The March 2013 meeting will be on Saturday March 9th 2013 at Keighley MRC from 2pm.
The topics for this meeting are -
- Completion of bus bar wiring on the main boards
- Planning of fiddle yards
- Preparation for KMRC 2013 Open Weekend on March 16th/17th.
As well as that, group members and visitors can try out their locos and stock on our 2mm finescale test circuit. Tea, Coffee and biscuits are available too!
At the February meeting, we were testing out the 2mm circuit on the Keighley Test Track prior to this month's open weekend with a couple of recent conversions and works in progress...
Firstly is Sam Kennion's 'conversion' of a Dapol Terrier - an original use of some wagon wheelsets that actually worked...
Secondly is D2383, my old faithful grubby Class 03 Diesel Shunter, giving a bit of re-fettled trackwork a bit of a test...
The February 2013 meeting will be on Saturday February 9th 2013 at Keighley MRC from 2pm.
The topics for this meeting are -
- Replacing the securing screws on the bus bars
- Completion of bus bar wiring on the main boards
- Planning of fiddle yards
- Maintenance of Test track prior to KMRC 2013 Exhibition
As well as that, group members and visitors can try out their locos and stock on our 2mm finescale test circuit. Tea, Coffee and biscuits are available too!
The March meeting will be mainly to prepare for the exibition which is being held the weekend after (16th/17th March) where the group will be putting on a modelling demonstration.
These are the group meetings planned at present for the rest of 2013, all taking place on the 2nd weekend of the month -
February 9th
March 9th
April 13th
May 11th
June 8th
July 13th
August 10th
September 14th
October 12th
November 9th
December 14th
All meetings are held at Keighley MRC from 2pm.
Additionally, the KMRC Open Weekend will be on March 16th and 17th
, where the group will be demonstrating.
The January 2013 meeting will be on Saturday January 12th 2013 at Keighley MRC from 2pm.
The meeting will be to review progress on the wiring of the main boards of Lightcliffe, and to set objectives for 2013, with a view to completing the wiring and progressing the fiddle yard boards to allow the layout to be fully operational before starting major work on the scenery.
The Pennine Area Group of the 2mm Association has been meeting for over 30 years in many places throughout East Lancashire and West Yorkshire, and we now usually meet on the second Saturday of every month from 2pm in the the clubrooms of Keighley MRC. We will often be at the club at additional times in the month, both to work on various projects and also help out with exhibitons and open days.
Over the past few years, the group has constructed a 2mm Finescale circuit on Keighley MRC's test track, which is a about a scale mile in length and allows a full testing facility which we use for the locos and rolling stock of group members and visitors.
The group's current major project is a group layout project which will be a model of Lightcliffe Station as it was in the 1930s under LMS ownership. This was started by group member Chris Arthur but has been taken on by the group and is currently at the wiring stage with construction of fiddle yard boards soon to commence. The initial phase will be to allow both circuits to be operated and then scenic work will commence in earnest.
Currently most meetings are based around this project, as well as member's own ongoing modelling projects and maintenance work on the test track. From time to time we will also have meetings on other themes, including rolling stock and loco construction and trackwork.
The aim of the group is provide practical sessions with expert help available in a friendly atmosphere; or, if you don't want to work, just come and talk!
For further details about the group, please contact John Ireland.
