Welcome to 2018 and it's nearly time for the first open day of this year at Hillingdon Railway Modellers, these are popular regular events and the first will be held on Saturday 17th February 2018.
Although it feels like a while since the last one it's good that they are here again, the open day is a great chance for myself to give a few of my Dads O Gauge models a bit of a run out as I've no room for a layout at home and I don't want them to live in boxes forever. Will hopefully get there for the afternoon with a few items in my bag to try out and given them a run as it's always a popular day and doors open to the public at 10:00am.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17 February | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 7 April | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 9 June | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 25 August | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 27 October | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
| 15 December | Test Track Open Day (confirmed) |
Address
Yiewsley Baptist Church
74 Colham Avenue
West Drayton UB7 8HF
West Drayton UB7 8HF
* the entrance is at the side of the church down a path and the doors at the end should be open, don't try and enter the main doors of the church.
Owing to rental costs of the hall there is a cover charge of £4 but there will be two extensive O Gauge and OO Gauge Test Tracks available and have recently added a three track N Gauge circuit too (Pic Below) all up and running so if you have anything you wish to see get a good run do please come along.
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| N GAUGE TEST TRACK |
It should be stressed that these ARE NOT exhibitions, so please bring your own locos and rolling stock to run. At busy times we may have to introduce time slots so that everyone can get a chance to operate their stock. Here's a short clip of one of the earlier open days YouTube LINK
Below you can see a busy picture of their 8 road yard in O Gauge it's a very extensive track and will give your models a very good run. A few photo's taken from the previous open days are below, if you read back to some of the earlier postings in this blog I have tried to show the variety of excellent models on show, these guys are truly experts in their craft I only wish I had some of their talents and skills.
Below you can see a busy picture of their 8 road yard in O Gauge it's a very extensive track and will give your models a very good run. A few photo's taken from the previous open days are below, if you read back to some of the earlier postings in this blog I have tried to show the variety of excellent models on show, these guys are truly experts in their craft I only wish I had some of their talents and skills.
People will bring a wide variety of stock to run, nearly all are kit built though and the skills / detail is incredible.
Everyone will get their turn I promise.
I hope that these pictures give a good indication of the size of the O Gauge test track, you can give your models a really good work out here. This formation can also transform into an exhibition layout called Grindley Brook a scenic section replaces the long straight down the back.This layout was shown at the Warley show at the NEC Birmingham in November last year and will no doubt be available for display during 2018 again.
A few more pictures from some of the previous Open Days, though they mostly focus on the O Gauge track there are also Test Tracks available for OO and N Gauge too. There are many society members on hand who are both extremely friendly and knowledgeable too so if you have any problems with modelling or questions they will be more than happy to try and help i am sure.
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| THE BUSY OO GAUGE TEST TRACK |
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| LONDON UNDERGROUND STOCK MAKE A WELCOME APPEARANCE |
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| BRIGHTON BELLE IN "N". SOON TO REAPPEAR ON MAINLINE TOO |
HOW TO GET THERE:
If you are Travelling by Car
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