John K

In the absence of any response about the full version of WiThrottle, I today took the plunge and purchased through the App Store for £9.99. Initial impressions are positive. The Power On/Off button is useful as is the dual throttle- which I have got used to as a Digitrax user. image.png

There appears to be the possibility of operating points too but that is for another day.

A good tenners worth.

It’s good value and anybody showing up at your railway with a suitable phone or tablet can run trains

John

I'm not going to differ. I think the current generation of Zimo decoders are well ahead of the opposition.

I use Paul Chetter's sounds whenever I can.

If in doubt telephone Digitrains -Jeremy and Nicole are nice people and they both know what they are talking about.

I'm just a satisfied customer.

John K

Very nice Sandy. is it hand or transfer lined?

John

Correct - See grab above

John

Hi Transferman

Are you a member of a club and what area of the country are you in?

I bet we can find you some simple sensible help nearby

John K

Just take advice from 2 or 3 (or fewer) trusted advisers. Do not listen to everyone...

...and remember that some free advice is worth what you paid for it.

John K

Start by forgetting it's DCC. Just connect it all up, switch it on and run the trains.

There are far too many people trying to prove how clever they are.

If you get problems come to the forum and we can help sort it out.

John K

I spend my life telling people to come on Sunday.

The real problem was last week’s snow which stopped the spiking of the over flow car park fields on the Wood Green site.

The Exhibition Manager has asked me to post:

Huge apologies to people who had to wait longer than expected in the overflow car park for the shuttle bus transfers. By lunchtime we swapped the 19-seater for a full sized coach and we will have the big coach doing transfers tomorrow to prevent a recurrence of the problem. We are grateful to those who were patient whilst we have had these issues and we welcome the people who will be coming to see us tomorrow.

We have now been supplied with a bigger bus and have rapid transit to and from the additional car park.

It’s all coming together nicely now

John K

Pdfs of the bus timetables are now available here too.

http://www.stneotsmrc.com/EAMRE%202018%20bus%20timetable.pdf

John K

Interesting letter in the Feb 2018 issue of the GOG Gazette (page 73) entitled "The Future of the GOG".

Firstly, interesting in that it was published in the first place (full marks for that).

It starts off with:

"In my view, the Guild's future is dismal due to poor management and a total lack of leadership".

It goes on to claim:

".....from our, is it nine, directors who collectively claim tens of thousands of pounds in expenses".

And further on:

"Could not the Guild's huge funds, more than one hundred and fifty thousands pounds, that has been available for years...."

 

There is no response to any of these claims; I've no idea if they are correct or not (presumably the Annual Accounts would confirm or otherwise?).  What I do know is that the March Issue should prove a good read.....

One of the reasons that the Guild will thrive and prosper is that it is an open organisation that does not mute or silence criticism and comment.

Stories of the size of the Guild's reserves are a touch exaggerated I'm afraid.

John K

Breaking News – addition car park

Our Show is very popular so we have found a new area of additional car parking on hard ground (rather than wet field). Because this new car park is 700yds from the Wood Green gate we have also provided a shuttle service to and from the Show.

This shuttle will be in addition to the vintage bus service running to the railway station.

John K

It doesn't work on my computer.

Hi Phil

It's downloadable word

But all is not lost; here it is as images

Saturday first then Sunday

Our webmaster has placed a downloadable vintage bus timetable here:

http://www.stneotsmrc.com/2018-bus-timetable]

John K

I have now posted images for the timetable

See below

JK

Here's a few more photos to keep you going until the weekend.

Caradon Junction - Classic 4mm Western - 70s Blues by Mike Kelly

Mosquito Falls - On30 Canadian logging by De Haviland MRS

Sidmouth - Super Southern P4 by Richard Harper

Photo by Paul Bason courtesy Railway Modeller

Come and see all 32 layouts. I can't post photos of all of them, but there are some more pictures on our Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/East-Anglian-Model-Railway-Exhibition-308140952659301/

John K

Edited for silly typo

I'm wondering whether to go, there is another show at St Neots.

I couldn't possibly comment

John K

Mac is usually much easier than Win.

Have you set the Decoder Pro Preferences.

This grab is the preferences pane on my Imac (I'm not actually using Sprog - I set it up for the screen grab)

John

I have posted the flyer just in case I have omitted ant relevant details from elsewhere.

I'm delighted to see the weather forecast for the 10th/11th is rather better than the 3rd 4th was.

John

From the updated Show page of the Guild website:

The show has NOT been cancelled. Traders still attending as at 11.00am Helmsman Model Rail Mercian Connoisseur Models Dapol Ltd Hobby Holidays TMS Models Marcway Steamline Ltd Squires Model and Craft Tools Eileen's Emporium Skytrex (2013) Ltd Little Loco Company Finescale Brass (UK) Ltd Ellis Clark Trains Lanky Kits Haywood Models MSC Models Ltd PR Model Railway Products Peter Clark Models Megapoints Controllers Old Models Meteor Models Geoff Stratford / Javelin Ken's Profiles CPL Products SBT Developments B.D.Coutts Walsall Model Industries Airframed Glass Display Cases Warley MRC & National Exhibition Masterpiece Models Gladiator Midland Railway Centre Finney 7 M & J Models D & S Models Ragstone Models C & L Finescale ALSRM Ian Kirk L Cut Creative Parliamentary Trains Furness Wagon Company / Pre-grouping Railways Duncan Models Aquitrain Premier Components Peter Cowling SM Models JPL Models 88D (Mike Morris) Brian & Martin's Goodies HMRS Midland Railway Society Poppy's Woodtech Made in Manchester Models Buzz Models Northants Model Railway Supplies Walsworth Models Northumbrian Painting Services Scale Signal Supplies Layouts still attending L1 Dunchurch L2 Blackshaw Yard / Cooper's End L4 Eastbridge L5 Test Track As far as we know all demonstrators are still attending as are Bring & Buy

I'll certainly be there as a customer

John K

A cross post from the Guild Forum.

“After a busy morning of phone calls I have decided that the Kettering Show WILL go ahead as planned.

We will post details of Trader withdrawals for information at regular intervals.

Traders, participants and visitors must make their own decision as to whether they feel able to attend.

Alan Redgwick

Events Chairman”

I'll certainly be there if I possibly can. The forecast for the E Midlands is getting a bit warmer as the weekend arrives.

We are all adults so we can make our own choices.

John