In the Model Railway Press again

It seems like barely yesterday that BRMRC received a mention in Hornby magazine thanks to Paul Hopkins with the article on Redford Junction.

Now, this month, in Railway Modeller for March 2014, one of our members has done it again! Richard Rundle (our Exhibition Secretary) has a 5 page article about his O-16.5 layout, Northchapel - with some beautiful photos (including a bit of my kit built/kit bashed/scratch built locos, stock and buildings - I just had to get MY plug in as well !!)

Originally built by Keith Smith of Middleton Press fame, this layout was passed to Richard, with whom considerable work was done to convert it from a thoroughly fixed in place home layout to a (fairly!) transportable layout for exhibition purposes. He was aided and abetted in much of this work by fellow BRMRC members.

This is a superb layout catching the atmosphere of both Colonel Stephens narrow gauge and portions of the Sussex countryside.

So .......... don't delay, buy your copy of Railway Modeller today and see it for yourself!

Chris

Chairman's New Year Message

Dear All,

I trust you and your families had a lovely Christmas and that you had a relaxing period spent with loved ones and friends.

2014 promises to be another milestone year for our club and your continued help and support will go a very long way to making that so. The latter is something that your Chairman is very proud of, the help that many of you give freely and I look forward to seeing this help and support in action as we start the year with our own Annual show at Felpham over the weekend of 10th, 11th and 12th of January 2014.

Richard Rundle has stepped into the vacancy left by Paul Hopkins and he promises that this year's show will be our biggest and best show to date. I urge you and any family help you can gather to play a big part in this goal by fully supporting our new Exhibition Manager. The show is our chance to not only show off our own club exhibits, but to build on an excellent reputation in the South of putting on an excellent weekend exhibition. It is also our best opportunity to raise much needed funds for the club, our new premises and to ensure we continue to grow by attracting new members, old & young.

Before looking forward, I would like to write a few lines looking back at 2013 highlights.

1. Mike Burton and his team, of which a number are members of our club, have continued to make excellent progress over the past 12 months to get the Signal Box looking wonderful and the subject of much plaudits from the passing public. I would encourage all members to do give any help they can to Mike and his team going forward so that this project is complete in 2014 and we as a club can start to benefit from such wonderful premises as a meeting room.
2. Our 2013 show was to be Paul's final go at this mammoth but essential club task. A great show and a great start to the year. These events don't just happen and Paul with John's assistance demonstrated why we need to be grateful to them both. Audrey and her family also made 2013 her last show and I'm sure we will all miss her crumble nad bread pudding.
3. 2013 was also most notable for the gigantic effort put in by the volunteer team working on the Barn. Norman, Jock, David  to name but a few who helped out making a tired old building into the very good looking and useful space we now have. Still a little way to complete but it has now become a very good space to operate, particularly when you see how tired our old club building is now looking.
4. This last year also see us join with the other user groups on the Community Centre site to participate in Aldingbourne Alive 2013. We opened the Barn door to show off our work and put on a mini exhibition. Thanks to all who helped out, particularly John M, Neil & Dennis who were recipients of praise from the event organisers and a Chairmans thanks to Jane, Heidi & Cliff who put on some really good refreshments for the club volunteers - this proving to be a really good practice run for our 2014 exhibition!
5. Finally the club was lucky enough to benefit from some fantastic publicity earned by Paul Hopkins. Paul and his wonderful layout Redford Junction made it into print via the Hornby Magazine and the following month's DVD compilation. Congratulations Paul.

2013 has been a great year for your Chairman and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the helm.  It's hard pleasing everybody, indeed impossible but I hope you agree that the club has taken a big step forward and is well placed for us all to enjoy our hobby going forward.  Last year my message mentioned a target desire to have a club that we could all be proud of and one where we could all, whatever our leaning and favour, enjoy.

I think we are fast getting there.

 

2014 promises to be just as interesting and exciting for the club. We look forward to moving into new club meeting rooms once the Signal Box has been completed and we should have achieved a fully functioning and fully equipped Barn to work from and store our exhibits. We have a growing junior section and Stephen and now Steve Shrubb have some exciting challenges for them this year. Steve has agreed to work with the older 'juniors' to build the raffle layout for 2015.  We continue to exhibit our layouts and have a first invite to Canterbury MRC show this year. We will also be exhibiting at Midhurst, Shepton Mallet, Brighton, Patching, Alton and many other venues. Thank you to all who will be journeying and flying the flag for BRMRC.  

