So, here is the final tranche of photos from Southampton.  A quick look at most of the layouts, and some very good modelling here on the third day of posting, but not the layouts that immediately caught my eye.

It was Dinas Mawddwy’s (EM) first exhibition.  I’ve a soft spot for the Welsh railways before they were spoilt by the GWR…..

Fence Houses NCB (OO) had a good selection of industrial steam on show.

Light railway modelling at Harkness (EM.)  A very good backscene and some interesting wagons here.

Brassingdale (OO) is set in the Peak District.  I liked the breakdown train.

Pencader (EM), a major GWR branch station on the Aberystwyth line.

And, I think, the first N gauge layout, Newvaddon Parkway, set in the modern era.  Nicely done, but I’m beginning to think that modern image N gauge layouts are becoming just like GWR branch line layouts when I was younger (a long time ago).  I’m afraid that they all look the same.

Narrow gauge on Kaninchenbau (HOe)

A pretty little GWR branch line in N.  Penworth copies some of the iconic Pendon buildings in the smaller scale.  Sorry, but more my sort of N gauge layout…..

More N, with Mike Le Marie’s little Scottish layout, Kinlochlaggen.

Foxbury (TT) and clever use of the fiddle yard traverser to keep the compact layout footprint.

Finally, Tittlesworth (OO9.)

Overall, this was an excellent show.  All the modelling was of high standard, and there was a good balance of all action layouts and more bucolic branch lines.  And best of all, I didn’t buy anything (but see below.)

And a final afterword – the college canteen didn’t run out of bacon and Allan and I enjoyed a very nice and quite keenly priced breakfast.