May 2nd 2015 – At the layouts – John Plumpton [photo – Ross Shimmon] We started with continuing the station platforms, when David G arrived with an almost completed platform canopy. David and Barry discussed the best way to drill square holes in the platform to secure the canopy. Ross arrived with a mock-up of […]
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Winter 2014
December Faversham Meeting: Geoff won the Christmas Quiz, despite his having dined with us before hand; usually a recipe for becoming comatose. Wide ranging Questions from railway modelling to the origins of Broad Street station were set by Roger and caused lively banter amongst those 16 of us armed with paper and pens. John P broke out […]
Autumn 2014
Autumn 2014 – Mid-week sessions David G and John P have organised Wednesday sessions when we can assist with construction of Edington, run stock and model, or drop by for a chat. October 22nd was cool but sunny so we lunched outside in our jackets. Roger continued his battle with “Sale Items”, before we turned our […]
Summer 2014
August 16th At the layouts Despite living there for most of the week David G and John P early. They certainly had a lot to show those who hadn’t visited for their mid-week sessions: track now extended to Edington’s limits, some of it painted; buffer stops had sprouted; several points were motored and more being […]
Winter 2013/14
2014 February 8th – AGM & Model Display: The largest display of models and competition entries that I can remember surrounded us at our AGM. Twenty-two members displayed some two dozen projects, including EKLR buildings, loco frames and whole rakes of wagons. A similar number of models were in the competition; from signals to tunnel mouths, with […]
Autumn 2013
October 30th – Working Party: Notes from Nigel Grant My repeated requests to the Meteorology Preference Service turned up trumps and we were blessed with an amazing autumn day. Ten brave souls turned out, including Alastair’s son Douglas, who clambered around the balcony. Everyone quickly found their niche and got on with a daunting number of […]
Summer 2013
August 31st: London & South Western locos walk away on longest freights. We busily coupled three link wagons into rakes until we went cross-eyed, then shunted them to the outer circuit where Geoff’s little B4 pottered along. It had 37 on before taking a rest. With 7 more behind, Ross coupled up his B4 and away […]
Late Spring 2013
May 18th: Nailbourne has movement. It was back in its original site, everyone passing piles of boxes to clear the area. John P. and Ross soon fitted a retaining strip along the nearby test circuit to protect trains from members working round its boards. Stuart positioned footbridge and buildings so that we could see how the […]
Spring 2013
First Layout visit – March 16th It was a dark and stormy afternoon when we returned to the layout loft , but at least the snow had thawed. After the great clean out the first wheels turned: Geoff’s LBSCR “Terrier” on Cavedale, then Barry’s sure-footed SECR D1 test running circuits. The layout had survived winter […]
Winter 2012
Nine people lunched before our December meeting in Faversham. Just across the road from the “Chimney Boy” Ross photographed a SR sign in the antique shop. Possibly it had come from the Brookwood Cemetery station. Mince pies, hot and soft drinks had been organised for, plus a sale of books and track. We started with […]
Temple Ewell Show
“At the Show” – report by Ross Shimmon Geoff Roberts invited the EKOGG to take part in an Area 10 (South East) one day exhibition at Temple Ewell near Dover in early November. With an air of optimism we agreed to take our (trans)portable layout ‘Nailbourne’ for its first outing. It is based on a […]
Autumn 2012
Faversham Meeting 17th November 2012 We had a dozen for our “Bring a Book and a Model” afternoon. Ross brought a circle of track which we set out at the front of the room with locos and stock. At the back of the room another table held more stock, a loco and news items. My L&Y Pug pottered round with […]
High Summer 2012
On September 15th Nigel scaled a ladder and hacked the invading creepers, clearing the small window, daylight streaming in on twelve modellers and their trains. Landscaping continued on Cavedale and began on Nailbourne with profiles to the tunnel end. David had been busy since Telford, assembling the main frames and wheels of a Nelson, plus its […]
Early Summer & Model Show 2012
June 16th. Layout Session The first of ten members arrived and picnicked with a family of spotted flycatchers nearby, before following Joe up to the layout. Trestles were completed, baseboard frames surfaced and Nailbourne’s point motors investigated. John ran his pannier tank and a mogul. Barry’s King Arthur was on the other track while he […]
Summer 2012
Working Sessions for Nailbourne David and Colin organised their working day and had the residents supplying them with coffee and cakes! The electrics continued to be tested and platforms were positioned. Ron planned a road bridge for the layout, based on one he knows and a control panel table was made. Alastair conducted his family […]
May 2012
Chill rain again featured on 6th May. Robin prepared hot drinks as Alastair demonstrated his latest invention. Control panels, trestles, platform edges and connections were being worked on. Various Jintys appeared on freights, plus a weathered Crab. Ron was running a GER 2-4-2t; a type he remembers footplating. Colin C’s shop fronts were dusted off, […]
April 2012
28th April: A quiet meeting today. Roger ran his H class with a short goods train until it decided to run erratically. Roger and Robin had a look at it but had to be retired for works attention later. Robin ran his new Heljan Crompton. He bought it last year but today was the first […]
March 2012
Ross got things moving at the March 10th meeting in town when he brought a holdall filled with set track, which was soon laid out on tables. His B4 happily trundled round with mineral wagons, though the tight radius limited larger locos! Les supplied us with shortbread biscuits while people looked at restoration projects and […]
February 2012
Seventeen people came to our AGM and Model Competition which finished in the dusk, beating the snow by a few hours. There was a good selection of models on display, plus the 6 foot long Tar Works layout. Barry’s Bulleid pacifics topped the voting for locos. John’s Victorian coach won its class and David’s freight […]
Winter 2011
Fifteen of us battled it out, with bottles of Kentish beer as the prize, in Ross’ Christmas Quiz. Despite despair and head scratching we had great fun and enjoyed the photo section. Photos of Garth ’s layout in Australia played while mince pies were given out. A refurbished B4 tank trundled on a rolling road […]
