Library Additions – May 2017

Our library has one of the widest and largest ranges of books for railway modellers – covering prototype railways and modelling. The following 47 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.

Bulletin 496

The May/June 2017 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: Converting a Yorkshire Steam Lorry into a Chiswick gully cleaner in S Scale An update from the blooming “Young MRC” A pictorial review of the London Festival of Railway Modelling A review of …read more.

Open Day – Sunday 29th April 2018

Our next open Sunday is on 29th April 2018 – it’s a great chance to find out more about us and the benefits of joining our friendly club.

We’ll have a selection of our layouts operating, including:

• Putnam Yard – the original section of our HO layout, set in New York State.
• Lacey Dale – our N gauge layout set in Derbyshire, featuring a striking viaduct with automated main lines, and a small branch terminus below.
• Empire Mills – the final showing of our current EM gauge layout before it moves onto its next chapter.

Plus displays from our OO and Scale 7 layouts which are under construction to find out how you can get involved

Open Day – Sunday 23rd April 2017

Our next open Sunday is on 23rd April 2017.

We’ll have a special focus on modelling in O gauge and 7mm:1ft scale, and featuring one of the last public operating sessions of our well know layout “Happisburgh Goods” before it retires later this year.

Other MRC layouts include:

“Lacey Dale”  – our N gauge mainline layout with branch line. normally running late BR steam from the Peak District

“Empire Mills” – An EM gauge goods line set in the west country.

And the Gauge O Guild will be there, showing the range of opportunity to model in this scale.

Plus a special offer for new members applying on the day

Thanks and Welcome

We’d like to thank everyone who visited the London of Festival of Railway Modelling last weekend, and especially all the volunteers who came with layouts and stands to make it such a great show. Welcome to the new members who joined us at the show. If you missed out, it’s not too late to take advantage …read more.

Bulletin 495

The March/April 2017 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: A review of the new Dapol N gauge class 33 Creating a ‘London’ Class 26 in O gauge Controlling a conflicting route on a layout 3 book reviews And updates from around the …read more.

Award Winning “Copenhagen Fields”

We’re delighted that our 2mm finescale layout “Copenhagen Fields” won the Denis Moore Cup at the inaugural CMRA exhibition at Stevenage this weekend. Denis was president of the CMRA and scenic modelling was his forte. The cup is awarded for the best scenic modelling on a layout appearing at the CMRA Exhibition. Congratulations to Tim, Mike and the …read more.

MRC at London Model Engineering Show

We are back at Alexandra Palace with a stand at the LMEE on 20-22nd January 2017. Our theme this year is “Electric Power”, which includes a section of our new OO gauge model of Ingatestone which has 25kV overhead electricifcation. As usual our team of members will be demonstrating the creation of model locomotives, structures, track and layout elements in various scales – tramway modelling will also be represented. Below is a taster of some of the models on display.

We look forward to seeing you there on stand P, and again at the London Festival of Railway Modelling on 25/6 March.

Skills Transfer Days 2017

One of The MRC’s aims is to ensure that modelling skills are passed on to the next generation. It’s perhaps easy for experienced modellers to forget how daunting it was to take some of those key steps in developing techniques, and all too easy for the less experienced to put something in the ‘too difficult’ category.

So we’re continuing our series of ‘skills transfer’ days, to allow a small group of people to try out something they may not have tried before with more experienced modellers on hand to help them. During the day each attendee will work on the kit/parts supplied to learn the techniques and hopefully take home a working model. These courses have been running successfully since 2009, and have been popular with positive feedback. Space is limited on each course, so please book early.

The courses take place at Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London N1 9DA, and generally start at 10am and run until 4pm with a lunch break unless stated.

We’re pleased to confirm the following dates:

London Festival of Railway Modelling 2017

The London Festival of Railway Modelling is the capital’s premier exhibition, held every March at the fabulous Alexandra Palace in North London. The next show is on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March 2017, and we’re delighted to confirm that the following layouts, representing a wide range of scales and prototypes, have accepted our invitation to attend. There …read more.

2017 Lecture Programme

Thursday 9th March 2017 at 7.15pm The Toss of a Coin – David Maidment OBE  David has written a number of articles and given talks on railways, both in the UK and overseas, to enthusiasts and lay groups on his fascinating railway career. This began in 1960 on the Western Region of British Railways as …read more.

Bulletin 494

The January/February 2017 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: A reveiw of the Traintronics point motor, and John’s input to improving them for his large layout An update on our EM gauge layout Empire Mills – including construction of its new turntable …read more.