| Now
that's what I call power !!! |
|
|
Many thanks to the Nene Valley Railway for giving me
the wonderful experience of driving a 'real live steam' locomotive. This
was a 60th. birthday present from my wife, Rose
Martin Hollebone
Director - T&R Models Ltd |
 |
|
|
| T&R
MODELS SPECIAL |
 |
Once again you can have those single edged razor
blades that were so popular for both shaving and model making in the
past.
We have managed to secure a small batch which we are
making available to our customers @ only 35p each
|
| NOW
REDUCED TO ONLY 20p
each |
|
|
|
FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
T & R Models have been invited to
the events listed below
|
|
|
|
Monthly In-shop
Theme Event |
To
try and encourage new customers into the hobby we are having 'theme'
events each month in the form of a local club or individuals coming
along to our shop in Wellingborough on a Saturday and showing off their
skills and offering advise to customers. These are informal events
and intended as an introduction to the hobby of model making so why not
just come along and have a chat.
******************************************** |
|
October
2004
These
pictures were taken when the Northants Model Makers Club came to our
shop in October. |
|
|
|
Key members
of the club spent the day in our shop demonstrating their modelling
skills and offer help and advise to the public.
A special
thanks to Bob, John, Ray, and Clive for coming along and giving our
customers the opportunity to see what club activities is like. |
|
******************************************** |
|
November
2004
November
saw the visit of the Kettering Model Railway Club who brought along one
of their exhibition layouts which had loco's running on it all day. |
 |
 |
Members of
the club were on hand to help and advise any customers wanting to know
and learn the skills shown on the layout.
Many thanks
to all the members of the Kettering Club for offering their time. |
|
******************************************** |
|
There was not
any events during December due to Christmas trading |
|
******************************************** |
|
January 2005
On the 15th.January Bob Maggs
brought along two of his magnificent radio controlled model ships so
fellow modellers visiting our shop could see what can be achieved.
Martin Dale also came along with his R/C scale sailing ship which was
'scratch' made from wood complete with full sails. |
 |
 |
Bob was
able to demonstrate to visitors the working parts of his wonderful scale
model of HMS Fearless which, like the real one lowers the stern end
below the water line so landing craft can be dispatched. Even the
operation of the rear loading ramp is radio controlled and Bob plans to
have radio controlled landing craft at a later date. |
|
Both Bob
and Martin are members of the Corby Model Boat Club and were able to
help visitors with any questions on model boat building.
T&R
Models would like to thank them both for their time and effort in
putting on a good show.
Please note
that there are several good model boat clubs in the area with sailing
waters available so check out our listing on the club section of our web
site and pop along to one of their meetings. |
| ************************************ |
| February
2005
On the 19th.February the Northampton
Narrow Gauge Club brought
to our shop several layouts ranging from a 12" by 8" seen
below right to part of a 2 foot by 12 foot layout called 'Kingston
Regis' seen right & below. |
 |
 |
This
magnificent layout has appeared in modeling magazines; at exhibitions
nationally and abroad; and came first a an exhibition in Holland in 2004
More pictures of this layout can be seen
on our gallery and on their web site www.kingstonregis.com |
| The
main feature of narrow gauge is being able to build a working layout in
a small space, & include scenic detail.
Narrow gauge modeling is
ideal to build a layout featuring narrow and twisting mountain passes
where a high degree of scenics can be attempted.
An example is the
preserved lines in Wales previously used to transport slate from the
mines to the ports. Others are industrial sites, coal mines, sand pits,
even transporting supplies to the front during world war two. |
 |
 |
As a
guide, 009 gauge is '00' gauge body size on 'N' gauge track making it
ideal for those wanting a small layout but not being able to handle
small outline trains.
The attention to detail was fantastic and
very encouraging to our customers and we would like to thank all the
members of the Northampton Narrow Gauge Club
for their time and effort in showing us all their very attractive style
of modeling.
|
| Full
details of this club are available on the club section of our web site.
*********************************** |
|
March 2005
March saw the return of the
Northants Model Makers Club to promote the Raunds Model-ex 2005
exhibition which took place over the weekend 19th & 20th March. |
 |
|
************************************ |
|
We hope to re-start our in-store
events at the end of the summer
|
|
|
