My own D-Day on the 6th June was when the Panther burst into life for the first time: Still a lot of work to do. Painting of the camourflage, addition of the external detail such as tools, spare tracks etc. Then there is the fitting of the motion packs for the turret & gun, the Read more about The Panther Roars….[…]
Scottish Mini Meet. This was held for the first time at Almondell on the 2oth May in the large conference room for the 2023 Scottish mini-meet. There was space for eight layouts in various stages of development, two specialist traders, and two demo tables. This was a very Read more about 2mm Scale Association[…]
The first open day to the public was held on Sunday 7th May. The opening hours were extended from 10.30am to 4pm. The first passengers arrived just after 10am but were happy to watch the final preparations at the station until the trains were ready at 10.30. A new extended track experience for 2023 which Read more about Public Open Day 7th May[…]
The very latest from the tank factory. Showing the complexity and the quality of the components. After fitting the bump stops work progressed to the running gear. This has taken quite a time! The first job involved devising & setting up a jig to get all the torsion bars to hold their respective stub axle Read more about Panther Tank Progress[…]
Today at Almondell, 16/4/23, further testing was carried out on the large Appin locomotive. It must be the largest locomotive yet to run on the tracks at Almondell. And what a monster it is. I am sure that all of the members present were very impressed with the work carried out by Dan Coupe with Read more about We Have A Monster[…]
The work continues with more cladding for the boiler. After successfully rolling the first three sections of cladding, it was time to tackle the final piece required at the firebox end. The mini rollers were used again but since the shaping did not require a full circle, the distance of Read more about Maude has more clothes[…]
I have just received the latest news that after all the boxes were checked and no parts were missing then the next stage was to start the assembly of the 1:6 scale tank kit. Jeremy has taken a few photos to show progress at the early stages with some detailed information. Read more about The Panther Tank assembly.[…]
On Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March our Society had a superb club stand at the Model Engineering Exhibition held at Harrogate. Thanks to Kevan Shaw who transported all of the models and display stands to Harrogate on the Thursday, managing to arrive there before the A66 was closed an Read more about The Harrogate Exhibition[…]
Great to report that on Sunday, Dave Sutherland had a run on the track with his superb model of Dolphur. You will remember that Dave won the Farr Trophy award for engineering excellence when this model locomotive was submitted into the competition. Plus two short videos showing the loco in Read more about Dolphur is finished[…]
Just received this from Jeremy Bull. Model engineering with a difference. We are so used to members building a variety of steam models so how about this for a change. A fully machined metal kit to build a 1/6th scale model of Panther G tank. The dimensions when complete, the tank will be 57″ long, Read more about Tank Project[…]
