SVMRC

Soar Valley Model Railway Club, Leicestershire.

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Soar Valley Model
Railway Club

The leading model railway club for Leicestershire.
Established 1981.

Great reasons to join the SVMRC

If you’re an existing model railway enthusiast, new to the hobby or just want to improve your skills then why not join us at the SVMRC.

Our members come from all walks of life and have varied model railway skill sets. We have some members who are brilliant at electrical work whilst others are fantastic at being creative with scenery. We have some who have been modelling for years and some who are brand new to the hobby. We even have a professional model maker who has been building layouts throughout his career!

Whatever your level, you will be made to feel welcome to the club. Perhaps you are more interested in running model railways and are a collector of rolling stock? Whatever your interest and level the SVMRC has a warm welcome waiting for you.

We are a family orientated club and very much welcome family and junior members.

All Scales

We cater for all scales at the club. Our club layouts are primarily OO, O and N gauge.

Some members also model in other gauges and garden railways.

DC or DCC

We run layouts in both DC and DCC, including our exhibition layouts. If you are interested in learning how to wire layouts in either format, we have members who can help you, and more importantly, can help to teach you the skills needed to apply to your own layout.

Adding decoders to loco’s and units, we have experienced members who can help with this.

Learning New Skills

Need to learn how to make buildings from scratch? Need to improve your scenic techniques? Perhaps your track layout design never quite comes through? All of these things and more can be worked on in a fun, friendly environment at the SVMRC. Give it a go….you can always do it again!

Exhibitions

One of the main purposes of our club is to exhibit our own layouts and to visit other exhibitions.

If you would like to learn how to operate a layout, as part of a team, at exhibition level, then we can help make this happen. Our layouts are exhibited at various events throughout the country and we often get invited by exhibition managers to attend other shows around the country.

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