The February 13th meeting of the Probus Bathgate Club was attended by nearly 50 members who had come along to hear ESME’s Funding and PR Manager talk about the Almondell Model Engineering Centre. Peter outlined the developments to date and the plans to develop a Heritage Centre for the benefits of the local community. Keith Read more about Spreading The Word…….[…]
ESME has been successful in winning a grant of £8,838 from the National Lottery Awards for All, Scotland, to run a “Working on the Railways” Programme which will be delivered for us by Concrete Scotland. This follows a successful trial programme run in 2017 by Octavian Concrete, contributing to their “Innovation in Training Award 2017”. Read more about Thank You Big Lottery Awards for all[…]
Hard work pays off! Peter Arnold, AMEC Funding and PR Manager, has been working behind the scenes speaking with Viridor Credits Environmental Company. This an independent, not-for-profit organisation which can provide funding for community, heritage and biodiversity projects around the UK through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund. Peter has been talking Read more about AMEC Developments[…]
The entries into the Bits and Pieces evening were quite varied and show the diversity of activities that model engineers get up to. It’s not all steam locomotives and miniature railway! Our Roving Reporter was there and submitted pictures of some of the items. We hope you find them interesting and if it kindles your Read more about Farr Trophy Winner[…]
Member John Fallon recently discovered that the gauge between the 7¼” and 5″ mixed running track is 45 mm (1.772 in) which is precisely the gauge for ‘G’ scale. Never one to pass up an opportunity John returned to the Almondell Site with a suitable consist and proceeded to run his train. A video of Read more about ‘G’ Scale Trains[…]
There will be two training Sundays on our new 7¼” gauge locomotive for members. This is based on the ‘1366’ Great Western 0-6-0 Pannier Tank. It was agreed at an earlier meeting that to ensure familiarity with the controls and the quirks of the model it would be a good idea to let interested members Read more about Driver Training[…]
ESME member Dale Lyon, Director of Concrete Scotland was awarded the Innovation in Training Award 2017 at last evenings Scottish Training Federation annual awards for their Octavian Concrete Program. Octavian Concrete was an 8 Week Program which was delivered on behalf of West Lothian Council for 12 pupils who had become disengaged with the education Read more about Scottish Training Federation Innovation in Training Award 2017[…]
Some members will know Kieran as a young enthusiastic model maker and friend of Jeremy’s in Perth. He’s not a member but he sent me an interesting story, which follows, with images. It was on one of our clearances, Kieran had his eyes on a miniature lathe which he was keen on purchasing. We Read more about Restoring a Taig Micro Lathe[…]
Jeremy found lying in a dark corner of a shed an abandoned 5″ gauge driving / passenger truck. Enquiries from the owner elicited the response ‘If you want it, have it, but it doesn’t run and it tips you off at the points.” Dismantling it, the upper works were only fit for the scrap bin, Read more about LMS 42′ Utility Van[…]
Built by member, Alec over the past two years. The model is a 7 1/4″ scale model of Hunslet’s latest shunting locomotive designated DH6OC and the prototype for their new series. Built to 1/10th scale for 7 1/4″ but adaptable to 5″ as a narrow gauge engine as well by using a central square section Read more about Hunslet DH60C[…]
