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Tring and District Model
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| Model Competition 2011 |
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| Class 1 - Locomotives Sratch-built or kit-built Winner: Mike Upton OO gauge - LNWR Precursor Tank Loco: Built from a GEM kit with Romford wheels, DJH motor and gearbox and Fox transfers. The loco is finished in LMS livery.
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Class 2 - Locomotives RTR modified and/or
super detailed
Winner: Chris Hall OO gauge - BR Class 4MT 2-6-4 Tank Loco: Based on a blue Wrenn loco, stripped back to bare metal and cast coal removed. Detailed with new handrails, lamp brackets, steps, vents, cab glazing, vac pipes, injectors, etc. Painted and fully lined to ex-works condition |
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3 - Rolling Stock Kit built or Scratch built
Winner: Mike Upton OO gauge - Palbrick or Palwag brick pallet wagon: Scratch built body on a Parkside Dundas wagon kit underframe with Gibson buffers. |
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| Class
4 - Railway Structures Winner: Don Pearson |
Class
5 - Non-Railway structures Winner: Geoff Travis |
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gauge – Matlock, Midland Railway Goods Shed: A scratchbuilt model
of the
goods shed that was at Buxton station (now demolished) built by Don for
his
layout of this area. Details of the structure were taken from
Bill
Hudson’s book “Through Limestone Hills”. The model uses downloaded
Scalescenes
finishes. Further details of Don’s layout may be found elsewhere on the
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Heavy
Road Haulage Unit and Load comprising: A Diamond T 6-wheel
tractor unit
built from a P D Marsh kit. A Tasker 35/40 ton low loader with beaver
tail ends
and loading ramp built from a Langley kit. An International
Harvester
tracked bulldozer unit built from a Langley kit. |
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| Class
6 - Dioramas Winner: Geoff Travis |
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| N gauge - W
E Sellwood Rail Fed Timber Yard: The timber
shed is hand cut from a sheet of 1/32 inch timber and the workshop is a
much
modified Kestrel plastic kit. The vehicles were built from Langley kits. |
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Class
7 - Electrics,
Technology and Gizmos
Winner: John Busby |
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Control
Panel
for Rugby Layout: This is one of three
panels for the Club’s new N gauge layout, Rugby Central.
The panel incorporates indication for the
route set, together with isolation and interlinking facilities to the
other
panels.
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