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Ingatestone – Christmas update
As we now come to the end of another year it’s time for an up date on our Ingatestone blog . This year has to some extent been dominated by remedial works which has lead to some improvements above and below the surface of the layout. There has been a programme of reorganising our power …read more.
Dec 21, 2019
Sliding Doors – Red or Blue?
Class 321 Electrical Multiple Units (nick named Dusty bins) are the work horse unit on the Great Eastern main line through Ingatestone on the Essex and Suffolk commuter trains. They come in 4 car formations, but run in multiple to cope with the peak hour demand, so we need a number of them. Although …read more.
Feb 25, 2019Ingatestone: June Update
A slightly delayed update this month as we handed over blogging responsibilities to a new member of the OO group – me! A lot of progress has been made on Ingatestone in the last few weeks. This is greatly helped by the fact that all 6 scenic boards are now up full time in …read more.
Jul 9, 2017
Ingatestone turns the corner !
After a lot of wiring, testing of the track power on Ingatestone has started – here we have Bachmann Class 37/4 37421 on the up line on board 6 powering round the corner – next Thursday we will be testing the boards that will be attending London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace. Come …read more.
Feb 28, 2016
Ingatestone powers ahead !
This weekend saw Lawrence. Mo and Tom make progress with the power wiring for the layout, as well as on the woodworking. Protector boards to avoid track damage on board ends are being fabricated, and the covers for the trolleys that will be home to the corner boards 5 and 6 took more steps forward. …read more.
Feb 8, 2016
Off our trolleys?
It is often said that rail fans are off their trolleys! But the guys working on Ingatestone 00 are now firmly on and in control of their trolley’s. We have been putting in some painstaking work (gold star for Mo for his skill and guidance) to build some trolleys so the layout can be …read more.
Nov 16, 2015
Leaves on the line
We are looking for an 00 scale modern tractor as tractors of today are quite big and sophisticated as can be seen from the pic of a New Holland (monster sized) tractor crossing the level crossing at Ely. Does anyone know of a 4mm model? So why the obsession with a farm tractors? …read more.
Nov 7, 2015
Update – Track laying and Carpentry.
Above we see a couple of pictures taken by Lawrence Robbins this afternoon at Keen House. These show the great progress being made on Ingatestone. Mo, Tom and Kevan are seen building the base for the new dollies that will take boards 5 & 6 in due course. The second photo shows boards 5 …read more.
Oct 4, 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
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