 

Finally to;

 

1. All the officers of the club for their hard work and support given this last year. We need to remember that without their support and voluntary time given that we could not continue as a club.
2. John & Paul for putting on an excellent 2013 show
3. Stephen for fronting an exciting year for the junior members
4. Cliff & Bob for carrying out refreshment duties throughout the year
5. Jane, for some great minutes, great cakes and a lot of support throughout the year.
6. Norman, Jock & Dave as my right hand men working on the Barn
7. SITA, ACSC Trust and Aldingbourne Parish Council for grant funding

THANK YOU.

Happy New Year everyone.

Adrian
Chairman

Redford Junction strikes again and our Exhibition

We were proud to announce that Paul Hopkins lovely TT gauge layout appeared in Hornby Magazine last month. He has scored a bit of a double whammy as it is also one of the layouts figuring in this month's Hornby Magazine DVD. So, rush out and buy one before they have all gone!

This layout will also figure amongst the 16 (yes, count them, 16 !) layouts appearing at our annual exhibition arranged with Bognor Regis MRC Ltd. Note it in your diary - 11 and 12 January 2014, bigger and better than ever. Whether a model railway enthusiast, someone who just likes to play trains, or just like modelling, everyone whether you are 3 or 103 will find plenty to see and do. Fun for all the family!

And it may be mid-winter, but we have a record of braving the weather - anything short of the coming of the next ice-age, and we will be there to share the joys of this wonderful hobby with you.

You can see all the details at http://brmrc.co.uk/exhibition.php

We look forward to seeing you, but in the meantime, we all wish all of you, whoever and wherever you may be, a very Happy Xmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year.

Paul Hopkins with Redford Junction in the news!

This month sees one of our long-standing member's many layouts appearing in Hornby magazine. Paul Hopkins has an interesting and well written article with superb pictures about his TT layout "Redford Junction". Our Club, of course, gets a deserved mention.

So, if you are not a subscriber, rush out to W H Smith or your local news agent and get a copy of  NOVEMBER 2013 - ISSUE 77. 

You will find it a generally interesting and often useful magazine, although, of course, Paul's article shines above all else.

Well done Paul and thanks for sharing one of your superb layouts in this minority but lovely scale with many other enthusiasts.

Chris
Vice-Chairman

BRMRC in the news

http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/top-stories/latest/celebration-set-to-be-fun-for-everyone-1-5410445
Reference to Aldingbourne Alive 2013 and our own Open Day in this weeks Observer, click on link to read.

Well done to everyone for making our first 'running night' for a long long time a success on Tuesday. I look forward to seeing the Junior section of the club having lots of fun in the new building on Saturday afternoon (31st August, 2-4pm) and to seeing as many of you reporting for duty on Sunday morning (1st September) in readiness for our 1st Open Day - in the new building.

Full Steam ahead thanks to SITA trust award.

Thanks to an award from SITA trust we are now able to proceed to insulate and clad the Barn, Work will begin in the week of 24 July and hopefully we will have a lovely looking/insulated building by  our target date of 1 September, to coincide with the Aldingbourne Alive 2013 event and our club open day.

This project has been supported through SITA Trust's Enhancing Communities Programme. SITA Trust provides funding to community improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund.

The members of Bognor Regis Model Railway Club, who will benefit primarily from the award granted to Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre Trust, are extremely grateful for the award and this will now allow renovations to be completed to what was a redundant community building.

OPEN DAY - 1 Sept 2013

OPEN DAY
Bognor Regis Model Railway Club wish to invite you to our Open Day

at our new club premises on the 1^st September 2013.

Our new club building is located at -

Aldingbourne Community Centre,
Oliver’s Meadow,
Westergate,
Nr Chichester.
PO20 3YA.
(Next to Barnham Signal Box)


Open between 10am to 4:30pm.

Admission on the day is via the Aldingbourne Alive 2013 event 

There will be up to 6 club layouts in operation, including the Children’s operated layout ‘Aldingbourne Central (shown below) and there will be trade support via ‘Brian’s Trains’. There will be refreshments and other community activities on site during the day as the community celebrate Aldingbourne Alive 2013.