Category Archives: Exhibitions

Another selection of excellent layouts from Chatham.  First, Westhouses.  John Morgan’s close-to-scale OO layout of this loco depot in 1980 was a new one to me.  Unlike many shed layouts, it is not crammed with track, and operation was leisurely.  … Continue reading →

The Chatham show was last at the Historic Dockyard some 12 years ago.  Was it really that long since I visited the place?  I visited the show on Saturday along with Messrs Dawes and Atfield and had a pleasant morning … Continue reading →

I recently had contact with the nephew of our oldest church member, who passed away 18 months ago.  Ian lives in Australia and turned out to be a modeller (but not N gauge.)  I sent him a few shots of … Continue reading →

After a slight diversion to the ESNG meeting, back to Allan’s photos of the exhibition down at Robertsbridge.  Today we have the other layouts on show.  There was no show guide, so I have been unable to identify a couple … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks old, but here is a bit of a photodump of Allan’s photos of the exhibition down at Robertsbridge.  Our friends from the West Sussex Group contributed several exhibits, so today is rather monopolised by their layouts! … Continue reading →

Well, not that wild.  Just a visit to the Gauge O Guild Summer Show.  It was not far away at Kempton Park Racecourse, and although mainly a trade show, there were some layouts to look at as well.  Having bought … Continue reading →

Los Tanimals (geddit?) in N was conceived as a smaller layout than the ‘Solent Summit’ modular setup.  Even so, it’s pretty large.  I think Allan kept photographing the loops to persuade me to build another one for ESNG…. Mainly Southern … Continue reading →

I turned down a day out with the lads to the Brockenhurst show.  My excuses were poor – I’d just been on holiday near there, possible Bank Holiday traffic, and I wanted to watch the Cup Final.  I gather it … Continue reading →

The Dawes Brothers have spent the weekend in Kidderminster, visiting the Swiss exhibition and perhaps even the AGM, and riding on the Severn Valley Railway.  A few shots of the exhibition today, with full size train pictures to follow. A … Continue reading →

Off to the romantically named Pratts Bottom this morning for the Orpington & District show.  Having been to Birmingham in the week, it was good to have Mr Dawes driving, and just spot bluebells, lambs and other wildlife.  The show … Continue reading →