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We, Cradley heath model railway club, after signing a lease on much bigger club rooms at the beginning of February, have just started to meet having drawn up a covid policy based on a risk assessment. We are now looking at the guidelines closely and we came across this statement

“From 14 September, whether indoors or outdoors people from different households must not meet in groups of more than 6. This limit does not apply to meetings of a single household group or support bubble which is more than 6 people. Community facilities following COVID-19 secure guidelines can host more than 6 people in total, but no one should visit or socialise in a group of greater than 6. Further information on social contact rules, social distancing and the exemptions that exist can be found on the guidance on meeting with others safely. These rules will not apply to workplaces or education settings, alongside other exemptions. See more details on what has changed.” https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-multi-purpose-community-facilities/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-multi-purpose-community-facilities

It looks like the advice would be that if the social distancing is organized into groups of max 6, say working on one project, but still with the usual social distancing requirements in place.

Quite honestly, my thoughts are if you can keep as far apart as possible and not less than 2 metres or 1 metre without other protection (masks are compulsory in the clubroom anyway, then there is no problem  

Watching this post closely

nice to meet you again, I have not posted on this forum for some time, but, decided to have a look round this morning and spotted the alert. Bridge of Orchy, now there's a story, I got it as far as the testing stage, and found out how impractical the circular boards were. I eventually scrapped it, and started again with more conventional boards, and got the track to quite an advanced stage, then I got distracted, and built a OO gauge Black country cameo, and an O-9 15” pizza layout, I shall be getting back to BoO in the near future.

On 15/06/2020 at 17:44, BoD said:

Your panel looks really neat.

 

I’m not sure how easy it will be to chamfer ply without it splintering.  I quite like the way the platform was created on Glenluig although some chamfering was needed.  It looks effective.

 

 

 

Hi Bod, that's going back a bit!, from what I remember I would have chamfered the edges with a wood plane, then sanded them smooth, splintering not been too much of an issue as it was all covered up in masking tape after, hope this helps. Nice project by the way

Cradley heath model railway club
Hi all, some of you may of seen an entry in some of the magazine events listings for an open day on the 15th of March, unfortunately, due to a rapid change of circumstances, mainly due to the club moving premises, we have had to postpone this event until further notice. Cradley heath model railway club apologies for any inconvenience caused, and hope we can get the message out before the date, please spread the word.
Our next planed event is our annual exhibition on the 10th of October 2020 at Ormiston Academy Cradley heath
Thanks
Gary Hinson Chairman

Hi all

On the 06/02/2020, Cradley Heath Model Railway club were pleased to signed a lease for what will be our new club rooms. This closes a chapter for the club, but opens up a, new exciting one. Our old space was around 320 square feet, the new rooms will be 3100 square feet!. The place at the moment is a disused factory unit, and it is the clubs job to convert it into a space that will accommodate us, within the clubs capability, this means the next few months are going to be hard work. We move from cramped conditions at Cradley Heath Community Centre, which have restricted the clubs ability to grow, into these spacious premises, in the next month.

To add, we also have a new bigger and more suitable venue for our show in October, I will post details of this in the exhibition section.

I would like to thank my fellow committee members for their hard work on this move, David, Alison, Allan, Frank, Joe, Malcolm, and all who support the club, and have made this possible.

If anyone reading this who is not a member, and wants to get involved with our club, please PM me

Lets get playing trains !

Gary Hinson, Chair

hi all, just to add a few snaps from the day, and to thanks everyone who exhibited or attended. The show is to be featured on the BBC Midlands addition of "Inside out" on the 21/10/19 at 19.30

44 minutes ago, Respite said:

What is the walking time from Cradley Heath station to the exhibition please as I am thinking of coming from Kidderminster by train.

Thanks

its about 15 mins walk from Cradley Heath and about the same from Old hill, or you could use the X10 bus from Cradley heath station, it stops right outside the venue 

https://nxbus.co.uk/files/NX-West-Midlands/current_timetables/2019-Timetables/1st-Sept-2019/bX10_010919.pdf

yet another star layout we have the pleasure of hosting, Bicsdale, by Gwynne and John Chivers, photo courtesy of Chris Nevard ( Nevardmedia)

On 30/09/2019 at 21:15, F-UnitMad said:

Worth going just to meet Mr Nevard & see his layout!  (last year's treat was Jim Smith-Wright's Brettell Road).

 

Looking forward to it.

yes with other good layouts, we have Chris Nevard with Brew Street attending, as well as the popular "Campbell quarry" by the multi award winning, multi national, multi publish mechanical genius, John Campbell ! 

On 23/09/2019 at 18:49, EWS FAN said:

It would be nice to know the scales of the layouts.

Hi all, with added scales and gauges 

Fair T'midlin                        John Collins ???

Ryburgh                              Nick Pallette 00

St Frazel d'Ardeche         Piers Milne Nm

Brew Street                       Chris Nevard 00

Todmorton                         Ed Purcell N

Boston Creek                     Paul Challenor

Awdry St Nicolas              Mac Strong 00

Ballygornal Jcn.                Ned Williams 0

The Falls                              John Eaglesfield 00-9

Farbine Road WRD          Neil Woodbine 00

Bicsdale                             Gwynne Chivers 00

Tallerdaga mining             Doug Grazier HO

Campbells quarry             John Campbell 16MM

one of the star layouts Neil Woodbines  "Farbine Road WRD"

Hi again, here is a full listing of layouts attending

Fair T'midlin                        John Collins

Ryburgh                              Nick Pallette

St Frazel d'Ardeche         Piers Milne

Brew Street                       Chris Nevard

Todmorton                         Ed Purcell

Boston Creek                     Paul Challenor

Awdry St Nicolas              Mac Strong

Ballygornal Jcn.                Ned Williams

The Falls                              John Eaglesfield

Farbine Road WRD          Neil Woodbine

Bicsdale                               Gwynne Chivers

Tallerdaga mining             Doug Grazier

Campbells quarry             John Campbell

Cradley Heath Model railway club, present its 7th annual show. we try our best to put on a good show and we have gained the reputation of throwing up a few surprise exhibits. A full list of exhibits to follow, but we have bacon butties and CAKE!, as well as a few layouts and traders, more information to follow, watch this space

Just about to head off, to Cradley heath community centre to help convert it into a model railway show, the weather looks good for those of us on carpark duty tomorrow. Just to add, we also have a mega club pre owned sale and cake !

