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[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
==== Email ==== | ==== Email ==== | ||
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- | To send us an email, [[https:// | + | To contact |
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For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https:// | For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https:// | ||
- | ==== Secretary ==== | ||
- | M1853 Davy Dick \\ | + | ==== Who are the leaders of the group? ==== |
- | M4589 Bob Young\\ | + | <WRAP info round> |
- | M5195 George Parkinson | + | M1853 Davy Dick //Group Leader// |
+ | </ | ||
==== Meetings ==== | ==== Meetings ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP info around> | ||
+ | We see ourselves as a mutual-assistance group, where members look to each other for advice, help and support. | ||
+ | Our members range from having little electronic knowledge to being fairly advanced. | ||
+ | Interested members co-operate on their specific interests – e.g. everything from soldering skills and kit building to 3D printing and PIC and Arduino programming. The group aims to cater for all levels of skill. | ||
+ | There is no specific commitments required from those who join. | ||
+ | Members can put in and take out as much as they wish. None of us know everything and we can all learn from each other in a more informal manner than through the MERG forums and email groups. | ||
+ | Of course, you don't have to participate in the Area Group, but you might find that we have a lot to offer - and learn - from each other. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <WRAP info round> | ||
+ | We were very active prior to Covid-19, with all-members meetings in Glasgow on Sundays and fortnightly drop-in sessions on alternate Friday afternoons. | ||
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+ | Here is a typical members' | ||
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+ | Previous discussions included power supplies and cutouts, layout wiring, fault finding methods, automation, motors, servos and steppers, making control panels, PCB design software, etc. | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | === And the Next Meeting? === | ||
+ | <WRAP hide> | ||
+ | *************************************************************************** | ||
+ | Replace NN with the number of your area group - get from the AG admin page. | ||
+ | Update the contact form title. | ||
+ | *************************************************************************** | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | <WRAP box round> | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Other Activities ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP info around> | ||
+ | Here is one of our demonstration layouts that show how to fit MERG kits to augment model railways. | ||
+ | {{: | ||
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+ | Here is our annual Open Day where we had demonstrations of building baseboards, track laying, point controllers, | ||
+ | {{: | ||
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+ | Here is a training workshop we ran on programming Arduinos. | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | <WRAP info round> | ||
+ | At the moment, we keep in touch with each other through our national and our local websites. | ||
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+ | We also have weekly Zoom sessions on Sunday afternoons. | ||
+ | Subjects covered included: | ||
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+ | * Making latching reed switches for coach lighting | ||
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+ | * Reusing parts salvaged from old printers and scanners | ||
- | **Sunday 15th January 2017**\\ | + | * Resin 3D printing |
- | Venue Shawlands Scout Hall, Glasgow, G41 4AE | + | |
- | **January' | + | * Building animations |
- | The morning session will have two presentations, | + | |
- | **A cloud over your layout?**\\ | + | |
- | You may have heard of "The Cloud", | + | |
- | being monitored and controlled remotely via the internet. Chic Thomson will show | + | |
- | you simple and cheap hardware and software means of controlling / monitoring | + | |
- | aspects of your layout from a browser, both locally, and from anywhere.\\ | + | |
- | **Layout options**\\ | + | |
- | Starting a new layout? Do you know your dog bone from your folded figure-of eight? | + | |
- | When to use turntables, sector plates and traversers? Davy Dick looks at | + | |
- | the options, benefits and drawbacks of different track layouts – from tiny 24” x 24” | + | |
- | layouts to massive club layouts.\\ | + | |
- | These sessions last all morning, so you have to choose which one you want to attend.\\ | + | |
- | Since we have to pay extra to hire the hall for the morning, there will be an additional | + | |
- | donation of £1 per attender, on top of the normal afternoon £3 donation. | + | |
- | You might also want to bring along a packed lunch.\\ | + | |
- | **Afternoon sessions**\\ | + | |
- | The main Area Group meeting will run from 1pm to approx 5pm, depending upon the | + | |
- | amount of questions and discussion. As an experiment, we will have a slightly longer tea | + | |
- | break around 3pm.\\ | + | |
- | The afternoon session will have two presentations-\\ | + | |
- | **A Guide To Track Laying:**\\ | + | |
- | Keith Shovelin will cover the basic aspects of track laying | + | |
- | including gauge/scale , types of track, methods of fixing | + | |
- | track, techniques for improving loco adhesion, ballasting, | + | |
- | weathering and more...\\ | + | |
- | **The Faller road system**\\ | + | |
- | John Bowman and Donald McDonald will cover the | + | |
- | model car system designed to work alongside model | + | |
- | railways. The self-powered vehicles (cars, trucks, | + | |
- | buses) run automatically and can stop at traffic lights, | + | |
- | railroad crossings and stations.\\ | + | |
- | To meet fire regulations, | + | |
- | will also have a tick box indicating that the entry donation has been recorded.\\ | + | |
- | Please let me know as soon as possible if you are | + | |
- | able to attend the January meeting. | + | |
- | Also, please let me know which morning session you | + | |
- | want to attend.\\ | + | |
+ | * Measuring voltage and current in DCC systems | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | Email me if you are interested. Use the [[https:// | ||
- | MERG Members may email or PM [[https:// | ||
- | Davy Dick \\ | ||
- | WoSAG Leader | ||
- | ==== Exhibitions with a West of Scotland MERG stand in 2017 ==== | ||
- | Kilmarnock MRC 4/5 Feb Volunteer Rooms, Parterre, Irvine KA12 0BA\\ | ||
- | Model Rail Scotland 25 to 27 Feb SECC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW\\ | ||
- | Kyle MRC 20/21 May Auchenharvie Academy, Low Street, Stevenston, KA20 3JW\\ | ||
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