Ingatestone (MRC)

Great to see progress at #Ingatestone Crossing Keepers Cottage. The local group are working hard to turn this into a museum, to show how it will have looked back in its day. A great re-use of a derelict building for the community around it.

In less than a week, our mini exhibition with 4 working layouts including @GrahamMuz @StudioJamming @minorieslayout #Ingatestone plus #yorkroad underground station and the chance to pick up gifts & your own stocking fillers from our preowned shop.themodelrailwayclub.org/events/mini-ex… for info

Ingatestone team is on a field trip to the prototype today!

Set up underway at the London Festival of Railway Modelling @Yourallypally you can still buy discounted advance tickets online themodelrailwayclub.org/events/london-… for full details

Behind the scenes on our OO gauge layout ‘Ingatestone’ - you can see the pretty side of it next weekend at the London Festival of Railway Modelling - 40 layouts, one iconic venue details themodelrailwayclub.org/events/london-… #LFORM

"Hartley Poole Too" set on the Somerset Levels in '44 features a coal-fired power station, with an early form of merry-go-round bringing coal to the site. You can see it at the London Festival of Railway Modelling 18/9 March @ Alexandra Palace. Follow for more info #LFORM #ngauge

Just a fortnight to go until we welcome the Southern Electric Traction Group to Keen House with "Stories from the Shed". We'd welcome guests in person where you can enjoy a drink & chat with the team + it's also available by Zoom- more details buff.ly/3Iyb4kl @gordon_3417

Our narrow gauge theme continues in our LFORM 2023 layouts preview - this time with Launceston Steam Railway in OO9 representing a modern day preserved railway 📷 (c) Trevor Jones for @Hornbymag

Finecale modelling is well represented at the London Festival of Railway Modelling this year - including "Pwllheli" in P4, set in Wales in 2012. See the full list of layouts and demonstrations on our website buff.ly/2JhNlIN #LFORM @scalefournews @EMGauge @Yourallypally

Before static grass (but with glue) and after.

More progress on the scenic cover of the embankment at Ingatestone. Will be adding static grass once this base layer is dry. Getting ready for #LFORM 23!

Spring is nearly here - and time to sow some grass. With the benefit of some static electricity. Progress on our OO layout Ingatestone…. @IngatestoneMRC #OOgauge

Our pre-owned shop will be at our Keen House mini exhibition on Sun 4th- with a stack of bargains for Christmas. If you fancy anything from our on-line shop pls order by Friday to collect, as we won’t have that stock at the event themodelrailwayclub.org/shop/ themodelrailwayclub.org/events/mini-ex…

BR86 shunting the yard at “Wasserbach” - one of the layouts at our mini exhibition tomorrow at Keen House. 11-4 at Keen House N1 9DA. £5 adults, £1 children in advance and on the door, full details on our website. #homodeltrains #modelrailwayexhibitions #london #kingscross #n1

Come and have an early look at these latest models from @Heljan and @railssheffield at our mini exhibition tomorrow in the heart of London, a short walk from the old stamping ground of the Peaks at St Pancras. Details at themodelrailwayclub.org/events/mini-ex… #tmrguk

We’ve got “loco doctor” Andy at the event on Sunday - for a small donation he can diagnose and hopefully repair faulty locks, or give a loco a service. Doors open at 11

Our YouTube channel has a selection of full and edited recordings of recent talks at the Club. Here's one on the Class 321 EMUs for "Ingatestone" youtu.be/SjvZyKGu3Ew via @YouTube

Our December Mini Exhibition is on Sunday 4th, 11-4 at Keen House N1 9DA. Copenhagen Fields, Lacey Dale and two members layouts plus our second hand shop. Full details in the link themodelrailwayclub.org/events/mini-ex…

We've been busy working Mondays since the open day in May and have made progress with the scenic look of the first board! #RoadToLFoRM23

We're up and running. Lots of modern image stock running around today!