Scotland Area ScOONs meeting Monday 20 June

[Ian McAulay]

Hello ScOONers

What better way to enjoy the long light evenings of June than meeting your fellow ScOONers? The next meeting is on Monday 20 June at the usual 8pm UK time (1900 GMT, adjust for other zones as needed). The Zoom details are below. Graeme Dunbar will be chairing the meeting this time.

See you there

Ian

Ian McAulay is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 009 Society ScOONs online meeting
Time: Jun 20, 2022 20:00 London

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Meeting ID: 880 0557 9706
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[Graeme Dunbar]

We had a small gathering on Monday as might be expected over the summer months.

We settled on dates for meetings over the next couple of months. If anyone would like to be added to the mailing list to receive an email link to Zoom calls rather than relying on the forum, please contact me.

We are all set for the Perth Show this coming weekend (25th and 26th of June) with just final touches to preparations and packing up ready to go. Please come along if you are able. Offers of help behind the stand are most welcome, even if for just a short time. There might even be a ScOONs badge in it, thanks to Ian's good work. Dave Chapman's Glen Dull and the ScOONs stand are next to each other.

Hugh R reported he was able to make the changes to his Halling chassis wheelbase and that it turned a lot easier than he first thought. He is working on his small layout and it may be at the Aberdeen exhibition in October.

Ian showed the design for the control panel for his island brewery layout and an update on the layout. An interesting aspect, apart from the very lightweight construction is that it is square and also can be viewed and operated from any of the four sides. This led to an interesting discussion on exhibition possibilities.

Alan showed a small track panel he has made illustrating the relationship between OO, 009 and N gauge for use at exhibitions to help explain 009 to new modellers.

Tom has been painting models.

John was finishing his small layout for Perth and I have updated the video slide show which now includes photos of Society kits. Hugh offered a TV as a possible alternative display for exhibitions.

[Paul Alliet]

I'm sorry I missed the meeting again by scheduling two things at the same time.  What are the times for July meetings, so that I can cut my chances of doing the same thing in July?

Paul

[Graeme Dunbar]

I'm sorry I missed the meeting again by scheduling two things at the same time.  What are the times for July meetings, so that I can cut my chances of doing the same thing in July?

Paul

No problem Paul. The next meeting is Wednesday 6th July at 8 pm BST. (I was sure I'd posted the new dates! Thanks for the enquiry. I would have have missed it neglected to do so otherwise.)

If you would like to receive an email with the log on details before each meeting, please get in touch. I do a BCC mailshot as not everyone checks the forum regularly.

(I've also noticed I need to change the message heading format. As we have our own section there is little point in repeating 'Scotland Area Group', except for anyone who receives an email digest and I'm not sure that it is a feature here.)