A point for Ingatestone

The track plan for Ingatestone is relatively simple, at least on the scenic part. However there are two points required and the requirement was for a “B7”. Here’s a quick guide to how it was built – you can try yourself at one of our Track Building skills transfer day. Although the key to building a …read more.

May 2016 Update

It’s all been a bit quiet since the layout visited Portsmouth last Autumn. As is the nature of Club layouts, unfortunately some of the key team behind the layout have had to step back from the project for a while, and as the layout had been up and being worked on for most of 2015, we …read more.

Class 68 Launch for Ingatestone

It is only fitting that the MRC’s new OO layout  Ingatestone is opened by the latest in 4mm Locomotives. Join us from 11am on Sunday 8th May when Dapol’s brand new Class 68 will break the tape to open our new 21st Century mainline layout. 

Bulletin 490

The May/June 2016 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: Martin Long reporting on our former O-gauge layout “Happisburgh” which he bought and now has permanently installed in his garage. Meanwhile there’s an update on “Happisburgh Goods”, the ‘end’ of the old …read more.

Ingatestone gets ready for open house !

  Great progress has been made on Ingatestone since the last appearance at Ally Pally last month. We are now attached to our joint fiddle yard. We have run the main track power bus along the remaining front boards 1,2 and 3 and added jumper connections between the boards. The foam sub-base for the landscaping …read more.

Minories at 60th Anniversary Exhibition in Romford

We were delighted to be invited back to the Ilford and West Essex Model Railway Club’s exhibition “West Essex Modelrail” on 23/4 April, their 60th annual show. It took place at the St Edward’s School in Romford,         We were in a small pocket of EM layouts, opposite Mike Bell’s “Prospect Wharf …read more.

Library Additions – May 2016

Our library has one of the widest and largest ranges of books of books for railway modellers – covering prototype railways and modelling. The following books have recently been added.

The library is open for browsing on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm (unless there is a lecture), and on our monthly open afternoons. Check out the calendar for details. Members can borrow most books to read and work from at home.

Ingatestone goes to the Palace !

A very successful weekend for Ingatestone at the London Festival Of Railway Modelling held last weekend at Alexandra Palace. After the safe delivery of the three boards (numbers 4 to 6), the “in progress” demo drew a lot of attention and positive comment from the show-goers. Over the weekend, all of the group took their …read more.

Young MRC – Young Model Railway Club

A monthly Saturday morning club for 8-14 year old modellers Young MRC is the monthly Saturday morning club for younger railway modellers, aged from 8 to 14, which is held from 10am to 12 noon at Keen House – normally on the second Saturday of each month. The next club meeting is on Saturday 13th October 2018. Help to build …read more.

100 Years of the MRC

    Page 15 – Exhibition

When was the first model railway exhibition?

This was the question posed recently on the excellent mremag – the thrice weekly supply of news and views for railway modellers. I suspect that as the oldest model railway club, our first exhibition is probably the first – in which case the answer would be March 13th 1912 as one of our club evenings …read more.

It’s a wrap !

In preparation for Ally Pally this coming weekend, the Ingatestone crew have been busy getting ready the boards that we are taking to display. On Sunday, the packing crates for the corner boards were finished, with an extra day of work by Tom, Bob and myself getting the foam core for the scenery being cut. …read more.