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Ingatestone on track !
Progress has continued on tracklaying on Ingatestone, with most of the running lines now down and soldered securely to screws at the board ends. In the pictures you can see work in progress last Thursday night. Improvements made to the baseboards have seen additional bracing added to remove some of the twistability from them. …read more.
Jun 26, 2015
Tim Watson’s epic trip to Brighton on Frederick
Our President, Prof Tim Watson, has successfully completed an 80 mile road-run with “Frederick”, a coal-fired, steam-powered, 1/3rd size Burrell Showman’s Road Locomotive, to raise funds for Parkinson’s UK. Now he has recovered he writes: We set off from St Albans at 0600 (delayed an hour by a leaking HP valve chest gasket) in the …read more.
Jun 15, 2015
New in the Library
The MRC’s library is one of the largest libraries of its kind, with a wealth of information for modellers. It is open on most Thursday evenings from 7-9pm, unless there is a lecture. Some of the new titles that have recently been added to the library are listed below. The Longmoor Military Railway – …read more.
Jun 6, 2015
Progress on Ingatestone’s corner boards !
Today was a day of progress for the layout: A working party including Tom Slade and Lawrence Robbins worked on Boards 5 and 6 (the corner boards) to core the stretchers and prepare them for reinforcement. In the pictures, Lawrence is seen at work with the corer fitted to the power drill. If anyone is …read more.
May 31, 2015
Baseboard Joints
Baseboard joints are a necessary evil if you ever have to move your layout. Scenically they create what is often an obvious rift line across our otherwise beautiful handiwork, but operationally they can be a major cause of unreliability. So I try to make the joints as unobvious as I can, but robust enough to …read more.
May 19, 2015
Ingatestone Away Day !
On Saturday June 27th, the Ingatestone team will be heading to Ingatestone (where else!) for a measuring, drawing and photographing session. From the station area to the Cricket Pavilion, we’ll be busy getting the detail as accurate as possible for our layout. If you are in the area from mid-morning onward, come by and see …read more.
May 19, 2015
Welcome to the Ingatestone Blog!
This is the first blog by the team that will be bringing Ingatestone to life in 4mm scale. The team are: Chris Ibbotson, Tom Slade, Bob Allaway, Maurice (Mo) Beanlands, Lawrence Robbins and Kavind Patel. We are at Keen House most Thursday nights from 19:00 and also have Sunday working sessions from 11:00 that will …read more.
May 14, 2015
Empire Mills post Ally Pally 2015
Yesterday we had our first official layout group meeting. Probably should have done it sooner, but better late than never. In this we discussed follow up from Ally Pally, things that went well and things that didn’t. We also covered what needs to be done before our next outing (Portsmouth in November) and who is …read more.
Apr 14, 2015MRC Membership Charges – Direct Debit
Membership Rates Payments may be annually by direct debit, standing order, cheque, bank transfer, credit or debit card or PayPal. Payments may also be made quarterly by direct debit only. Monthly payments may be made by direct debit but this incurs a surcharge of £4 per annum to cover the additional charges imposed on the …read more.
Mar 27, 2015
MRC Membership Special Offer at LFoRM 2015
We have a fantastic offer for new members joing the MRC at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace on 28/29th March. Not only do you get 50% off the normal annual membership rate, but you also get this modelling tool set worth £39.95, absolutely free. * The Model Railway Club, based near …read more.
Mar 18, 2015
Welcome to the Lacey Dale blog
Welcome to the blog for the MRC n gauge project ‘Lacey Dale’. Here we will be posting information and updates about the project. Please comment and/or subscribe to receive updates. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section and we will try and respond as soon as possible.
Nov 30, 2014
Empire Mills – In which I make bushes
Well I’ve spent the day making bushes and a hedge. I’ve found a pretty straightforward technique that gives pleasing results. To start off, we had already placed rubberised horsehair around the layout as a first step. It had all be sprayed brown before placement but they didn’t really look that good. So here’s what I …read more.
Nov 9, 2014