The Scalefour Society Calendar

Scalefour Society Events in the next 6 months

20 May, 2012 RG12 9SE map

expoEM The Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 9SE http://www.emgs.org Including Stoke by Nayfield, Foxup and Clutton in P4

26 May, 2012 HP21 9PP map

Railex Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Harvey Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP http://www.railex.org.uk/railex2012l.html Including: Birmingham Moor Street, Brinkley, Burntisland, Clarendon, Horsley Bank and Llanastr in P4

27 May, 2012 HP21 9PP map

2 June, 2012 DE14 2EB map

DEMU Showcase Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 2EB http://www.demu.org.uk/showcase.php Including Waterloo St in P4

3 June, 2012 DE14 2EB map

DEMU Showcase Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 2EB http://www.demu.org.uk/showcase.php Including Waterloo St in P4

16 June, 2012 WN5 0UH map

Wigan Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk/exhibition.html Including Eccleston, St Merryn, Nettlebridge Valley Railway and Kitehouses in P4

17 June, 2012 WN5 0UH map

Wigan Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk/exhibition.html Including Eccleston, St Merryn, Nettlebridge Valley Railway and Kitehouses in P4

23 June, 2012 EH49 7HZ map

Scalefour Society AGM Low Port Centre, 1 Blackness Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian EH49 7HZ The event will be open to members from 11:00am to 4:00pm and entertainment will be provided by members of the East Scotland Area Group. Official business starts at 2:00pm. Calderside, Barnton and Blackston Junction are expected to be present and full details of the Entertainments and Official Business, including the Agenda and any Resolutions will feature in the May 2012 edition of Scalefour News, No 177. Officers Reports can be viewed in the members' area of the Society website.

11 August, 2012 BA5 2RB map

Scalefour Southwest (part of Railwells) Wells Town Hall, Market Place, Wells Somerset BA5 2RB http://www.railwells.com/ http://www.scalefour.org/shows/shows.html#southwest

12 August, 2012 BA5 2RB map

Scalefour Southwest (part of Railwells) Wells Town Hall, Market Place, Wells Somerset BA5 2RB http://www.railwells.com/ http://www.scalefour.org/shows/shows.html#southwest

18 August, 2012 DE5 3QZ map

Midland Railex (Butterley) Midland Railway Butterley, Butterley Station, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3QZ http://www.midlandrailex.co.uk/ With a Society stand and a demonstration of P4 modelling by the Nottingham Area Group

19 August, 2012 DE5 3QZ map

25 August, 2012 NE29 6TL map

Railex North East The Parks Sports Centre, Howdon Road, North Shields, NE29 6TL http://www.railexne.com/ Including: Lowburn Park in P4

26 August, 2012 NE29 6TL map

Railex North East The Parks Sports Centre, Howdon Road, North Shields, NE29 6TL http://www.railexne.com/ Lowburn Park in P4

15 September, 2012 GU22 9BA map

Woking Woking Leisure Centre, Woking Park, GU22 9BA http://www.rec-farnborough.org.uk/exhibition.html Including Aldbury Town and Harton Gill in P4

16 September, 2012 GU22 9BA map

Woking Woking Leisure Centre, Woking Park, GU22 9BA http://www.rec-farnborough.org.uk/exhibition.html Including Aldbury Town and Harton Gill in P4

29 September, 2012 KT22 9BL map

Scaleforum Leisure Centre, Guildford Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9BL http://www.scalefour.org/ With Brixcombe, Colinton, Dorchester Junction, Elcot Road, Kyle of Sutherland, New Mere, Sankley and Western Road Diesel Depot in P4 plus QUAI 87 in P87 and the usual traders, demonstrations, etc.

30 September, 2012 KT22 9BL map

6 October, 2012 PL27 6BU map

Wadebridge Wadebridge School, Gonvena Hill, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6BU http://www.wadebridge34007.co.uk/mrex.html Including St Merryn in P4

6 October, 2012 CT20 2DZ map

Folkestone The Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2DZ http://www.folkestone-mrc.com/page56.html Including Harton Gill in P4

7 October, 2012 PL27 6BU map

Wadebridge Wadebridge School, Gonvena Hill, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6BU http://www.wadebridge34007.co.uk/mrex.html Including St Merryn in P4

7 October, 2012 CT20 2DZ map

Folkestone The Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2DZ http://www.folkestone-mrc.com/page56.html Including Harton Gill in P4

12 October, 2012 HP16 0BD map

Missenden Abbey Autumn Railway Modellers' Weekend Autumn Railway Modellers' Weekend Full details at: http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/ Locomotive Kit Construction, Scenery, Electronics for the Bewildered, Electronics for the Initiates.

