ScOONs Meeting Summary 18th August 2025

[John Galbraith]

ScOONs Meeting Summary 18th August - Chaired by Tom. 13 members attended

The meeting started with a short discussion on the Edinburgh Exhibition on 6th/7th September.

Roger - Is hoping to get back to progressing with work on his module ready for Edinburgh

Dave Chapman - showed us some brown Egger-Bhan wagons he has purchased at a bargain price from E-Bay. He now has ten.

Tom - is busy reorganising his study to allow him to get his layout in and be able to show his progress at future meetings.

Ian - is making progress on his second return loop module, in preparation for Edinburgh and showed us the latest images. He now has the land form in place using card and Mod Poge.

Alan - has purchased a chip for his Dean Goods and also purchased the Bachmann Talyllyn loco and three coaches and a collector's club brake van.

Rik - showed us the landscaping on his module and then gave a demonstration on how he achieves his landscapes. He also uses a dark base and colours his PVA grey and uses a 60% PVA mix.

David Duff - showed us some photos of the Blackford Highland Spring depot and showed us the N Gauge container crane his is building for layout which will be 12ft by 2ft 6in.

David Bird - showed us the detailing pack he has received from Fourdees for Talyllyn. He is also planning his layout using Anyrail.

John - showed some figures he has painted also a 16.5 wagon and an N gauge GNoS station building.

Chris - showed his scratch built Talyllyn loco which he still has to fit couplings to. He also showed us some Rack and Pinion points and a sketch of the landscape he is planning. He is also hoping to create a snow scene.

A short conversation of making snow followed.

Ron - is looking at getting back to modelling in 1/35 scale.

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd September and will be chaired by John.

Our next exhibition will be at George Watson's College, Colinton Road Edinburgh on 6th/7th September. Public transport is available from Princess Street to the venue.

[8466APOL]

Hi Guys

I've even managed to Run my Tallyllyn locomotive and coach I've put a short clip on YouTube as normal https://youtu.be/-hYGlopHgwE?si=Xei4juzjZV_M5-TN

Thanks
Alan