A report on the meeting from Michael Ling.

Various members brought along some modelling, they had recently been working on, to present to the meeting.

• Nick Coppin's quarry scene featured an intriguing trompe l'oeil (or visual illusion, if you prefer plain English) adit.
• Stephen Duffell had constructed LSWR ballast wagons from kits.
• Jason Hargreaves had built an N Gauge shunting yard.
• Tim Lewis had converted a Hornby K1 locomotive to P4.
• Sandy Harper had built the LMS version of Stroudley's later Terrier and a Highland Railway wagon from a resin kit.  He now has the job of painting a class 49 4-6-0 built by Mackintosh for the Caledonian Railway.
• Gordon Woods's NE Railway projects included: a scratch built signal box; weathering and re-numbering  a Bachmann 2-8-0 Austerity; a rake of 20 ton tanker wagons and a rake of Kitmaster coaches with replica interiors.
• Peter Starkey had made a Model Engineers Laser kit of the LMS diesel-hydraulic loco. (first and only!); radio controlled.
• Ian Payne had brought a scenic section from the N Gauge layout in his loft.  The river was made initially with varnish then casting resin was added.
• Michael Glover had modified a Lilliput model to produce a German tram. Radio controlled.
• Douglas Rhodes exhibited a loco named Douglas made for his 4th birthday by a friend of his father's.
• David Knight recommended 'Oil on the Rails' (HMRS publications) by Alan Coppin and informed us that the Shrewsbury Model Centre had closed.

Michael Ling