It was with sadness that we heard of the death of Mick Housby, one of the founder members of Elgin Model Railway Club. Professionally Mick was an Air Traffic Controller, attaining the rank of Warrant Officer in the RAF. But although he had a great interest in matters linked with aviation, then he probably had [ Read More ]
Archive for July, 2010
EMRC members travelled to Glasgow to visit this year’s Modelrail Scotland which was hosted at Glasgow’s SECC in February 2010. The exhibition was another great success with many fantastic layouts on display. Pictured here are some of the members who travelled south, gathering at 1pm under the clock, for the customary refreshment, by kind [ Read More ]
The following diagrams show the structure dimensions with the table indicating the appropriate measurements in various scales as devised by the British Railway Modeling Standards Bureau (BRMSB). Platforms, Station Buildings and Bridges dimensions Tunnel and Overbridge dimensions Standard Dimensions Ref Letter See Note Prototype (Ft) N gauge (1/148) 2mm Fine scale TT3 (3mm) HO [ Read More ]
Photographs by Eric Dale unless otherwise stated Douglas’s Favourite Picture. He felt it looked so real with his Highland loco No 6 approaches Dava Station from Forres with a train of empty cattle wagons for Grantown sidings. Operated as part of The DAVA Project Douglas Berry You only have to look at the faces of [ Read More ]
Modelfair is scheduled every November and takes place in Elgin Town Hall in Scotland. It is a family show which promises to thrill everyone of any age, and is known throughout as the Premier Model Show.
Adding gangway connections between carriages adds a touch of realism to a model railway. This can be achieved with a simple method described using folded paper. The Method: First cut two long strips of black paper. One 15mm wide, the other 28mm wide Cut individual sections with 7mm overlap28mm Plus and 15mm Plus Strip A [ Read More ]
Scratch building is the process of building a scale model from raw materials or even materials found about the household, rather than building it from a commercial kit or buying it pre-assembled. Scratch building is easy, if original plans of the subject exist. However because of the lack of plans, many models have to be [ Read More ]
In memory of a long serving member the late Douglas Berry, Elgin Model Railway Club introduced an annual competition for creating small model dioramas. This was held for the first time as part of the 2008 Model Fair which is held in Elgin Town Hall . A total of 5 high quality entries were judged and [ Read More ]
Hump Shunting Layout – 4 mm (00) – Sorting wagons into the right sidings. ‘Givitago’ portrays a small hump shunting facility in a fictitious location. Wagons move under their own momentum after being propelled over the hump into sidings. The layout tests skills in shunting, the aim being to place the right coloured wagons into [ Read More ]
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.
