Dutch Scale Seven Group Newsletter 6 September 2019

EXHIBITION NEWS.

At Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2019 there will be a modelling show in Gangelt Germany.

More information at the website

http://www.mef-gangelt.de/gangelter-modellbautage/

At this show we will setup the 1:43,5 scale seven layout of Ton Trip "Tripton by the Sea"  this 9 meter (30 ft ) long  layout will in operation with rolling stock build by Ton Trip and Cor de Jong both promotors of the scale seven standards of modelling.

It's the first time this beautiful layout will presented in Germany. Scale seven is not a well-known way of modelling in Germany so we promote scale seven for the German gauge 0 friends. We have a broad collection of rolling stock engines, coaches and wagons to run at the layout. There is no timetable but we run while we are talking with the interested modellers.

Train with coaches arrives in the station. Foto CdJ.

The layout is designed for a point to point operation so trains arrive in the station and after shunting they leave in the opposite direction. A push pull train with an Auto coach is typical for a GWR branch line and will regular run with a Pannier tank engine. A GWR Dean Goods serve the goods trains with different wagons for coal, parcels, livestock, fish and so on.

GWR 0-6-0 Dean Goods. Foto CdJ.

It's interesting to see and feel the English way of modelling and operation.

Cor de Jong

Dutch Scale Seven Group Newsletter 11 december 2018

EXHIBITION NEWS

The 1:43,5 scale seven layout "Tripton by the Sea" build by Ton Trip will be showed in the Netherlands again.!

 At Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 January 2019 this layout will be up and running at the:

Nederlandse Modelspoordagen
Locatie De "Broodfabriek"
Volmerlaan 12
2288CD te Rijswijk.

For more information visit the website Nederlandse Modelspoordagen.

At this show we will run scale seven engines, wagons, and coaches build by Ton Trip and Cor de Jong both members of the English  Scale Seven Group. The rolling stock is  to run at scale seven tracks with a correct scale gauge of 33.00 mm.
We can and like inform you how to use the scale seven standards when you want to build a layout or rolling stock.

"Tripton by the Sea" is the only 1:43,5 scale seven layout for exhibitions in the Netherlands.

GWR 0-6-0 Saddle tank with goods train. Foto CdJ.

GWR 0-6-0 Dean Goods with passenger train. Foto CdJ 

DSSG Extra Exhibition News. October 2015

Extra news at the RAMMA exhibition at SEDAN I wil show my last finished 1:43,5 S7 model of a Cowan Sheldon Railway brakedown crane.
This model is build from a D&S kit but I added extra details to make the model more complete.

Finshed model of the 15 tons Cowan Sheldon railway crane. Foto CdJ.

Mechanics of the crane. Foto CdJ 

DSSG Exhibition News September 2015

At 10 and 11 October The Dutch Scale Seven Group will be present at the French Modelling Exhibition "RAMMA" at Sedan.

Ton Trip will set up his "Tripton at Sea " layout. Cor de Jong will set up a small Scale Seven information stand and build models. Some of Cor's models will run at the "Tripton at Sea " layout. 

At 17 October Cor will set up a Scale Seven information stand again at the Spoornul weekend in Zutphen. The 0 scale show in Zutphen will be held at 17 and 18 October in the Dalton College.

Little chain to secure the brake handle. Foto CdJ.

Cor 

DSSG Exhibition News 28 August 2014

The beautifull 1:43,5 Scale Seven layout "Tripton at Sea" build by the Dutch Scale Seven Group member Ton Trip will be exposed at a modelrailway exhibition in Belgium.

Grote Modelspoor Expo Leuven
Startdate: 18 October 2014
Enddate : 19 October 2014
Opening times: za 10:00-18:00; zo 09:00-17:00 uur
Location : Leuven (Belgium)
For more information look at :www.modelspoorexpo.com

Cor de Jong.

