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20/11/24

CHRISTMAS etc.

I know that it is a little early to be talking about Christmas particularly as this note really applies to January!
The Annual meal will be on Tuesday 21/01/25 and there has been some discussion about the venue. If anyone would like to suggest somewhere please contact the secretary or chairman.

15/11/24

ROSS DALZIEL

It is with regret that we have to report the death of Ross Dalziel who was a founder member of the Club and until very recently was involved in all the Club activities and has been a core member of the Club from the begining. His enthusiasm, and ability, in all aspects of model making has inspired many people and examples of his work have appeared at many exhibitions. We offer our condolences to his wife and family.

22/04/24

B.M.F.A

There is an EGM scheduled for Tuesday 23/04/24 to ratify the committee decision to affiliate the Club with the British Model Flyers Association.
This will give the Club the advantages of Bmfa insurance that will cover the Club for all activities, not just flying. There is no cost to members who do not wish to fly and we just have to have five individual Club members who are, or will be, Bmfa members to enable us to affiliate. As anyone flying has to have individual insurance most if not all have Bmfa membership already.
I reccomend that this motion is carried.
Please attend the meeting or return the voting form.

23/03/24

LAST INDOOR FLYING SESSION

Well the last one this season.
This is a free session at Forres House Community centre
Come along and participate or watch, there is a good cafe as well!

10/03/24

LOTS GOING ON!

We have had a very busy start to the year with meals, meetings and other events. Flying is going well both indoor and outdoor thanks to a few spells of good weather.

The build days have been well attended and the railway board for Modelfair has been started.

There is plenty more going on over the next few months please check the programme.

13/01/24

LATEST PROGRAMME

Belated New Years Greetings to everyone
Our programme for the year is now available to read if you click on the 'Programme' tab at the top of the page.
There are a lot of events and I hope everyone will find something of interest.
Non members are welcome at any event.
Please come along.

18/11/23

VIDEO

Our video that was showing at Modelfair is now on YouTube:
CLICK HERE

06/11/23

MODELFAIR 2023

We had an excellent stand at Modelfair last weekend which attracted many people and generated a lot of interest in our activities. Thanks to all the members who spent time explaining everything to our visitors the Club and its activities is becoming well known.
The next meeting in the James Milne Institute on 21/11 will be a general dicussion about the future direction of the Club and we hope our members and anyone else interested, especially potential new members, will come along with ideas to keep the Club going in the right direction.

31/10/23

INDOOR FLYING 2023

Last Saturday was the first indoor flying session held at the Forres Community Centre. A great time was had by all. There is plenty of room for more flyers, if you are interested come along with or without a model. Never flown before? Now is your opportunity to learn! Guidance and help for beginners is available.
The next session will be in Forres at 10.30 on 25/11/2023.
Click: 'EVENTS' - 'FLYING'

23/10/23

MODELFAIR 2023

The Club will have a stand at Modelfair in Elgin Town Hall on 5th and 6th November. The theme this year is WORK IN PROGRESS
Come along and see what we are doing!

23/07/23

LOSSIEMOUTH FRIENDS AND FAMILIES DAY

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Friends and Families Day at RAF Lossiemouth such a success. The stand looked very good and attracted a lot of attention, I hope we will see some of our visiors at future club meetings, you are all very welcome, Click on 'Programme' above for further details also see 'Events'.

09/02/23

LATEST DEVELOPMENT

We have a new flying site thanks to HIE.

We have been given provisional permission to use an area at the Enterprise Park outside Forres as a flying field. There is a road that can be used as a runway and for running RC cars. There is parking nearby with easy access to the site. We hope to have the final agreement and operating details sorted out soon with a target for the Grand Opening Day of Saturday 6th May.

01/01/23

HAPPY NEW YEAR

There will be a lot more going on this year!
We start with the second of our 'BUILD DAYS' to be held in the Findhorn Village Centre on 14th Jan at 13.30, this will be a continuation of Andy Judge's balsa aeroplane build.
The Build days will continue on the Second Saturday of the month throughout the year. Note the different venue for build days
There is an evening meal at the Mosset in Forres on Tue 17th at 19.00, please contact John Tweddle before the 7th if you want to come.
The next ordinary meeting at the James Milne Institute is on Tuesday 22nd February.
Please keep in touch with suggestions for future meetings.

