. Boot

    30. Gauge O Guild

    31. Pendon Museum

    32. Gramodels

    33. Denton Brook

    34. Tollesbury Quay

    35. Penfold Priory

    36. Quainton Road Models

    37. Great Central Railway Society

    38. Pavilion End

    39. Harlyn Pier

    40. S Scale Model Railway Society

    41. Trowland

    42. Heybridge Wharf

    43. Tresparrett Wharf

    44. Bill Hudson Transport Books

    45. CPL Products

    46. ScaleSeven Group

    47. Roxey Mouldings

    48. Dragon Models - Minerva Model Railways

    49. Hobby Holidays

    50. Missenden Abbey Railway Modelling Courses

    51. Severn Models

    52. Dart Castings

    53. Road Transport Images

    54. South Eastern Finecast

    55. Sunningwell Command Control Ltd

    56. Ceynix Railway Trees

    57. Fence Houses

    58. Replica Railways

    59. The 2mm Scale Association

    60. William Smith's Wharf

    61. Hallam Town

    62. Golden Arrow Productions

    63. Leeman Road (York) 1964

    64. Sidmouth

    65. Kirkmellington

    66. London Road Models

    67. Scalefour Society

    68. Westcliff

    69. Devil's Bridge

    70. Judith Edge Kits

    71. Model Railway Developments

    72. Horfield 1955-1961

     

    Thanks

    SEEYA
    ANT

     

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