Our O gauge, was in running condition by Easter 2000 but has since gone through many changes. It was last on show at the Great North of Scotland Railway Exhibition in Elgin Town Hall, April 2009. To add realism – slow acting point motors, telegraph wires and a new station building were added. In addition a [ Read More ]
Archive for April, 2010
This OO gauge as first exhibited at Modelfair 1999, is loosely based on Stirling which allows us to run a wide variety of rolling stock around a model of Beattock station. Bealing will be on show again at Aberdeen Model Rail Exhibition in November 2010.
MODELFAIR 2012- Saturday and Sunday 3/4 th NOVEMBER – 10am to 5pm Modelfair is a family show attracting around 1,200 visitors and is known throughout as the Premier Model Show in the North of Scotland. The event is run over two days and as the name implies incorporates a wide variety of hobby modellers [ Read More ]
MODELFAIR – COMPETITIONS – Entry open to the Non Club members 1. “Premier Cup” for Model Railway excellence Must be an operating layout Judged by a committee (to be appointed by EMRC) All model railway layouts are automatically entered No entry by exhibitor required 2. Best Working Layout Best working layout in the show Judged [ Read More ]
by Andrew Allardyce I was recently asked by Jack Thornley about scale speeds, but I did not know the answer. A Google search threw up an article by Andy Watkins of the 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers E-Group. Using the basis of his article I have produced the following which may of use and interest. Most [ Read More ]
This layout started as a training project and developed into a working layout and continued to exhibition standard. EMRC Thomas & Pals was built primarily for children as a ‘Hands on Display’ with two controllers, accessed by the public (monitored) by a master control. This layout has attended a number of exhibitions and has proved [ Read More ]
