Category Archives: Exhibitions

Folkstone and Headcorn exhibitions #1

Another morning out with some ESNG members, taking in two Kentish exhibitions. Having gone around the Folkstone show, Allan suggested dropping into Headcorn on the way home. Two very different locations and venues, but both rather different. The Folkstone show … Continue reading →

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TINGS 2026 #4

For our final TINGS selection, we’ll start with little and large…. A neat little tram layout. And the diminutive French Verneuil-les-Vignes…. In contrast, the Northumbrian NGS group’s Long Hirston, a very large N-mod layout. East Anstey Station on the North … Continue reading →

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TINGS 2026 #3

Where to start? There were quite a few layouts that caught my eye. A favourite was the double layout, St Andrews and Guard Bridge. I especially liked the viaduct of Guard Bridge and the way the line curves away into … Continue reading →

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TINGS 2026 #2

Today, I’ll just show the NCI layout. This was all controlled by the iTrain software, leaving most of us just to entertain visitors. We did have some good conversations with visitors, who were very interested in the format of the … Continue reading →

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TINGS 2026 #1

My weekend was spent at TINGS (The International N Gauge Show), exhibiting an N-Club layout with some of our Stuttgart German friends. They provided a few modules, the digital control, and the fiddle yard, but the rest of the layout … Continue reading →

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Marchwood Modellers exhibition 2026

Whilst I spent the morning getting a new kettle for the church, decoking the church coffee machine and then gardening at home, the lads went to the Marchwood show. Lots of narrow gauge on show, mostly OO9. The very clever … Continue reading →

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A visit to the KESR (and model railways)

Last Saturday, I thought that I could do with time out. So I joined the Dawes van for a trip to Tenterden. They had a small model railway exhibition at the station, and we thought that we’d have a train … Continue reading →

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Shoeburyness MRC exhibition 2026

And whilst I was walking around a field in Somerset, the lads again headed for the coast for a show. It looked a good show. Here are a few of Mr Dawes’ photos. One day I WILL build Bembridge in … Continue reading →

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South Coast MRC exhibition 2026

Whilst I was building legs, the lads headed for the coast for a show, and then a ice cream by the seaside. It looked a good show, and here are a few of Mr Dawes’ photos. Lower Exbury (EM) has … Continue reading →

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Chatham show 2026 #2

We continue with a Class 73 at Cromer (O) on engineering duties. More beautiful OO9 with Nant Gwernol, modelling the terminus of the Talylln. Sheepcroft (EM), minimum space but very well presented. I’ve seen Kamiack Falls several times before, but … Continue reading →

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