HILLINGDON RAILWAY MODELLERS 2019 OPEN DAYS -- SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY

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Welcome again, it's time for the first Open Day of this year at Hillingdon Railway Modellers, these regular events are very popular and the next one will be held on Saturday 16th February 2019.

Haven't attended here for a little while so this is a good opportunity to get myself over there and give a few of my Dads O Gauge models a bit of a run out since I've no room for a layout at home and I don't want them to live in boxes forever. I aim to hopefully get there for the afternoon with a few items in my bag to try out and also update a few pictures too. It's always a popular day and doors open to the public at 10:00am.

Hillingdon Railway Modellers O Gauge Test Track

Address

Yiewsley Baptist Church

74 Colham Avenue
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.

Club Events For 2019
Date	Description
12/13 January	Grindley Brook to Chiltern Model Railway Association (CMRA) Exhibition, Stevenage
7 February	AGM (members only)
16 February	Test Track Open Day
6 April	Test Track Open Day
8 June	Test Track Open Day
24 August	Test Track Open Day
19 October	Test Track Open Day
14 December	Test Track Open Day

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.

N GAUGE TEST TRACK

There are always plenty of refreshments available, Tea, Coffee and cold drinks for the youngster, in addition the freshly made bacon rolls are highly recommended. (just don't scoff them all before I get there!!)

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.

Hillingdon Railway Modellers Test Track O Gauge

People will bring a wide variety of stock to run, nearly all are kit built though and the skills / detail is truly incredible.

Everyone will get their turn to run on each of the test tracks I promise but it is popular and a queue system will usually operate.

Hillingdon Railway Modellers O Gauge Test Track size

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 2017 and will have recently been making an appearance at the Wigan Show in October 2018 so well done to all concerned getting this large layout out there to be enjoyed by people far and wide.

Hillingdon Railway Modellers Grindley Brook O Gauge Exhibition Layout

Grindley Brook station approach

Grindley Brook Station

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.