Due to the Derby 2mmSA expo last weekend, this month's Forth and Clyde Area Group meeting was a week later than usual. Despite the sunshine, the change of routine seemed to scare off a number of regular attendees, and only seven of us convened at ESME's Almondell clubroom: Alasdair, Alisdair, Alastair, Jim, Graham, Stuart and Andy. By coincidence or not, most seemed to be working on wagons.
Alasdair had his head down dealing with North British wagons from his own 3D prints.
Alistair was painting wagons with acrylic colours. He'd also forgotten to bring his specs, but that didn't hold him back.
Jim was progressing assembly of the test etch of the underframe he designed for a Caley wagon 3D print from Lothian Railway Models. The day was spent fashioning brake and steam heat hoses from fine wire.
Graham was working on a Fence Houses J39 0-6-0 etch he'd bought at an attractive price part-assembled from the Derby bring-and-buy stand. He also had test 3D prints from his own designs of boiler and tender fittings for a K1 2-6-0, and for bridge railing stanchions. These were produced on an Anycubic Photon P1, which is faster and more precise than the Mono SE he used previously.
Andy had brought his test track.
Returning to the wagon theme, Stuart was working on livery detailing of Peco kits.
There was a fair amount of "Derby debrief" - everyone who went seemed to have had a good time and found the format of one public day, one members' workshops day worked well.
A group Summer Outing was mooted for the first Sunday in July, to the Bo'ness and Kinneil railway. It's a while since we visited the B&K so that should be fun, especially since our group organiser Alisdair moonlights there as a guard, complete with oversized hat. He may have an unruly compartment on the train that day...
And that's all for this month.
