23 January 1959
Mr. Ron Caldecott
23 January 1959
Mr. Ron Caldecott
Introduction
The caption above a fading photograph reads "Meticulous attention to detail in E.L. man's model".
This photograph of a young Ron Caldecott appeared in a Eastern Cape newspaper dated 23 January 1959.
The caption below reads "Meticulous detail accounts for the realism attained by Mr. Ron Caldecott in his model railway layout
a section of which is reproduced above"
After 50 years this is still relevant...
Ron runs an operating HO South African layout based on the Buffalo Harbour-East London-Queenstown
mainline with branches from Blaney to Umtata and Kings Williamstown. Ron also has gone digital (DCC - Digitrax) since we were last here in 2005.
Ron and the Friday Night Operating Group normally operate the layout on a Friday night using a card sytem and a fast clock.
Backdrop
One of the FNOG members painted this backdrop for Ron
you can hear the leaves rustle in the wind and fading sun ...
Oom Stofie
... making sure the turnouts are correct on Ron's garage layout recently converted to DCC
Swiss Tavern
High up in the mountains surrounding "Umtata" awaits this "Gasthaus"
A realistic weathered XBJ-9
Ron has a couple of Reiner Petzold's cast XJB-9 cement wagons