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-===== Are you thinking of joining us?? =====
+===== Are you thinking of joining us? =====
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-===== Where Have I Seen Ealing Road? =====
+===== Some Examples of our Projects =====
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+==== Arc Welding Effect ====
+{{ :public:3cag-welding.mp4 |}}\\
+This was produced by one of our members. Here's his description:\\
+\\
+"The welder is based on the circuit in MERG Pocket Money Projects Kit No 8 (PMP 8 - 'Multi-purpose flasher') using the first option to simulate a welding machine. Instead of using stripboard and a DIL plugin PIC 12F675 processor, I used an SMD PIC with all components soldered onto a tiny conversion board and covered in heat-shrink tubing giving a compact unit about 15 x 10 x 5 mm which was easily hidden within the garage. The two LEDs (bright white and red) are SMD 1208 LEDs glued back-to-back, attached to long thin wires and fitted to a model of a 1:76 welder figure from Shedring Hobbies"
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+==== Van Rides Demonstration N Gauge Layout ====
+{{:public:3cag-vanrides.jpg?direct|}}\\
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+This compact demonstration layout is another of our members personal projects. It was inspired by the operation of the Severn Valley Railway at Highley Station during the 2018 Spring Gala.\\
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+The operation is fully automatic and is controlled by a variety of kits from the MERG Pocket Money Project range.\\
+\\
+The layout was originally built in response to the 2mm Fine Scale Association's Diamond Jubilee Challenge: to
+build a working layout with at least one turnout to the Association’s fine scale track and wheel standards within a
+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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+==== The Great Model Railway Challenge TV Series ====
+{{:public:ealing_road_by_knickerbocker.jpg?direct|}}
+The group supplied expertise and manpower to mount an entry to the 'Great Model Railway Challenge' TV series under the identity of The Missenden Modellers.\\
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+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.
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP hide info round>
+===== Where Have I Seen Ealing Road? =====
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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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