Cradley Heath Community Centre
Reddal Hill Road
Cradley Heath
West Midlands
B64 5JG
Car Park Post Code: B64 5JY

Admission:
Adult: £5.00
Child (Age 4-14): £2.50
Child (Under 4): Free
Family (2 Adults + up to 2 Children): £11.00
No Unaccompanied Children Please

Saturday 13/10/2018

opening time 10.00

Campbell’s Quarry
Su & Saint Paul
Corscale-On-Severn
Bourton Yard
Arley
Shropshire Minerals Light Railway
Bertsdorf
Long Lane WRD
Illie Town
Tipton Hills
Gibben Quarry
Waterfall Junction
Pending
Brettell Road
Marks End
Nebelhorn
Holdendaze

Kevin's Trains
Ian's Trains
P&G Models
HobbyRail
12 Volts DC
John Sutton Books & Models
CHMRC Sales

CHMRC Modelling Demonstration
Dan Haines O Gauge Model Building
John Campbell 16mm Narrow Gauge Display

009 Society

Highlights of this years show

Jim Smith Wright's Brettell Road, just a few miles from the real Brettell road

as featured in Model Railway Journal 257

John Campbell's Campbell's quarry, working sand digger action

Mark Dale's study of the Zittau junction station of Bertsdorf, as featured in the January 2018 addition of the Continental modeller

Trev Hurley's Long Lane WRD

Look forward to seeing you all

Hi, just a few photos, and thanks to all who attended, good turn out and the rent paid for another year 

Thanks all

Gary

Hmmm.... I bet they'm all still sloshed in Old Ma Pardoe's...
"Club Debrief", I think the Official description was.

How on earth did you guess ? 

Hi all

Cradley Heath Model Railway Club welcomes you to our 5th annual exhibition, on the 14th of October.

The show ill be opened by local historian and writer Ned Williams 

Gary

Hi hoffers, thanks for the kind comments Glenuig has now attended 28 shows!. when i built it some 8 years ago, i would never have had dreamed that it would have become this successful, it still gets  more invites to shows that i can accommodate in a year.  i will use this opportunity to say to anyone building a layout for the exhibition circuit, build something that is achievable, and do it well.

anyway, news on the 2mm project Bridge of Orchy, the original was scraped a few weeks ago, but from the ashes has risen Bridge of Orchy 2, i will report.  

Hi 

Just to add, if you model the station in the 70's or early 80's you get the chance to confuse everyone by using Reading tubular post WR signals

Gary 

(Not my photo)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/6261184673/

Bill, I never caught up with you, I managed one and a half hours to see the whole show! And had to cherry pick the exhibits I wanted to see. You never know, there might be another chance to catch up with Glenuig in the north before I finally pull the plug, and there's no sign of that at the moment

Gary

You were barely visible a couple of times I passed due to crowds so I guess it went well the seagulls certainly drew a few comments. Glad I had time to absorb it at DEMU so just a quick look Saturday after I saw you and said hello and thought must find Glenuig!

Thanks Paul, i couldn't believe the crowds round me on Saturday, i was getting upset because i couldn't see the 5" gauge Western on the other side!. Glenuig is now back in its usual storage space, for a few months, and then again it will be time to evict the spiders, and feed the birds, but for now, which one of the 20,000 gave me this bloody cold! 

thanks Gordon highlander  , I have been exhibiting the layout for over 3 years, and it still amazes me the response it gets. Just over 5 years ago, I sketched out what was to become Glenuig, outside a cottage on a Skye on a perfect day when I had an hangover, I never thought that it would become so popular. Exhibition number 20 lived up to all the expectations and more, thanks to all who took a look, the seagulls have certainly caused a flap.

From here, first a rest, then finish my 0-16.5 Dewinton, required for Stafford show next year, and then back to the Bridge of Orchy project, oh, and a full size 37 and 40 to finish off.

Next outing (I think) Liverpool 25-26/04/15  

Its that time again, time to get Glenuig out of the cellar and into daylight. Show number 20, the big one, and the third show in 4 weeks. I have not had much to report, and after this one is out the way I have a few months to catch up on some modelling, there has been a bit of a routine, do a show, do the repairs and the maintenance, and then to the next.

One development, is the MK3 SMA, yes the ultimate in flying bird realism, the Seagull mobile actuator, seeing is believing, so please come and visit, at stand D32 NEC, behind Black country blues, you will recognize me from my broad Black country accent.  

That's extremely disappointing. I was hoping to visit BCB, have a cuppa, a digestive and a natter...

iD

p.s. if you're not got kettles, what then? Microwave?

If you had read your “Exhibitors manual” (it’s a long read, and may aid insomnia ) it clearly states that the use of kettles is band due to NEC hygiene regulations

Hi Jordan, couldn't go without saying what a smashing little layout this is, and thanks for bringing it along on Saturday, you were right about the photo location 

Gary