Our second Charity Model Makers Show is Sunday 8th November 2026. We are once again at the Hale Magna village hall, Great Hale, Sleaford, NG34 9LH. Opening times for public viewing are 10am – 4pm. Under 16s can enter free-of-charge but must be accompanied by a (fee paying) adult. Adult entry fee is £5.00 each. […]
It has been a busy couple of years for our club since our founding mid-2024 and our first Open Evening in August that year. The clubs aims are simple – make and play with model railways whilst sharing and improving our skills, having fun, providing moral support to each other, providing a creative outlet in […]
The NG34MRS Charity Model Makers Show is shortly upon us. Members have been out on foot placing flyers in many shops and places of interest to advertise this show. All proceeds from the show will go to the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charity. However, too make this a success (and hopefully beat last year’s […]
We were lucky enough this year to be asked to provide 2 layouts for the show. We took our Chairman’s “Witham Valley Tram Museum” layout and also, for a second weekend in a row, our “Shuntingdon” OO layout. Witham Valley received much interest and conversations about trams across various parts of the UK as it […]
Firstly, NG34 would like to thank our hosts at the March MRS for a very well organised and run show, and for their gracious hospitality on the day from the minute we arrived with help to unload and orient us, through to feeding, watering and checking our welfare during the day. Great job – thank […]
Cranwell Express has finally hit the road. Our club layout, Cranwell Express, has only been seen in public twice so far since the build project launched.It first appeared at our October 2023 inaugural show and was at that stage 4 white primered baseboards, some photos from the interwebs, and a draft track plan. That set […]
With the impending Stamford show date closing rapidly, the pace quickened somewhat on the Cranwell layout during April. In keeping with the clocks going forward to British Summer Time colour began to appear on the layout.. Spring is sprung, The grass is ris, I wonder where the buildings is? That appaling ode to model making […]
On Saturday 7th March NG34MRS held our 2nd annual model railway exhibition. Following the success of the November charity model makers show, we returned to the Great Hale village hall.Why not Cranwell village hall where we meet? We discovered at our 2025 annual show that we had a small car park and our visitors were […]
The Cranwell Express layout has been progressing over the winter months. The track work is now fully laid and wired. It has dual analog control inputs allowing us to run passenger trains on one line and goods traffic on the other for added operational and viewing interest. This has been achieved with a considerable amount […]
NG34MRS attended the Sibsey Model & Miniatures Show on 15th February 2026.The event was run in aid of the Sibsey Village Hall and surrounding local charities. NG34MRS were happy to support this event. Village halls are an important part of the railway modelling hobby as well as a community asset. Jim King’s ‘Larne Holt’ was […]