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Nottingham show on 17th and 18th of March offers a large selection of 2mm finescale; Fence Houses, Annedale Town,
St Ruth and Brafferton will all be present, accompanied by the 2mm Roadshow stand.
St Ruth and Brafferton will all be present, accompanied by the 2mm Roadshow stand.
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:48:32 GMT
Four layouts added to website in December 2011, from the smallest in a box-file, the the largest known 2mm layout.
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:11:38 GMT
Two new instruction guides to building Easitrac Turnouts are now available. These cover many details which are useful to all aspects of turnout construction.
Sun, 22 May 2011 19:54:34 GMT
The national Warley Model Railway Exhibition awarded two trophies to 2mm items this year. The Gwyn Humphreys award for technical innovation was made to Bill Blackburn for drop-in diesel wheels. This is recognition on a grand scale, with previous winners including mass-market manufacturers. The second award was the Andy Calvert trophy for best small scale layout was awarded to Copehagen Fields.
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:23:57 GMT
Drop in replacement wheels for ready to run locomotives. Rapid conversion of N gauge locos to 2FS standards. Available from January 2010.
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:02:39 GMT
2mm Scale Association members now get 10% discount on orders from Shesto's new online shop. See the members-only page for details.
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:29:50 GMT
2mm Calendar
2mm Events in the next 6 months
9 February, 2012
Nonington Kent
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Canterbury Area Group Meeting
South Kent Area Group 1900-2100 Nonington Kent
All welcome
Contact nbastable@gmail.com
9 February, 2012
Keighley
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Lancs & Yorks Workshop Group
2nd meeting of this new workshop group that aims to meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month, alternating between Earby in Lancs and Keighley in Yorks. As this is a 'dining room table' meeting within private homes, places are strictly limited. Please contact Edward Sissling for further information: edward@sissling-group.co.uk
11 February, 2012
Doncaster Racecourse
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12 February, 2012
Doncaster Racecourse
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25 February, 2012
Uckfield, East Sussex
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Wealden Area Group Meeting
Monthly meeting of the Wealden Area Group. Please see http://wealden.2mm.org.uk/ for further details.
3 March, 2012
White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre, Audlett Drive, ABINGDON OX14 3PJ
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Highclere and Witney Euston come out to play
3 March, 2012
Preston College, Fulwood Campus, St Vincent's Road, Preston, PR2 8UR
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3 March, 2012
TBA
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Forth & Clyde Area Group
Location TBA Contact Colin Brady strath_garve-2mm@yahoo.co.uk for details
4 March, 2012
Preston College, Fulwood Campus, St Vincent's Road, Preston, PR2 8UR
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10 March, 2012
Tytherington High School, Manchester Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2EE
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Highbury Colliery @ Macclesfield
Jerry Clifford's Highbury Colliery @ Macclesfield show
Show information is available here http://www.macclesfieldmrg.org.uk/exhibition.htm
17 March, 2012
Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, NG8 4PB
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Fence Houses, Annedale Town, Brafferton & St Ruth at Nottingham
A great chance to see four 2FS layouts together.
Show details here http://www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk/
18 March, 2012
Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, NG8 4PB
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Fence Houses, Annedale Town, Brafferton & St Ruth at Nottingham
A great chance to see four 2FS layouts together.
Show details here http://www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk/
7 April, 2012
Knavesmire Racecourse, York
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Highbury Colliery @ York
Jerry Clifford's Highbury Colliery @ York show
Show information is available here http://www.yorkshow.org.uk/index.html
14 April, 2012
Christie Miller Sports Centre, Bowerhill Industrial Estate, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6QU
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Wenfordbridge @ Trainwest, Melksham
John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge @ Trainwest, Melksham
Show information here http://www.trainwest.org.uk/
21 April, 2012
Shepshed High School, Forest Street, Shepshed (near Loughborough), Leicestershire LE12 9DS
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5 May, 2012
TBA
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Forth & Clyde Area Group
For More information contact Colin Brady strath_garve-2mm@yahoo.co.uk
26 May, 2012
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Harvey Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP
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Wenfordbridge & Mini MSW @ Railex, Aylesbury
John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge & Alan Whitehouse's Mini MSW @ Railex Aylesbury show
Show details here http://www.railex.org.uk/railex2012l.html
27 May, 2012
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Harvey Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP
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Wenfordbridge & Mini MSW @ Railex, Aylesbury
John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge and Alan Whitehouse's Mini MSW @ Railex Aylesbury show
Show details here http://www.railex.org.uk/railex2012l.html
7 July, 2012
TDA
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Forth & Clyde Area Group
For more information contact Colin Brady strath_garve-2mm@yahoo.co.uk
21 July, 2012
Saint Margarets Hall, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DE
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Wenfordbridge @ Camrail, Bradfod on Avon
John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge @ Camrail, Bradford on Avon
Show details here http://titfield.co.uk/Camrail/Camindex.htm
22 July, 2012
Saint Margarets Hall, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DE
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Wenfordbridge @ Camrail, Bradfod on Avon
John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge @ Camrail, Bradford on Avon
Show details here http://titfield.co.uk/Camrail/Camindex.htm
"Hawkins", a Jubilee class locomotive by Simon Grand. The
body is a detailed and repainted Farish item, the chassis from a Nigel
Hunt kit. As described in the June 2011 2mm Magazine.
