The Club builds and operates layouts in a variety of scales.
Regauging a Replica chassis to EM
The Replica Railways powered chassis is a good product, that makes building EMU and DMU kits much easier, with a good motor and drive system picking up from and powering all 8 wheels. It could be used for example on the MLV and Class 455 projects Chris has described. It come as three options, with …read more.
Jun 27, 2020
200 Club – Q1 Winners
We’ve drawn the results of the Q1 200 Club – congratulations to our winners: 1st Prize £144 Tim Watson 2nd Prize £48 John Jesson 3rd Prizes £24 Chris Lyon and Ian Strugnall As cheques are more problematic at the moment, if the Treasurer hasn’t got your bank account details, please get in touch this him …read more.
May 29, 2020
Club management meeting
We held a virtual meeting with many of the key Club leaders this evening. We held the meeting with Zoom, and it went surprisingly well! Although we await guidance from the government on when we can have formal meetings, and when it could be safe to travel to Keen House, we discussed some of the …read more.
May 20, 2020
Chairman’s Chat – 16th May 2020
I am pleased to bring you this month’s update email about The Model Railway Club. As you will be well aware we are still very much in the continuing Covid 19 crisis. Today, as I write, a very mild loosening of the lockdown has taken place, but clearly we are not out of the woods …read more.
May 16, 2020
LFORM 2020
So we’re not having a show in August. When the March date was cancelled we hoped things might be better by the summer, and the venue offered the hall on the dates in August. We had got most of the way in planning a revised show. However under the guidance issued over the past few …read more.
May 11, 2020
The Etymology of Copenhagen Fields – Part 1
This article was first published in Bulletin 423 – available to download in the members’ section of the website. The observant amongst you will have noticed that there are many shops, factories and vehicles on Copenhagen Fields, some of which carry names. Quite a few of you will realise that many of these names have …read more.
May 9, 2020
Bulletin 514 is out – and ready to download
Our latest club Bulletin is on its way by post or email to members this week – and available to download right now in the members area. As well as updates on how the Club is running during this unprecedented time in our 110 year history, there are also articles on our S7 layout “Bow …read more.
Apr 22, 2020
Scratch Building – Roof Tiles
I’m having my first proper stab at scratch building a building – and it’s a blend of two structures at Westport and Castlebar stations in County Mayo, Ireland. Still far from finished so not going to share photos of the whole building just yet… But I’m making progress with the roof. The roof tiles were …read more.
Apr 19, 2020
Chairman’s Update – 17th April 2020
Dear All, These are very difficult times for all of us, but the MRC is still here. In order to keep in touch we will be putting round an email from time to time to let you know how things are going. As you will be aware we had to close Keen House to all …read more.
Apr 17, 2020
Baker Street signal cabin in S scale
This S scale cabin was started some while ago but ground to a halt due to delivery (!) issues of the ‘crittall’ windows. However this has now been resolved using my ‘silhoutte’ cutter. The windows were redrawn on its dedicated drawing program and cut from thin self-adhesive black vinyl. You might even note the work …read more.
Apr 10, 2020
Members’ Layouts – an Introduction to Golden Mile
As well as contributing to our Club layouts, many of our members have their own projects at home – and here’s an example of just one of them. “Golden Mile” is inspired by the 2mm Scale Association’s golden jubilee competition this year and a chance purchase of some wagons at a deep discount. The requirements …read more.
Feb 12, 2020
200 Club
The 200 Club is a great way to give a bit more to our Club, but with a chance to win a decent amount of money in return – four times a year. It’s really easy to take part – each number costs just £5 a month paid by standing order, and members can have …read more.
Dec 21, 2019