Firstly I would like to thank all the readers of my little corner of the blogosphere whom took the time to enter my little competition to win a brand new Hornby R2620 Urie N15 King Arthur Class number 746 ‘ Pendragon’ in Bulleid post war malachite green livery. The competition set in my post here in … Continue reading And the winner of the @Hornby N15 is… and also Fisherton Sarum at the Barnstaple show
Category: Exhibitions
Go west young man, Fisherton Sarum at Barnstaple Exhibiton 30/07 and win an @Hornby N15 ‘Pendragon’
With a nod to a lyric from the Genesis track 'Deep in the Motherlode' from their 'Then there were three' album (did I not mention before I am a bit of a Genesis geek) Fisherton Sarum is celebrating its 10th birthday (its first exhibition was in back in 2006) by heading West on Saturday 30th … Continue reading Go west young man, Fisherton Sarum at Barnstaple Exhibiton 30/07 and win an @Hornby N15 ‘Pendragon’
Fisherton Sarum set up and ready to appear at the @hwdmrs open day next Saturday 21st May
Fisherton Sarum is appearing as one of the guest layouts at the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society open day at its clubrooms next Saturday 21st May. With only one other exhibition appearance in the calendar for Fisherton Sarum this year being Barnstaple on 30th July, it provides an opportunity to see the layout … Continue reading Fisherton Sarum set up and ready to appear at the @hwdmrs open day next Saturday 21st May
Hinton Parva of the @HWDMRS at the Quainton Steam and Model Railway Gala this weekend.
Hinton Parva is one of the layouts of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society, I shall be exhibiting with this layout and the rest of the team from the Society at the Buckinghamshire Railway Society's Steam and Model Railway Gala at Quainton on the Sunday and Monday (note: not Saturday!) of this coming Bank … Continue reading Hinton Parva of the @HWDMRS at the Quainton Steam and Model Railway Gala this weekend.
Workbench Witterings #5 O2 and not an O2, is this more weathering I see before me
With a nod to the fact that today, 23rd April, is not only St Georges Day, but also the date on which William Shakespeare is understood to have both been born and this year the 400th anniversary of his death, hence the stretching of a few quotations from his writings (so much more than witterings) … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #5 O2 and not an O2, is this more weathering I see before me
From the Archive #3 Making an exhibition of myself or Fisherton Sarum’s first outing, 10 years on…
November this year sees the 10th anniversary since the first exhibition outing for Fisherton Sarum. Wycrail 2006, the annual exhibition of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society, was the first public appearance, and was the first time the layout was actually fully operated. I was however able to set the layout up for the … Continue reading From the Archive #3 Making an exhibition of myself or Fisherton Sarum’s first outing, 10 years on…
Going all Midland and London North Western in North Eastern territory for the weekend…
This coming weekend, 13/14th February, I will be assisting fellow High Wycombe and District MRS members Alan and Simon Paley with their delightful Pre-Grouping Midland and London North Western Railway layout Loughborough Road at the Festival of British Model Railways organised by Warners (the publishers of BRM magazine and also owners of RMweb). The show, celebrating its 20th … Continue reading Going all Midland and London North Western in North Eastern territory for the weekend…
Oxford Rail announce 3 new Adams Radial 0415 class liveries and new GWR Dean Goods locomotive and wagons
Following on from their release last year of the ex London South Western Railway (LSWR) Adams Radial 0415 class 4-4-2T and 7 plank 1923 Private Owner wagons (albeit with some spurious details and liveries) Oxford Rail have announced at the London Toy Fair three new liveries for the Adams Radial, and new models including a … Continue reading Oxford Rail announce 3 new Adams Radial 0415 class liveries and new GWR Dean Goods locomotive and wagons
British Model Railway Awards, vote now, vote Southern…
In previous years the model of the year poll was jointly run between RMweb, Model Rail Magazine and the online MREmag.com. This year Model Rail Magazine have decided to run their own awards and so the established process and poll will now be promoted on RMweb, through British Railways Modelling Magazine and on the online MREmag.com as the … Continue reading British Model Railway Awards, vote now, vote Southern…
Warley Exhibition news round up for Southern Related items
Last weekend saw the annual Warley National Model railway Exhibition at the NEC, this post rounds up some of the the news and items of interest from mainly a Southern / BR(s) perspective. It is usual for many of the manufacturers to use the event to make announcements of new items or showcase updates to new … Continue reading Warley Exhibition news round up for Southern Related items