The Club builds and operates layouts in a variety of scales.
Copenhagen Fields wins at Fareham
Fareham exhibition had a couple of interesting firsts for CF. We had the fastest set up ever – within three hours – because if constraints of hall access. A major plus for the team who worked incredibly well together. Our take down & loading was also very efficient, only being marred by a fault on …read more.
Oct 15, 2019
Minories in Hornby Magazine
Minories is in the latest edition of Hornby Magazine, which appeared in my local WH Smiths today. Although planned for some time, the photo shoot only took place in May with editor Mark Wild coming down to Keen House for the shoot. You can see the layout in person at the Great Electric Train show …read more.
Oct 5, 2019
Orchard Wharf July 2019 update
It’s been a year since news of Orchard Wharf last appeared on here. While we were not updating the blog, we have been busy in the club. We’ve become a team of around half a dozen or so meeting regularly on Friday evenings. We designed and build transport storage boxes that double up as supports …read more.
Jul 30, 2019
Ingatestone – summer update
Chris Ibbotson has been busy bringing a Hornby class 90 up to a better standard. This model was a fair representation when first released by Hornby many years ago but suffered from many of the issues that are a result of Hornby’s wish to produce a product that is both toy and model! But this …read more.
Jul 12, 2019
Happy 175th Birthday to Ingatestone
On the 12 May Ingatestone turned 175. No we haven’t been building the layout that long, this was the birthday for the prototype station at Ingatestone in Essex on the Great Eastern mainline, which is our inspiration. One of the team was able to go along to the festivities, and while Kev will be writing …read more.
Jun 24, 2019Putnam Yard Report May 2019
A few bullet points from Putnam: With many thanks to Tim Watson and Robert Stewart, Putnam’s backscene underwent a significant upgrade shortly before the show. Putnam’s appearance at the show was a success with the public; long trains and sound were particularly popular. Following feedback from the operating team we now have a long list …read more.
May 12, 2019Lacey Dale Report May 2019
The major activity for this period was operating the layout at the club’s open day in April. The layout performed very well throughout the day. An upgraded version of the automation software was in use, allowing trains on the down layby to be integrated into running sequence. A big thanks to Tim Watson for painting …read more.
May 12, 2019Orchard Wharf Report May 2019
Quite a lot of the period since the last meeting was occupied by Ally Pally preparation leaving not much over for Orchard Wharf. However we were able to finish the layout boxes which allowed us to make space for Lacey Dale on the open day. We are now working on plugin boards and the third …read more.
May 12, 2019Bow Junction Report May 2019
At the March layout meeting all track had been laid that could be laid on the base boards then available. Since then Mike Randall has completed all the boards, including the ramp upto the Fenchurch Line. This does not include the boards for all the buildings. Now that Copenhagen Fields will be packed away on …read more.
May 12, 2019Copenhagen Fields Report May 2019
CF has been erected over the last month during which time it has had a number of jobs completed: this will make it easier to dismantle, transport and assemble at shows / KH. These changes should take 10-15 minutes off our assembly / dismantling times. It was noticeably easier to set up recently with more …read more.
May 12, 2019Ingatestone Report May 2019
We plan to put the full layout back up on Monday 13 May and return to Monday as a working day There has been progress made on the class 360 conversion and there will be another try at scanning and 3D printing. If this proves to be fruitless, we will use a cast method Some …read more.
May 10, 2019Action Plan for Bow Junction until 30th June 2019
Not much will happen during April since in Keen House Copenhagen Field is being erected for the Open Day on Sunday 28th April, and Mike Randall is adding the ramp on the lines to Fenchurch Street. The Plan is that all our boards will return from Mike’s workshop before 28th April. On the 28th April …read more.
Apr 12, 2019