Dutch Scale Seven Group report nr. 16

Over the last few months the DSSG members were busy preparing the Rail 2014 stand.  We want to display some new build models. The themes chosen to display were standard gauge G.W.R. at the left side and broad gauge G.W.R. at the right side of the stand. At the right side of our ScaleSeven information stand there was a Dutch broad gauge railway showing a part of the Haarlem HIJSM station situated in 1860. So we arranged an optical connection between the English and Dutch broad gauge railways. For the visitors it was a point of interest to see this historical connection. The Dutch broad gauge railway is build by Joop Bluijs who used parts delivered by the Broad Gauge Society to build his scale7 tracks and rolling stock. At the left side of our stand was the Courcelle Part railway of Richard Chown. The French scale7 layout of Henri Cibert made the Scale Seven presentation complete. So at Rail 2014 there was a strong international Scale Seven presence.

A model by Joop Bluijs of the Dutch broad gauge in 1860, built to S7 standards.

A scale7 model of a PLM heavy tank built by Henri Cibert .

Some new models are build and some under construction. From a WEP  kit a G.W.R. Fruit Van is build in the 1900 - 1910 style. Cor also did the piping in the frame and added the safety loops for the clasp brake yokes. An D&S Models’ G.W.R. Scorpion is also almost finished. A picture of the prototype is used for more details and make the small but beautiful model more complete.

 A GWR Fruit Van to diagram Y2 built form a WEP kit with added detail by Cor de Jong. 

For the broad gauge Kingswear railway a series of four G.W.R. Tilt Wagons are under construction. At the Rail 2014 show, one of them was completed and displayed. A wooden floor is fitted into the wagon -unusually the planking runs longitudinally- and real chains are mounted at the door sides. The shape and colour of the wagon make a model interesting and special on the railway.

Inside the G.W.R broad gauge tilt wagon.

G.W.R broad gauge tilt wagon. 

A new broad gauge engine kit of the BG 3501 Class is delivered and will be built this year. The complete kit is delivered by the BGS. For this engine the S7 wheels are made by Slater’s and they look very realistic. An ABC Gears mini gooch gearbox and motor will used for driving the engine.

Ton Trip bought some WEP brass kits to build for his Tripton at Sea railway. This railway will displayed later on this year 18 and 19 October in Leuven, Belgium.

Till next....

Cor de Jong

Dutch Scale Seven Group report nr. 15

At the Rail 2013 Exhibiton we did set up our DSSG stand. During the 3 day's we had a lot of visitors and attention for the models and the S7 railway build by Ton Trip.

For an impression of our setup some pictures.

First scale seven layout in the Netherlands photo  CdJ

Station building and coal stage photo CdJ

Lot's of interest for the Cowan Sheldon Railway Crane photo CdJ

Ton's 517 Class shunting photo CdJ

Local train to fiddle yard photo CdJ

Coal wagons in the coal yard foto CdJ

Goods yard photo CdJ

For modelling in the scale seven standards there is interest but change over is for the most modellers not easy. But we as Dutch Scale Seven Group we keep promoting S7 and hope that  more Dutch modellers will cross the line.

Our conclusion the Rail 2013 exhibition was a succes for this way of modelling. 

Till next CdJ

Extra DSSG report: Promoting Scale Seven in Belgium

In the weekend of 26 & 27 November the Dutch Scale Seven Group will have a promotion stand at the Belgium 0-Forum weekeinde.
This is our first step to promote Scale Seven modelling in Belgium.


Location of the exhibition




What  : 0-Forum weekeinde
Where : Ontmoetingscentrum Hofstade
        Zemstsesteenweg 15
        1981 Hofstade (near Zemst)
        Belgium
When  : 26 & 27 November 2011
        Saturday from 11:00 h till 17:00 h
        Sunday from 10:00 h till 16:00 h
Admission: free


Although our apearence there will be only on the Saturday we hope to meet Belgium 0 scale modellers and get them interested in Scale Seven.

GWR Deangoods inside motion build by Cor de Jong

CdJ