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Stoneleigh & 4th NZ Convention

by JRinTawa
(This was JRin Tawa's show page, now merged under Events, as there's more than one page can comfortably handle.  This page of two events kept as it was, to avoid losing the commentary. Cheeseminer.)


Stoneleigh 10 April 2010

This is the area for Stoneleigh pictures. Shall we treat it like a "Daily Page" so everyone can add their own pictures... If we use an "H4" heading, we can title it with our names thus:

JSJ

I was taken with the Irish railway stand from Neil Ramsey and John Campbell. Here is a massive County Donegal Railway loco Class 5 2-6-4T "Comumbkille"

Live steam "Phoenix" - before it was Phoenix! Apparently the etches are available from Worsley Works and Neil sells the axlebox castings. Would make a great battery-powered r/c loco and the original was a real success apparently. 


Chris Bird was busy busy busy all day with those chuffers


Fame at last! My little battery Hunslet was one of the running Hunslets as part of the 101 Hunslets event - it has the certificate to prove it. Here it is in the shed of Port Able, Nick's (bradypus from GSM) superb portable garden railway. Thanks very much to Nick for providing the heretic 45 mm railway for us to run on.


Passing the station


Here is one of the Hunslet's big brothers, also appearing at the show:



Dai's Railway Terrace was commended in the MOTY competition.


Roundhouse's Tom Rolt also popped by


I went with the intention of buying no more kits but couldn't resist the new Director's Saloon to match my Brandbright rake. The laser job is absolutely superb.


Entertainment was provided on the Timpdon Lake railway


And one for the IoM - the stars of the Accucraft stand were there too 



A great day all told.

Another from Stoneleigh, superb concrete viaduct sections together with a steel bridge (sorry for the poor picture taken with my phone). The guy who makes these concrete buildings and structures has recently left the armed forces and set himself up in business. I'm afraid I can't remember his name, but he seems to be attending most of the British shows. His concrete moulding techniques are absolutely first class - incredibly sharp and crisp. I bought a cottage from him at last year's Llanfair show and it's superb.
The viaduct components can be used to make pretty much any height and length. The steel bridge was brand new for Stoneleigh. Earlier in the show the bridge on display was painted in red primer and looked simply stunning. Unfortunately he must have sold the painted example before I took the photo and replaced it with an unpainted one. When I have completed my new extension to the WGLR I will have the ideal spot for something like this????? (Mel)

Philip Brockbank

Here are some of the pics I took. I was not as diligent as Graham at noting what I was taking pictures of so you may find the captions a bit lacking!
 
This one shows DJB's 'Katie'
 
Part of the Hunslet parade
 
I can't remember the name of this layout
 
A young visitor gets a good view
 
A veteran Snowdon Ranger
 
Another of John Campbell's beautiful Irish locos
 
A vintage Peckett by Harvey Watkin
 
A Vincent running on Port Able
 
One of the Hunslets in action...a lovely slow runner
 
Finally DJB's finely engineered 8-coupled chassis that can negotiate the tightest curves.
 
This was my first visit to Stoneleigh but it won't be the last. A very impressive show.
 

Doug

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Bailey Coal fired engine
 
 

Cheeseminer

Didn't take many photo's this year as it was mainly a shopping / meeting / browsing trip, but here's a couple.

This railcar caught my eye. I just love the idea of the luggage being on the roof (I'd seen that before but had forgotten).


Port Able (I think).



And that condemned terrace...



The 4th NZ Garden Railway Convention

by JRinTawa
Building on momentum from the previous NZ Garden Railway Conventions in
Wellington and Auckland the 2010 Convention was co-hosted by the Wellington and Wairarapa Garden Railway Groups in Masterton.

The program offered started on Saturday morning with workshop sessions by Hugh Keal on making figures from Fimo modeling clay, decoder and sound card fitting by Chris Drowley and wagon scratch building in styrene by Wayne Haste.  After morning tea key note speaker Brian Innes from High St Plants settled in for part one of his lecture on plant selection, care and maintenance.  The morning concluded with a slide show by Peter Cameron of his father's railway, started in the family garden in the 1930's, evolved over time and is now operated by Peter in a purpose built shed (since 1985).

Lunch was served in the sun at the Culcreuch Fold Garden Railway and trains ran starting off the layout tour.  In addition Brian Innes gave part two of his lecture sitting, planting and pruning plants discussed earlier.  Conventioneers then headed off to view three other railway in the Masterton area, including the historic railway of Peter Cameron.
Dinner was catered at the venue, and after dinner, via a conference call hook up, Peter Lucas from South Australia present a clinic on making resin buildings.  Discussions continuing after the clinic, no-one seeming to want to end the day.

Sunday, again fine and warm, took conventioneers to view 5 very different railways in Carterton.  Well 6 railways really as the Colletts have both a european themed railway and a street tram layout, both full of cameo scenes.  The morning was broken up with morning tea at the historic Carterton Railway Station.  After the last but not least railway of Jeremy Were it was back to the venue for lunch.

Final presentation was by Andy Whyman on buying, running and building live steam loco's, while Hugh also reran his figure building workshop and Wayne held a discussion on DR numbering, before the final wrap up and a last cup of coffee as Hamilton was selected to host the 2011 Convention.

Slideshow

The following slideshow illustrates the weekend and the 9 railways visited.


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