Twickenham MRC Open Day showcases new
layouts
Twickenham & District MRC are holding an Open Day on
July 25th to showcase their new layouts. Centrepiece of the event will be the
club’s ambitious new 7mm layout of Kensington Addison Road which will be
getting its first public showing as a fully operating layout.
The prototype
Kensington Addison Road was on the West London Line and is better known today
as Kensington Olympia. By setting the layout in the 1920’s the club can run a
huge variety of stock from the GWR, LNWR, LBSCR, LSWR as well as the LMS and SR
(post grouping).
One unusual feature of the layout is the running of the
LNWR’s Oerlikon EMUs; for which the Gauge-0 group have had to produce their own
etched brass kits. The station buildings have involved the use of laser
cutting, 3D-printing, resin casting and CNC machining.
Visitors are encouraged to bring along stock (at their
risk) to run not only on Addison Road (‘O’ FS) but on the club’s running tracks
which can accommodate stock in virtually any gauge from ‘N’ to ‘G’ including
coarse scale ‘O’ and 3 rail.
Other club projects, including the new OO layout ‘Twickenham Junction’ (1950s BR(S)), will be on display and refreshments will be available and so visitors will be able to get a real feel of what club life has to offer.
Date : July 25th
Times : 10am – 4pm
Venue : Kerswell Hall, Wills Crescent, Whitton, TW3 2JF
Entrance : Free but donations welcomed
For further details and the latest news, please visit the club’s website: www.tdmrc.org.uk
Contact details : chairman.tdmrc@gmail.com
Tel - 01784 459104
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