EM Gauge Society - Modelling Workshop
(Including EMGS AGM 2019)
Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus
Heol y Coleg
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QY
Saturday 30th November 2019
Open 10.00am to 4.00pm
Admission - EMGS members FREE, Non-members £4.00
Demos - Layouts - Traders - Refreshments
Members - Don’t forget to bring your entries for the modelling competition.
This event is being organised by the EM Gauge Society with the assistance of members in the Cardiff area for modellers of all abilities, as part of the EM Gauge Society Members Day and AGM. Come and learn, chat and socialise with fellow modellers.
The AGM is for EMGS members only and will commence at 2pm sharp.
Layouts
Great Swilling (EM) - exhibited by David Burnett, BR(W), Gloucestershire, the layout will be operated in three time periods: 1948-1958 mainly ex Midland with some WR stock, 1959-1965 transition from steam to diesel and 1965-1972 diesel from green to blue.
Shwt (EM) - exhibited by John Chivers, BR(W), early/mid 1960s, Tewkesbury area. A former main line now heavily rationalised and threatened with imminent closure
Trevanna Dries (EM) – exhibited by Wayne Crowley, BR sectorisation and early privatisation, the mid 1980s to the mid-1990s, a single-track branch line and a China clay works in Cornwall.
Plus, the EM Gauge Society Test Track (EM & P4)
Demonstrators
Bernard Baker - ‘Not the Usual Methods’.
Andrew Ullyott - Progress with ‘Cheddar’ in P4.
Tony Sullivan - Finescale points and trackwork.
Roger Sawyer - Basic Soldering for the beginner.
Karl Crowther - Creating realistic stonework using Wills sheets and other materials.
Richard Brighton - Simplified DCC operation.
Hywel Thomas - Morfa Bank - some scenic modelling techniques.
Traders
EMGS Trade Officer
247 Developments
Eileens Emporium
Taff Vale Models/Dragon Models
Catering
Light refreshments will be available all day.
Getting there
By car - Ample free on site parking
By public transport - Stagecoach Bus 132 from Taffs Well railway station served by the Valley Lines from Cardiff approximately every 15mins, thence by Stagecoach Bus Service No.132 from Taffs Well.
Accessibility
Good facilities available
Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus
Heol y Coleg
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QY
Contact
Email: publicity@emgs.org