13 October, 2012 GU12 4AS map

Aldershot Connaught Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, GU12 4AS http://www.farnhammrc.org.uk/ Including Brixcombe and Portchullin in P4 NOTE: Opening times are approximate as they had not been published at the time of writing this entry

14 October, 2012 GU12 4AS map

20 October, 2012 BR3 3JN map

Beckenham St John's Church, Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN http://www.bwwmrc.co.uk/ Including Birmingham Moor Street in P4

20 October, 2012 CF14 2JL map

Cardiff Glantaff High School, Bridge Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, CF14 2JL http://www.cardiffmodelrail.org.uk/ Including the Society stand

21 October, 2012 CF14 2JL map

Cardiff Glantaff High School, Bridge Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, CF14 2JL http://www.cardiffmodelrail.org.uk/ Including the Society stand

27 October, 2012 TA2 6AD map

Taunton Taunton School, Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6AD http://www.somersetrmc.org.uk/Rail-EX/index.html Including Bodmin in P4

28 October, 2012 TA2 6AD map

Taunton Taunton School, Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6AD http://www.somersetrmc.org.uk/Rail-EX/index.html Including Bodmin in P4

17 November, 2012 CA14 3SA map

Workington Workington Leisure Centre and Pool http://www.solrail.co.uk/exhibition%202012.html Including a demonstration of P4 modelling

17 November, 2012 PO3 5XT map

South Hants Admiral Lord Nelson School, Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, PO3 5XT http://www.shmrc.co.uk/nextexhibition.html Including New Mere in P4 and the Society stand/P4 demonstration

18 November, 2012 CA14 3SA map

Workington Workington Leisure Centre and Pool http://www.solrail.co.uk/exhibition%202012.html Including a demonstration of P4 modelling

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GWRJ No.82 Source: Grogley Junction | 19 May 2012 | 6:31 pm BST

Since April 6th I've had weekly visits to my local newsagents looking out for the next issue of the Great Western Railway Journal. At last I was greeted this afternoon by the sight of issue No.82 on the shelf....Passenger Operations at Paddington Station Part 7, (the last instalment in this se ....

Cleethorpes 2012 Source: Eastmoor | 18 May 2012 | 7:26 pm BST

Over the weekend we visited the Cleethorpes MRS exhibition - it's a really lovely show and a great laid back atmosphere. Of note was Gordon Luck's new layout Donnington on Bain (a good overview of the prototype can be found here) It's in P4 and was presented as a work in progress, which is great for ....

Tamping at Crabley Source: Eastmoor | 18 May 2012 | 6:42 pm BST

I've not posted much on here lately - lots of railway stuff going on though! As a taster, just a couple of views of a tamper and regulator we had through Crabley the other night. They're setting up ready to follow the High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC) which is spending the summer on the Hull - Selb ....

A cracking weekend Source: Grogley Junction | 14 May 2012 | 8:27 pm BST

The title sums it up really. My birthday on Friday, followed by playing trains at the local Cleethorpes Model Railway show on Saturday, and then a good few hours on Sunday working on modelling projects.One of the many modelling related presents I received was a very informative book covering a Summe ....

Callow Lane goods shed - fitting it to the baseboard Source: Engine Wood | 13 May 2012 | 3:49 pm BST

Having completed most of the work on the Townstreet goods shed recently (as per earlier blog entries), a test placing on the layout revealed just how tight the railway openings were for stock passing through the shed. Definitely a case of 'do not lean out of the window'... Various items of stock an ....

A trip to Memphis, TN Source: Morgan's Workbench & Photo Blog | 12 May 2012 | 2:28 pm BST

Last week during a trip to the USA I was able to find some time to check out some of the local rail operations. Prior contact with some of the local railroad enthusiasts meant I made the most of my free time out there. As a result I saw some great "big diesel" action over a couple of afternoons at ....

Dapol Class 22 - conversion to P4 - further photos Source: Engine Wood | 9 May 2012 | 8:43 pm BST

I've completed most of the 'structural' work on the blue Dapol Class 22 now, with the exception of glueing the lifting rings on the bogies. Having run it this evening with some wagons, I think that I'm going to have to replace the Dapol coupling hook with a Smiths one, to standardise it with the res ....

Grogley Junction - Another idea Source: Grogley Junction | 8 May 2012 | 10:37 pm BST

Since coming back from Cornwall I've been thinking about my Grogley Junction project. Spending time on the Camel Trail walking the line from Grogley Junction to Polbrock and beyond has really fired my imagination for the project. In my collection of photographs of the line I have one of an O2 pass ....

One Gremlin banished Source: Grogley Junction | 5 May 2012 | 10:35 pm BST

One of the little Gremlins that surfaced when testing Tredethy Wharf was the in continuous check rail area where a road will cross the track. For some reason I purchased S4 plastic check rail chairs instead of P4 which caused some slight wheel binding on a converted Pannier Tank in this section of t ....

