The live sessions happened on the 5th November 2022. The recordings are available and can be seen below.
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Key: - Layout, - Trade, - Announcement, - Demonstration, 🤝 - Meeting
| Time | Topic and zoom link | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:00 | Building a coach Nigel will be discussing his latest project to construct a rake of five North Eastern Railway clerestory coaches. The coaches are based on the Poppy’s Woodtech range of kits but will include a lot of extras based on the construction methods used by the Keighley 7mm Group for the rolling stock used on their Ravensbeck and Runswick Bay layouts. The morning session will cover the construction and assembly of the wooden coach body, construction of the brass underframe, bogies, etc. These are open presentations designed to encourage questions and discussion during the session. A video of the session is available - | Nigel Paine |
| 10:45-11:45 | General Talk / Q&A with the Lee Marsh Model Co Lee talks about the process of producing brass model trains in the far east. Questions about the process are encouraged. A video of the session is available - | Lee Marsh |
| 11:00-12:00 | Poppy's Woodtech Anthony will be telling us about some recent developments, including the ballast brake van, which he's excited about. There will be an opportunity to ask about the Loco Builder Box and the spring and beam compensation. The small goods shed is available and shows how simple it can be to build popular structures. Modeller and viewer Q&A. A video of the session is available - | Anthony Garton |
| 11:45-12:15 | 🤝 Meet the Guild Chairman and President Charles Oldroyd and Martin Long explain what is involved in being chairman and president, and give you an opportunity to ask them about the Guild. A video of the session is available - | Charles Oldroyd and Martin Long |
| 12:15-12:45 | 🤝 Constituency Representatives in the North Talk to three of our Constituency Representatives about their role, and find out how they try to help new members, liaise with local clubs and local exhibitions. This is an ideal opportunity to also suggest ways in which you would like the representatives to communicate with you and for you. A video of the session is available - | John Slater (Area 4, Merseyside), Dave Howlett (Area 3, North East) with Chris Fry |
| 13:00-13:30 | Balwinzet Euan Cameron gives you a chance to ask questions about the Balwinzet layout A video of the layout is included on the Layouts page. There are links to five of Euen's videos in the YouTube description for the Zoom video below. A video of the session is available - | Euan Cameron |
| 13:00-14:00 | Building a coach Continuing with the morning session, Nigel will now cover how he will add detail to enhance the look of his rake of Poppy’s Woodtech clerestory coaches. He will discuss some of the modelling techniques used to achieve this whilst ensuring they remain robustly constructed. If time permits he will discuss how CAD and 3D printing can create superb detail that would otherwise be difficult to reproduce in a scratch built model. These are open presentations designed to encourage questions and discussion during the session. A video of the session is available - | Nigel Paine |
| 13:30-14:30 | SR7 mm group layout Ian and Peter have been involved in the SR7mm group layout for 30 years and explain how it came about. A video of the session is available - | Ian Allen and Peter Reynolds |
| 14:15-14:45 | 🤝 Constituency Representatives in the South Talk to two of our Constituency Representatives about their role, and find out how they try to help new members, liaise with local clubs and local exhibitions. This is an ideal opportunity to also suggest ways in which you would like the representatives to communicate with you and for you. A video of the session is available - | Kevin Cartwright (Area 13, South West), Ken Gray (Area 7, Eastern Counties) |
| 14:15-15:15 | Poppy's Woodtech A continuation of the morning session where Anthony will be telling us about some recent developments, including the ballast brake van, which he's excited about. There will be an opportunity to ask about the Loco Builder Box and the spring and beam compensation. The small goods shed is available and shows how simple it can be to build popular structures. Modeller and viewer Q&A. A video of the session is available - | Anthony Garton |
| 14:30-15:15 | Bath Green Park Andrew Pearce gives you a chance to ask questions about the Bath Green Park layout A video of the layout is included on the layouts page. A video of the session is available - | Andrew Pearce |
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