14/11/22

MONTHLY MEETING

The next meeting at the James Milne Institute is on Tuesday 15th November. Tony Hartley will be giving a talk on model boat building.
Please come and tell us what you would like to do in future meetings.

26/10/22

MODEL FAIR

We have a new stand for MODELFAIR this year with lots of things to do and see.
Please come along and enter one of our competitions, look at the models we have made and be amazed at the examples of new, and old, technology on display. We are developing some exciting Club activities that will encourage new, and old, members to get involved again after the long period of Covid shut down.

Hope to see lots of you in Elgin Town Hall on Sat 5th or Sun 6th November 10am to 4 pm.

01/07/22

EXHIBITIONS

We have formed an small exhibition committee to try and increase the public awareness of the Club and present an interesting interactive display at shows we attend.
We hope a better presentation of models with the inclusion of "hands on" exhibits will attract wider interest and encourage new members.
With this in mind, can I ask members, and any potential new members, to please let the secretary know if they have any models that may be suitable for display on our new and improved stand as soon as possible.
Contact details are on the 'Contacts' page.

01/05/20

MODEL FAIR

We can look forward to showing all the new models we have made during the lockdown at the Elgin Model Fair in November (Covid permitting)
Peter Bentley has sent details of a small power hacksaw he has made.
see 'PETER'S PAGE', WELL WORTH LOOKIN AT!

Please send details to the webmaster of anything you have made and I will put it on the site.

24/03/20

COVID 19

There will be no club events from now until further notice due to the corona virus pandemic.
PLEASE STAY SAFE

18/12/19

STEAM UP DATE


The 'steam up!'next year will take place at Deskford on Tuesday 26th May, courtesy of Glyn Wells. All welcome. If you would like to bring a Locomotive (5 or 7 1/4" Gauge) please contact the Club.

16/11/19

CLUB MEETING

David Munro will be giving a talk about engineering at the James Milne Institute on Tuesday 19th November. Please come along to what is sure to be an interesting evening.

15/10/19

MODEL FAIR 2019


The Club will have a stand at the Model Fair in Elgin Town Hall on 2nd and 3rd November. Please come along and see what we are doing and have a chat.

20/09/19

MEETING

Don't forget the next club meeting on 15th October!

18/07/19

NEW SEASON

The first meeting of the new season is on 17th September when Bill Graham will be giving us a talk: 'DNA to Butterflies'
ALL WELCOME

15/05/19

FROM ROSS DALZIEL

I got this email from Archie in Nairn and thought we should let the club know of Dr. Combes death.
He was one of the original club members and I think he was our second chairman after Angus Bell who was our first.

15/05/19

STEAM UP!

A reminder of the Steam-up at Glyn’s track at Deskford next Tuesday evening (21st May) at 7:30pm. I hope there is a good turnout. Glyn puts in the effort to get the trains set up, so please come along.

06/05/19

THANKS

Thanks to those who braved the cold weather at Forres Theme day yesterday. There was a reasonable turnout at the event in spite of the chilly Temp. The odd shower drove extra people into the tent.

05/05/19

FORRES THEME DAY

We will have a stand as usual in the Grant Park on Sunday 5th May. Please come along see what we get up to and have a chat.
EVERYBODY WELCOME

18/10/18

NOVEMBER MEETING

Our next meeting is in the Milnes Institute Findhorn, on Tuesday 20th November at 7:30pm. Glyn Wells will have a DVD about steam trains. We will also need to discuss and update our programme for next year and the position of the flying field(s) We are still short of a sailing pond, anyone got ideas?

18/10/18

ELGIN MODEL FAIR

The annual MODEL FAIR will be taking place in Elgin Town Hall on 3rd & 4th Nov. The Club will have a stand as usual. Please come along, there will be a good display of models of all types and Club members will be in attendance to discuss all and every modelling matter!
Hope to see you there.

01/10/18

BRING AND BUY

The next meeting of the will be at 7.30 on 16th November in the James Milne Institute Findhorn . This will be a 'BRING and BUY' but members will be bring other articles along for discussion purposes. New members are always welcome, maybe bring something yourself.
Looking forward to meeting you on Tuesday night.

