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The Society is made up of national branches, and within these, local clubs who usually represent a town, city or locality. The first branch was established in the United Kingdom in 1963. Local clubs organise regular meetings, typically once a month for members to meet up, show off their latest models, discuss the hobby and work on ongoing projects.
The Northern Ireland Association of Aeromodellers (NIAA) is the governing body for all British Model Flying Association (BMFA) affiliated clubs in Northern Ireland.The NIAA committee is elected by, and from representatives of the local Northern Ireland flying clubs, [1] with an aim to promote, protect, organise and encourage model aircraft flying throughout Northern Ireland.
Formed in 1996 at a meeting of UK rocketry societies and clubs established at that time, as well as amateur rocketeers, the formation meeting took place at the International Rocket Week [4] at Largs in Scotland. UKRA works through the current UKRA affiliated rocketry clubs and societies. [5]
The Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT in the 1950s pioneered automatic control of track-switching by using telephone relays. The oldest society is 'The Model Railway Club' [5] (established 1910), near Kings Cross, London, UK. As well as building model railways, it has 5,000 books and periodicals.
The British Radio Car Association (or BRCA) is an organisation that promotes the construction and racing of all types of radio controlled cars in the United Kingdom.Founded in 1971 by Ted Longshaw [1] and Keith Plested, who was also the founder of PB Racing, a manufacturer of RC cars; [2] [3] [4] they coordinate BRCA affiliated clubs in the UK, and offer insurance for any accidents that might ...
Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, also known as the Highland Pacific Club of San Gabriel, CA [9] San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, CA [10] Tech Model Railroad Club, HO scale, student organization at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [11] Cherry Valley 2-rail O scale, Merchantville NJ.
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Competitors in the UK were Leeds Model Company and Bassett-Lowke. Hornby O gauge tinplate models A factory was established in France, which developed its own range of French outline trains, but Liverpool dominated export activity elsewhere, with large numbers of Hornby trains exported to Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Scandinavia.