Converting a Dapol Class 22 to P4 Source: Engine Wood | 3 May 2012 | 9:05 pm BST

There was quite a lot of debate on the Class 22 thread a while back about how one might convert it to EM or P4. I think that the EM gauge fraternity generally decided that the existing wheels could be pulled out slightly on their existing axles, and I hope that this has worked out for them. This wa ....

Bristol Barrow Road - Pete Harvey PHDesign Buffers Source: barrowroad's Blog | 2 May 2012 | 1:34 pm BST

Before I show the PHD buffers here are a couple of photos of the nearly finished set of buffers in position at the end of the head shunt. Two sets of buffer stops on Barrow Road are very similar to the design catered for by Pete Harvey's etch, which consists of a set of suitably shaped... ....

Winter Project - Gearbox Source: Grogley Junction | 2 May 2012 | 8:10 am BST

The holiday (or should I say field trip) in Cornwall and the hasty day at Scalefour North has renewed my enthusiasm for all things P4 and Grogley Junction. Over the weekend I found a couple of hours to build the High Level gearbox. The gearbox came with very comprehensive instructions, which, at fir ....

Buffer Stops (part 3) Source: Grogley Junction | 1 May 2012 | 8:05 pm BST

I think I've solved the mystery of how the buffer stop at Dunmere Wharf might have been constructed. Below are a few photos of the current buffer stop at Boscarne on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. Apart from Dunmere buffer stop having a wooden buffer beam this one seems to be very similar to the ....

Saturday session Source: Beer and Buckjumpers | 30 Apr 2012 | 10:15 pm BST

The non-stop rain in Hertfordshire meant that I was largely confined to home this weekend, apart from a spell in the garage to continue painting the floor, and a spin on the SS up to the garage where my car is, as I had to choose the colour of new carpets to go in it. So on Saturday I had the opport ....

Source: IanMacCormacModels | 30 Apr 2012 | 4:23 pm BST

Started making up the test etch at last!Hi again, after another few months where I haven't been able to get anywhere near my workbench.I have found that, mostly, things have gone together okay. Very pleased with the firebox front and the cab suround. There are a few problems - the wrapper for ....

C&VBT 2-4-0 - nearly there Source: Killybegs' Blog | 30 Apr 2012 | 2:32 pm BST

This delightful little loco is nearly finished, she's just waiting for her Westinghouse brake (can't get hold of Alan Gibson Workshop to order one at the moment) and chopper couplings (they'll be fitted after she's painted). I'm sure there will be more filling required after a coat of primer. The br ....

Bristol Barrow Road - Hitting the Buffers - Part 2 Source: barrowroad's Blog | 24 Apr 2012 | 5:36 pm BST

Having formed and soldered up the two main support structures the main beam was formed from two pieces of rail each 30mm long. There is a narrow gap between the two rails so I used a short length of 0.2mm nickel silver strip as a temporary spacer during soldering. I also used two additional piece ....

C&VBT 2-4-0 gets her skirt Source: Killybegs' Blog | 24 Apr 2012 | 11:12 am BST

A little more progress on the 2-4-0 and it's starting to look a bit more like the prototype. However the further I progress, the more differences I pick up between the Isle of Man locos (on which the kit is based) and those supplied to the Ballymena & Larne (and thence on to the C&VBT). Most of thes ....

Watchmakers' work Source: Beer and Buckjumpers | 24 Apr 2012 | 6:42 am BST

Apologies for the delay in posting - Blogspot seems to have had a funny couple of days :-(One of the things that I really love about High Level Kits is that they are such fiddly things to build. Not difficult, certainly not badly designed, but containing such a level of detail that i ....

Callow Lane goods shed - plunge taken re awning roof Source: Engine Wood | 23 Apr 2012 | 4:53 pm BST

Having previously felt that I wouldn't be able to remove the moulded slate detail from the roof of the road-side awning, I looked at it again and decided that the difference in slate finishes was such that I really ought to make the attempt. This is how it was done... First of all, the whole stru ....

Spring Steam Spectacular 2012 Source: Grogley Junction | 21 Apr 2012 | 10:54 pm BST

We have just arrived home after a very enjoyable week's holiday in Cornwall. The fact that it coincided with the Bodmin & Wenford Railway's Spring Steam Spectacular was no coincidence. When the line up of steam power included a T9, an O2, a 42xx along with a Beattie Well Tank and a 45xx, a trip ....

Twenty Progress Source: Eastmoor | 20 Apr 2012 | 8:56 pm BST

Isn't amazing the difference buffers make?! Well, with the buffers on it's ready for primer - just about anyway. It'll be a lovely, faded, tatty, Railfreight livery! The class 20's construction has lead to a change from what is the usual order of things - the buffer beams are very exposed and painte ....

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