09/09/18

FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW SEASON

The 1st meeting of the season will be at 7.30 on 18th September in the James Milne Institute Findhorn . Tony Hartley will be giving a very interesting talk on building model boats. Potential new members are very welcome, please come and see what we get up to. Looking forward to meeting everybody on Tuesday night.

07/02/18

FEB CLUB MEETING

The meeting on 20th Feb will be at Findhorn as usual. The subject of 'The Club website' will be a wide ranging discussion on the promotion and development of the Club as well as the usual chat, banter and general putting of the modelling world to rights.
Let's hope for a good turnout.

21/01/18

2018 MEETINGS
A message from the secretary:
Sorry for the delay, tying up some of the details for the next few meetings took longer than I thought. However I have now arranged for the Spring events.
Tuesday 20th February - Findhorn Hall – Roger Boston will give us an illustrated talk on our Club website.
Tuesday 20th March - Bar Meal at the Mosset Tavern Forres. This is open to wives, partners and friends.
Please return your menu options to John by 1st MAR (with payment)
Tuesday 17th April:- Richard Oakley will give us an illustrated talk on 3D printing [a different method than the one we’ve seen] and some items he has made. Including a model 4WD gearbox.

30/11/17

UHI INVERNESS
The weather was terrible for our visit to UHI Inverness preventing a number of people attending but those present were given a very interesting tour of the engineering department by Andy Reed.
It is proposed to run a series of evening classes on model engineering at Inverness and anyone interested should contact John Tweddle orAndy Reed for further information.

14/10/17

PROGRAMME CHANGE
The meeting on 17th Oct in Findhorn will now be a bring and buy event. Please look around for anything you no longer require and bring it along for someone else to cherish. Bring some money so that you can go home with something of value to you as well.
There is also a change to the November meeting, this will now be a visit to the engineering dept. of UHI in Inverness, details to follow.

18/8/17

MORAVIA
Last Tuesday we had a very interesting visit to Moravia, a collection of historic aircraft and associated equipment at Kinloss. None of our group had been before and everyone was fascinated by the exhibits and information given by the dedicated volunteers. If you haven't been before I can thoroughly recommend it. A link to their website is on our LOCAL LINKS page.

13/7/17

HOPEMAN GALA
Don't forget the Club has a stand at the exhibition in the hall at Hopeman on Sun 17th. Hope to see you there between 10.30 and 4.30.

10/6/17

ADDITION TO PROGRAMME
Tom Ellis has arranged a visit to MORAVIA on 15th August at 7pm.
he has also invited us to see his hornby railway layout nearby.
Further details to follow.

24/4/17

FORRES THEME DAY Please bring along your models for the stand at Grant Park.
At the moment the display is very sparse.
Please contact John if you can contribute anything.

10/4/17

Change to advertised programme for 18/4/17: Les Grosvenor will show a film about the Cleveland Iron Stone working on Tees-side.

7/4/17

HELP

Andy Reed wil not be able to give the talk at the next meeting on 18/4/17, can anyone step in to present something? Please contact the secretary if you can help.

27/3/17

Last weekend was the MMRG Exhibition in Elgin town hall. The Club stand was looking good and although visitor numbers were down it was a successful weekend.

23/3/17

Last night we met at the Mosset Tavern in Forres with wives and partners for a meal and conversation. A good time was had by one and all. Thanks to John for the organisation. Remember to put the next meeting in your diary: 18^thApril for a talk on C.A.D. by Andy Reed.

22/2/17

Les Grosvenor gave a very detailed talk last night. We learned a lot about the different types of helicopters, the control methods and the complicated airflow pattern over the rotating wing and how it affects the behaiviour of the controls and the aircraft. The amount of work that Les had put into the presentation was greatly appreciated. An excellent night, Thank you Les.

Flight demonstration!

23/1/17

On Tuesday 21st February at 19.30 there will be a talk on "How Helicopters Fly" given by Les Grosvenor. This illustrated talk, to be held at the James Milne Institute in Findhorn, will be given by Les, an experienced SAR helicopter pilot, who will explain all about the aerodynamics of these machines and, no doubt, other interesting information . Please come along to what promises to be an educational and entertaining evening.