Rob provided the afternoon’s entertainment with an illustrated talk entitled “Railways and Packet Boats in Folkestone 1840s – 1920s”. We also had a ‘Bring-and-Buy’ session which was just as well as David Ho (and the milk for the teas and coffees!) was heavily delayed by a big snarl up on the M2. As we waited […]
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Wednesday 18th June 2025
Today’s theme on the circuit was six and four wheel coaches although sadly not many people brought theirs in. However, Dave B ran his prize winning Southern Railway six wheel coaches pulled along by his P Class and John B also ran his Southern Railway Alphagraphix six wheelers. I ran my SECR H Class with […]
Wednesday 4th June 2025
Kempton Park GOG ShowI attended the O Gauge Guild Summer Show at Kempton Park recently with my micro layout, Wapping Wharf. It was an excellent show, well laid out on two floors, well attended, with traders reporting healthy sales.EKOGG was very well represented, our members seen leaving with bags full of goodies. All of our […]
Saturday 24th May 2025
After setting up a display table with numerous books and magazines relating to Colonel Stephens and with models of locomotives from his various railways Ross gave us a very interesting talk on the life of the Colonel and illustrated it with a variety of pictures.Holman Fred Stephens was born in 1868 to artist parents who […]
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Today our focus on the circuit was on bogie freight stock and NPCS and Rob got the ball rolling with his ex LSWR B4 pulling some SR bogie ballast wagons and an ex LSWR brake van. David G then added his bogie bolster wagon with the super dooper roller bearings which if placed on any […]
Wednesday 7th May 2025
After setting up with our exciting new format of the big table near the stage and the circuit near the entrance door we proceeded with our theme of the day, namely: engines which were neither black nor green. First on the circuit was Fred with a LMR 0-6-0ST in blue named Errol Lonsdale followed by […]
Saturday 26th April 2025
Today’s talk on tarpaulins and wagon loads was led by Ross who got us under way talking about different methods of modelling tarpaulins. Some people used paper, some masking tape and Rob even suggested the domestically dangerous method of using your wife’s silk scarf. Ross also demonstrated a method of adding lettering to a tarpaulin. […]
Wednesday 16th April 2025
In a radical change from our normal practice the circuit was set up near the entrance door and the big table set up at the stage end of the hall. This was no idle whim but was done in order to accommodate one of the hall’s storage trolleys which is currently residing in the hall […]
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Theme of the day on the circuit was Green Engines and so GWR panniers and prairies quickly appeared in profusion. Fred ran his Dapol 3MT 2-6-2T and his Castle “Earl of Dartmouth” and Martin ran his Class 31 Diesel fitted with DCC and very loud sound. Diesels were pretty well represented with David G’s Class […]
Saturday 22nd March 2025
In a change to the advertised programme occasioned by Ross’ absence on family duties Fred stepped in to the breach and gave his talk on painting coaches with two coloured liveries and on weathering stock in general.Fred started by saying that with metal coaches he starts with a coat of Halfords etch primer and follows […]
Wednesday 19th March 2025
On the circuit today our theme was 4 wheel coaches which was initially represented by various rakes of Dapol coaches run by Sean, Fred and others. Later David Gr ran a very fine train of five S&DJR coaches and later still I ran my SECR H Class pulling three cheap and cheerful 4 wheel coaches […]
Wednesday 5th March 2025
Roger’s Cless 73 from last month’s meeting, by popular request! Following the discussion at the AGM we set up the Lenham Junction boards incorporating them into the circuit to see how the combined layout fitted into the available space within the hall. By placing one end of the circuit over the stage we were able […]
Annual General Meeting
Charman’s Report: having outlined the key points, attention was drawn to the need to think about the content and aim of the Open Day. The report was received Nem Con (proposed John B, seconded Martin).Treasurer’s Statement of Accounts: there is sufficient leeway for covering the cost of new layouts. A monthly forecast enables the accounts […]
Wednesday 19th April 2025
Today we had the unusual, the bizarre and the unexpected at Badlesmere.First up was Roger’s Class 73 Diesel No 73101 which had been painted in Pullman colours to mark the 150th anniversary of the London to Brighton line in 1991 and named “Brighton Evening Argus” to celebrate 100 years of that paper. It was then […]
Wednesday 5th April 2025
Our focus today on the Circuit was on Sentinel locomotives. These quirky little engines are clearly very popular as a large number of them very quickly appeared on the circuit. These were mainly Dapol models in different guises. John D brought in four of the five Dapol Sentinels he owned all of which were in […]
Saturday 25th January 2025
Today we had a loco repair and maintenance workshop where Fred, Sean and others brought in models that needed some attention.Tim brought in a L&Y Pug that he had picked up cheap at a show. Despite currently being a non-runner and missing part of the cab side, it was solidly built and will not take […]
Wednesday 15th January 2025
On arriving I turned on the stopcock and got a face full of water and discovered that the recent cold weather had resulted in leaks in the toilets and the kitchen. As we were the last people to use the hall it was just as well that we had turned the water off when we […]
QCD at the Maidstone show
After driving through the fog on Saturday morning the QCD crew got to Maidstone in plenty of time to get the layout set up and running. After the obligatory teas and coffees and mince pies had been taken on board, we prepared ourselves for the onrush of spectators.Unfortunately, it wasn’t the best attended of shows […]
Wednesday 18th December 2024
Today was the long awaited Christmas Quiz hosted by this year’s Quizmaster John D.After weeks of making us all believe that he hadn’t really got anything John produced an excellent quiz which challenged us all without being too esoteric or obscure.After splitting into teams of three we worked diligently through the question sheets despite being […]
Wednesday 4th December 2024
Today on the circuit we were looking at Vans. The circuit was quickly put up and we soon got cracking. Roger having run a long train two meetings ago repeated the trick this time, running his Class 47 diesel with a long train of vans. Rather more modestly I ran my ex- SECR R Class […]
