2025 Club Nights & Events Calendar
Club Nights and Outside Events
Club nights are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Christchurch Centre, High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DJ and start at 7.00pm. Non-members are always welcome and refreshments are served. An entry charge of £3 is made to cover hall costs and refreshments. The charge can be paid by debit/credit card or by cash (correct amount please).
Chipperfield Track (Puffing Park) Running Sessions.
There are normally two Club running sessions each calendar month at the Puffing Park . They are at 13:30 on the first Sunday after club nights and on Sunday afternoon at 13:30 two weeks after the club night .
Club night dates are listed below, so to check availability attend the Club night, or check with Roger Stephen by phone or email, or join his regular Puffing Park e-mail list. To reduce the risk of getting stuck you are advised to check ground conditions carefully before driving beyond the entrance gates.
Club Night location details can be found in the Join section.
2025 Events Calendar
CLUB EVENTS
8th Jan - Club Night: Film Show - Mike G treats us to some BFI transport films.
12th Feb - Club Night: Mike Collins, Enhancing the usability and realism of a 1/6 scale model Tiger Tank.
12th Mar - Club Night: Andrew Knowles on making a lantern clock. Then tea break and, Scalextric for rest
of the evening
9th April - Club Night: AGM followed by Club Auction.
14th May - Club Night: 3D Printing, a group experience so far.
11th June - Club Night: Puffing Park.
9th July - Club Night: Mike Collins with an evening on considerable progress on Stirling Single Loco.
13th August - Club Night: Devoted to a train evening. Starting with fitting radio into 16mm scale
narrow gauge running on 32mm track (0 gauge). David Jones. Half the evening.
Brian Looker and Jim Scivyer , running some trains / demo.
10th September - Club Night: Kevin Blake on precision grinding work first half evening. TBA for the next half.
27th & 28th September - Club Exhibition at Townsend School St.Albans. Support required from all members for this major club event.
8th October - Club Night: History of Willesden depot and the locomotives maintained there. Mark and Michael.
12th November - Club Night: Guy Keen on use of materials, non-ferrous metals and their uses, hardening
surfaces for wear and how strong metals need to be for the job they are doing.
10th December - Club Night: Christmas evening.
NON CLUB EVENTS
1st & 2nd March - Midlands Garden Rail Show. Warwickshire
15th & 16th March - London Festival of Railway Modelling . Alexandra Palace.
26th & 27th April - Model World LIVE. NEC Birmingham
May - Brambleton Model Railway Club. Open Day 14:00 - 17:30 Date TBA
13th - 15th June - Weston Park Model Airshow. Staffordshire.
September - Brambleton Model Railway Club. Open Day 14:00 - 17:30 Date TBA
13th & 14th September - International N-Gauge Show. Warwickshire
16th - 19th October - Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition. Warwickshire
15th & 16th October - Blackpool Model Show.