https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/ 2026-04-16T08:05:50+00:00 https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/ https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2021-12-27T16:06:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:members_models&rev=1640621205&do=diff Members’ Models 2006 - 2012 The models on this page have been produced by the following club members: Mick Moignard, Paul Wright, Tim Peacock, James Aitken, Steve Probets, David Lane, Ian Gearing, Ian Roll, Richard Turner, Kevin Wood, Max Brayne, Andy Brayne, David Pitcher, Harry Tame, Ted Smale, Pete Miller, Adrian Harford Mick Moignard Mick models extensively the Narrow Gauge Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in HOn3 (3 foot gauge, 10.5mm track gauge). text/html 2026-01-20T14:08:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:pendennis&rev=1768918100&do=diff Pendennis Trophy The Pendennis Trophy was established many years ago. The most recent 4 are on this page. 2017 to 2011 can be found here. 2023 Roger Noble was awarded the Pendennis Trophy in 2023 for his work behind the scenes of a challenging Railex 2023 2022 Ray Gomm was awarded the Pendennis Trophy in 2022 for his work on the Aylesbury wagon project. text/html 2023-11-23T22:29:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:pendennisprev&rev=1700778589&do=diff Pendennis Trophy - Previous years 2017 This year on the 10th of November 2017 Roy Norton was awarded the Pendennis trophy, for work done in achieving charitable status in the club and ongoing work into the new clubroom. 2016 This year on the 11th of November 2016 Neil Fairbairn was awarded the Pendennis trophy, for his role as Treasurer over the last 10 years, it was especially pointed out about the work that he performs in his counting house at Railex where he never seems to get a brea… text/html 2021-12-26T17:41:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:photographic&rev=1640540513&do=diff Photographic Competition 2011 The Club 2011 Photographic Competition took place on Friday the 21st October, when invited guest judge Geoff Plumb came along to pick the winners from the categories below and to come up with the overall winner. Geoff has been taking railway photographs since the 1960s, and continues to take photos of today's railway scene, while before he retired his day job was a TV cameraman. For the 2011 competition it was decided that club members could enter any picture taken… text/html 2021-12-10T17:12:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2013&rev=1639156346&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2013 The 2013 Wheeltapper Competition took place on Friday the 22nd of March. Bob Alderman, who is a 7mm modeller and tutor at the Missenden Abbey modelling weekends, was invited to come along to judge the models on show and to come up with the overall winner. Bob has also been heavily involved with the Tornado steam locomotive new build project and he gave an interesting talk on this subject. text/html 2021-12-21T23:03:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2014&rev=1640127823&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2014 This year’s Wheeltapper Competition took place on Friday the 7th of March when invited guest judge and speaker Tim Watson from The Model Railway Club's Copenhagen Fields layout came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. Copenhagen Fields is a 2mm finescale layout of the approaches to Kings Cross Station in the 1930s with all the complications inherent to engineering the real railway into a capital city. For more details of th… text/html 2021-12-17T20:31:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2015&rev=1639773114&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2015 Wheeltapper 2015 Competition took place Friday the 10th of April, when invited guest judge and speaker John Quick known for his knowledge of the GCR came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. John has had an interest in railways for well over 60 years and was a keen train-spotter at an early age with interest in the former GCR beginning in 1960. He is a former Chairman of the Great Central Railway Society. He is also a kee… text/html 2021-12-14T17:35:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2016&rev=1639503342&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2016 Wheeltapper 2016 Competition took place on Friday the 1st of April. When invited guest judge and speaker Andy York from BRM came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. British Railway Modelling (BRM) is a monthly Model Railway Magazine published by Warners Group, which has been published since 1993. For more details on BRM visit text/html 2021-12-10T17:10:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2017&rev=1639156220&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2017 Wheeltapper 2017 Competition took place on Friday the 10th of March when invited guest judge and speaker Alan Buttler from Modelu, came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. On the night he gave an interesting talk on current developments in 3D printing technologies and how he uses it to produce exquisite scale models. For more details on Modelu visit text/html 2021-12-10T17:08:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2018&rev=1639156116&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2018 Wheeltapper 2018 Competition took place on Friday the 9th of February. When invited guest judge and speaker Paul Bambrick, came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. Paul trades as PJ Bambrick Finescale Modelling and he is well known within modelling circles for his backscenes and dioramas. For further details visit text/html 2022-07-16T17:05:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2019&rev=1657991146&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2019 Wheeltapper 2019 Competition took place on Friday the 26th of April when invited guest judge and speaker Kevin Wilson came along to Judge the models on show and then to come up with the overall winner. Kevin built the excellent 7mm Gauge O layout Bucks Hill, which is based on Pontrilas in the Welsh marches. For further details on his layout and some fantastic inspiration, visit text/html 2021-12-10T17:02:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2021&rev=1639155769&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2021 Covid19 restrictions were still in place in early 2021 which banned socialising so it was not possible to run the 2021 Wheeltapper Competition in person. Rob Thompson and Tim Peacock organised a remote competition where club members were invited to send in photographs of their recent models as competition entries. The competition was remotely judged by Jerry Clifford of Missenden Modellers who now earns a living as a professional model maker as well as writing for … text/html 2022-07-16T17:51:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2022&rev=1657993868&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2022 The Wheeltapper 2022 competition took place on Friday May 6th. Last year Jerry Clifford of Missenden Modellers judged the entries remotely. We were back to meeting in person again this year so club members were delighted to be able to invite Jerry Clifford to judge the competition in person and give a short talk on his 2 mm layout Bath Queen Square. text/html 2023-04-28T18:53:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2023&rev=1682708016&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2023 The Wheeltapper 2023 competition took place on Friday March 24th. This year we were delighted to invite Tony Sheffield from Brassmasters to judge the competition. Tony gave an interesting talk on how Brassmasters started, how the company evolved over the years, and future plans for new kits. text/html 2024-05-03T15:14:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2024&rev=1714749280&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2024 The Wheeltapper 2024 competition took place on Friday March 22nd. This year we were delighted to invite Martin Goodall to judge the competition. Martin gave an interesting talk on his P4 layout “Burford” which was started 45 years ago and is still a work in progress. Burford is a GW branch line terminus in the Cotswolds and the track layout is based on Ashburton. Martin described some of his modelling techniques, including how he created the backscene town-scape… text/html 2026-04-10T16:05:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2025&rev=1775837154&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2025 The Wheeltapper 2025 competition took place on Friday April 11th. This year we were delighted to invite Karl Crowther to judge the competition. Karl is sometime editor of, and contributor to, Model Railway Journal as well as being a tutor on Missenden weekends. Karl gave an interesting talk on “A lifetime’s journey: The Road to the Kentside Branch” will give the audience a view into his own layout. text/html 2026-04-09T16:47:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_2026&rev=1775753229&do=diff Wheeltapper Competition 2026 The Wheeltapper 2026 competition took place on Friday March 20th. This year we were delighted to invite Gordon and Maggie Gravett to judge the competition. Maggie started the evening with a talk about researching the background to their 1:50 scale model of their metre gauge railway Pempoul, which is based on the now defunct Reséau Breton system in Brittany, northern France. The model depicts a sleepy little station and railway junction in rural northern France. … text/html 2021-12-27T16:09:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rdmrc.org.uk/doku.php?id=competitions:wheeltapper_previous&rev=1640621383&do=diff Wheeltapper in Previous Years On this page we have added the competition winners and entries between 2006 and 2012 including: * Wheeltapper Competition Winners * Models for the club's Okehampton O gauge layout - see Okehampton * Models for the club's Aylesbury P4 gauge layout - see