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22 May 13

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To be released at the Society AGM on 1^st June 2013 at Poynton – Kit 46 BR Bogie Bolster E with Turbot option. This kit contains the re-tooled ex Parkwood Models mouldings. For more details see 'Forthcoming Products'.

18 May 13

Competition Registration Closed

Untitled document Entries for the Annual Model Making Competition can no longer be accepted.

30 April 13

New NGS Webmaster

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For those that are not already aware, the NGS Committee has asked me to take over as Webmaster. Having spoken to Paul Martin several times about the web site, I hope to continue his excellent work.

Tim Hitch
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24 April 13

Collett BG update

Untitled document Dave Jones of Dapol and Ben Ando of the NGS recently visited the Didcot Railway Centre to photograph and measure key dimensions for the N Gauge Society's forthcoming Collett BG.

23 April 13

Kits discontinued

Untitled document Kits 4, 5 and 7

Union Mills Gallery

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Review of ex-LNWR G2 by Richard Bardsley (full review can be seen in Journal 1/05)
Union Mills take their locomotives very seriously and have kindly supplied a sample to the Society for review, an ex-LNWR Class G2 0-8-0. I cannot comment on the accuracy of the chosen prototype but the model is well finished with a very nice matt black paint job and lettering. However, what really matters is how it runs. My layout is a small oval with 12 inch radius curves and three feet between them (no gradients). The loco performed straight from the off with a small load of ten open wagons of old / new Farish, Peco and various kits. I steadily added wagons 10 at a time and there was no problem. I stopped at 55 as I had run out of wagons! The length of the train was such that much of it was on corners at one time (corners generate more resistance in a train). The loco continued to run at a scale speed of about 20mph though it was quite happy to go a lot faster when asked to.

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