Here are some quotes that have appeared in 009 News in years past.
I posted these before on NGRM on line just over 10 years ago now.
But they are worth posting again as we approach the 50 years event.
I will kick off with the first time my name was in 009 News back in in August 1981:
Wanted
* Eggerbahn and Jouef locos and stock.
Contact : Brian Meldon...........
(Little did I know back then that I would be collecting Egger-bahn over 40 years later but I would still not have all the variations that were produced!)
This next one from Mike Higgins who started the society:
The biggest problem with British Narrow-gauge loco modelling is that most of the railways employed the outside frame principle. A Welshpool and Llanfair 060T or a Quarry Hunslet would look nice in 009.
Mike Higgins (009 Member 001) October 1972.
(Well it took nearly 50 years but we do have the ready-to-run Quarry Hunslets, as to the Welshpool locos.........well lets just wait and see what happens....)
I will post more quotes over the next few days.
Hah, yes. I remember arguments at AGMs about inside and outside frames!
Considering how many inside framed locos there actually are on british ng lines, I think that a no-score draw results at the very least!
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October 21st saw the usual 'Clan' drooling over the 134 parts to what must be the Rolls-Royce of 009 kits, namely a Centre Models L.&M.V.L.R. 2-6-4 Kitson Loco which Mike had brought, almost hot from the moulds, for evaluation. To criticise the product was nearly impossible............
Alan Penny (009 Member No 532) December 1978
Note that the 'Mike' mentioned was Mike Tye of Centre Models himself.
Due to the cost of 'N' gauge mechanisms narrow gauge modelling is becoming too expensive for the younger modeller.........
.......so unless a reasonably priced mechanism comes on to the market the future of 009 modelling is somewhat bleak.
F. H. Smith November 1973.
The retail prices that month for an Arnold 0-6-0 chassis was £8.50, the Arnold 0-4-0 was £9.00. The Liliput H0e 0-6-2 was £8.87 and the Liliput H0e 0-6-0 was £9.55.
£10 in 1973 works out at about £103 now.
Quote from: B.Meldon on August 03, 2023, 15:05
£10 in 1973 works out at about £103 now.
That's very useful to know!
The Madder Valley Railway has a nice collection of stock from different gauges and railways all running on 00 track. Why shouldn't [it] be the same in 009? By all means, model as well and as realistically as you can but we don't want to sink into the sort of rivet-counting snobbery that can afflict 00 modelling.
David Etheridge (009 Member 242) May 1977.
(Wise words I think.)