The 2mm Scale Association exists to promote and facilitate modelling at the scale of 2mm:1ft. The scale has a long history as the smallest practical finescale standard.
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moving forward again...
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kyle (previously in a boxfile) | 2 Feb 2012 | 8:06 am UTC
Many thanks for all the continued comments regarding the layout, in particular the recent 'backscene crisis'. I decided to reprint option 1 as that seemed to get the most votes and I think the differences are quite subtle but worth it. Although I realise it may not be to everyone's taste, I am gra ....
In the Distant NEAG Meeting 4th February 2012
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2mm North East Area Group | 30 Jan 2012 | 11:42 pm UTC
North East Area Group meeting information.
Saturday 4th February 2012
Saint Barnabas Church Hall, Bournmoor.
Time - Please Note 2.00pm - 5.00pm. (approx.)
Those of you who attended the final meeting of 2011 just before Christmas will already know we had a few gems presented to us in one for ....
quot;St Alban's Prioryquot; - some more pictures
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Return of the Sith - Sithlord's Railway Blog | 30 Jan 2012 | 10:44 pm UTC
A couple more: The view along the street over the tunnel at the Stage Right end. This is a row of Kestral terrace houses to the right of the photo and a single shop unit to the left with Langley post box and telephone box. This area needs a bit more - I am thinking of a a sign on the sho ....
quot;St Alban's Prioryquot; - some pictures
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Return of the Sith - Sithlord's Railway Blog | 29 Jan 2012 | 8:12 am UTC
As promised some photos of StAP now that it is installed. I am very pleased to report that having connected all the bits which needed connecting (it comes in 3 parts so needs to be bolted together and then the connection plugs coupled up along with some track put in place over one of the joins ....
quot;St Alban's Prioryquot; comes home
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Return of the Sith - Sithlord's Railway Blog | 28 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am UTC
8 weeks ago my family and I did the long drive from Longreach for the last time and moved back to our family home in SE Queensland. Since then, Christmas and New Year have come and gone, our fourth daughter has had her first birthday and we have been to Melbourne and celebrated Amity's birthda ....
the hills are alive...blog updated!
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kyle (previously in a boxfile) | 27 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pm UTC
Good evening,
Further to the backscene crisis I have been undertaking some experiments. My tinkering with GIMP and Paint was getting me nowhere. Enter, Glen, a good friend from School for over 34 years now (an ex rail enthusiast who still has a light flickering for the hobby I think) who offered hi ....
back...to the backscene....
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kyle (previously in a boxfile) | 23 Jan 2012 | 2:07 pm UTC
Good afternoon,
Further to the last update, and I guess Mike's observations, it got me wondering about the backscene.
I think it does look better with it, than the plain blue sky but I wondered whether in fact it might benefit from being toned down a tad?
I have had a little tinker in 'Paint' (as ....
presentation...
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paddock wood (in a boxfile) | 20 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am UTC
Good morning,
In between working on Kyle, I have been doing a little further work on this project, sometimes sketching with an espresso and in this case a small model to test ideas.
I think I have said before that I am very interested how layouts present their public face at exhibitions, as a pet ....
getting there...
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kyle (previously in a boxfile) | 19 Jan 2012 | 6:29 pm UTC
Good afternoon,
Despite a recent flurry of activity on PWIAB, work has been progressing on trying to finish this project.
I suddenly realised that I was going about it all the wrong way :O I had been trying to complete the station building before tackling all... ....
Introducing Corrieshalloch...
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Anthony Yeates' 2mm Blog | 17 Jan 2012 | 10:20 pm UTC
I'm starting work on a new 2FS layout project. After much deliberation, I've chosen a fictitious station on the projected but never constructed Highland Railway line from Garve to Ullapool. Corrieshalloch station is (in my imagination) squeezed between the main Garve to Ullapool road (now the A 835) ....
To do in 2012
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Return of the Sith - Sithlord's Railway Blog | 17 Jan 2012 | 5:59 am UTC
I haven't done any modelling this year - been too busy sorting out the modelling space to actually do any real modelling. But since I am going back to work this week following the Summer Holiday I thought it would be a good idea to put a list of what I hope to complete this year out there as a mean ....
2mm Gearboxes - First Attempt
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Highclere - 2mm Finescale | 16 Jan 2012 | 5:36 pm UTC
Hello :)
Ever since I posted in a past blog entry about a possible new gearbox I have been working on I have had quite a few people asking me about it as they are very interested which gave me the incentive to get it done. The idea I had was to get one together and take it to the St Albans show (wh ....
a euro for your thoughts...
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paddock wood (in a boxfile) | 14 Jan 2012 | 11:27 am UTC
Good morning,
Many thanks all for your interest and enthusiasm for this new project.
Whilst it was originally timetabled for May 2014, Chris, the BHMRC exhibition manager read my proposal, liked it and floated the question whether it could even be ready for May 2013... :O Let's just say (I know yo ....
new year - new layout - new blog...
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paddock wood (in a boxfile) | 10 Jan 2012 | 6:42 pm UTC
:O....I wish he would just get on and finish something... :rolleyes:
Firstly, my plans for 2012 will prevail and I am still aiming to try and complete Kyle by the end of this month and spend most of this year back working on coombe junction - moorswater as I would like to make some progress again ....
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