North East Area Group first meeting

S7NE… It lives!!!

As can be seen on Western Thunder there has been a conversation and a wish for a North Eastern group of Scale Seven modellers. After over 4 months of conversation it has happened, the inaugural S7NE group met on Sunday morning at Locomotion in Shildon. Some might say quite an apt location for the start.

Locomotion allowed us to use there Hackworth meeting room free. I would like to publicly thank them for this as it would have been more difficult to ‘show and tell’ in the café.

There was no formal agenda set out for this meeting which was attended by Simon, Mick and Paul but one was not needed as once the ‘toys’ were out the conversation didn’t stop… The three of us are at different places in our S7 modelling careers and we all had different goals in mind for the coming month (and years). However these differences will allow this group to continue and expand, there were a number of people who had expressed and interest, but could not make this one.

Simon brought some sections of track which have been built for his branch line layout which is being built as well as some Common Crossings which were filed and assembled using the Scale Seven stores jigs. Mick brought his J71 and some wagons which ran on the track to hand. Simon also brought some wagons and his box of kits (shelf queens)…

Ken had asked us to discuss options for helping him with his layout at exhibitions and further conversations will be had on this topic.

No formal plans have been set for the next meeting apart from ‘there will be a next meeting’, either at Locomotion, or at another location if one can be found central to the area.

So, now the paperwork has been done on the last one, let’s keep the ball rolling and think about the next one.

Three things need to be decided, Time, Date and Location …

Sunday morning at 10:30am worked this time so if there are no objections we could try that again?

Date, we discussed this not being too regular; therefore one question would be; before or after Christmas?

Location, Locomotion worked for most, however for variety, York NRM or even something out of the ordinary, such as Richmond Station, there are no trains but there are railway buildings…

Simon Caygill.