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 ===== Some Examples of our Projects =====
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 scenic area 60cm long by 9.42 inches wide – a combination of standards to justify 60 for the number of years of
 existence and 9.42, for the number of mm of the standard track gauge.
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+==== MERG Kit Demonstrator Layout for Exhibitions ====
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+Last year, a local model railway club asked us to provide a MERG presence at their annual exhibition. It wasn’t a great success as we did not have much to show. After that we decided to make simple demonstration layout to showcase MERG kits. We all contributed time and equipment, and put together a double decker layout with all the electronics mounted on top of the baseboards.\\
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+The upper track is made from code 75 rail and is fully ballasted. It operates as an automatic shuttle.\\
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-===== Where Have I Seen Ealing Road? =====
+The lower track is made from Peco Setrack, code 100 mounted directly onto a cork underlay. There are two handset controllers, colour light signals, and motorised points. This is connected to a PC that is running the JMRI layout control program. JMRI provides a mimic display, control of the points, and the logic for the signals. We encourage visitors to get “hands on” with the equipment!\\
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+We also have kits to show, leaflets and copies of the MERG journal to show visitors.
+The whole display is 2.4 m long. If you are an exhibition organiser and you would like it at your next show, please get in touch.\\
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+Download the electronics block diagram here: ]{{ :public:3cag-demolayoutblkdiag.pdf |}}
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-The group supplied expertise and manpower to mount an entry to the 'Great Model Railway Challenge' and Missenden Modellers as its identity (the Bucks County adult education centre at Great Missenden offers railway modelling courses). Their 'Ealing Road' layout featured MERG components and has subsequently been exhibited on a number of occasions and featured in the Model Railway press (an edition of British Railway Modeller). A description of this (and other MERG related entries to the challenge) appeared in the MERG journal Vol 52 December 2018.
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