Scotland Area ScOONs meeting 4 August

[Ian McAulay]

Hi ScOONers

It's August already! Our next meeting is on Wednesday 4 August at 8pm UK time. Graeme Dunbar will be chairing the session.

Zoom details below.

Ian

Ian McAulay is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 009 Society ScOONs online meeting
Time: Aug 4, 2021 08:00 PM London

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[Graeme Dunbar]

Apologies for a very sketchy report on the meeting - I forgot to take notes!

There were about a dozen of us online, which is pretty good going for summer holiday time. We were joined by our guests from further afield: Paul, Garry and Hugh. It is great to get the perspective from other locations.

Articulated locomotives were a serendipitous theme with Garry showing his line of Garratts, making good use of Minitrix chassis and Hugh showing his new Kitson-Meyer locomotive which pairs an unpowered Kato Pocket Line steam chassis with a Bachmann Percy chassis.

Shortly before the meeting, the daughter of former member Geoff Carter had been in contact. Geoff passed away last year and his Zimmerbahn layout was being offered to Society members. Interest was shown in the layout at the meeting but unfortunately it is still looking for a new home. One issue is transportation so something that might be worth looking into is pairing up someone who can offer transportation with someone who can take on the layout. Geoff's daughter is keen to see the layout being of benefit to other modellers so all ideas are welcome.

There was good national news earlier in the week on the exhibition front with Scotland to leave 'Covid Level 0' on the 8th of August. As of yet there is no confirmation of the Aberdeen, Glasgow and Perth exhibitions going ahead, but it is looking more hopeful.

Exhibition pull-up banners were discussed and we now have a general format settled along with suggestions for representative layouts. It is now a matter of finding the best photos and seek permission to use them.

There were other topics but my apologies for forgetting them. Please feel free to add to this write-up!