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Category Archives: Exhibitions
Dates for your diary….
If you fancy a day out in the Kent countryside, the Bredgar & Wormshill Railway open day is recommended. A little railway in a big garden, and some model railways too. Kerry & Vernon of Invicta are involved, and Cha(I)rman … Continue reading
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East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #2
Some layouts capture their location perfectly. I’ve just taken the single shot of ‘Sidmouth’ in P4, as I’ve captured it in detail elsewhere, but this is one of the best layouts around, modelling the Southern West Country station to scale. … Continue reading
East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #1
Last Saturday, on the road again with Mr Atfield. We started off at Brentwood toy fair, that was a disappointment – last visit had lots of ‘N’ gauge, this time next to nothing. We then continued north to Huntingdon for … Continue reading
Reigate Model Railway Exhibition 2018
I walked over to Woodhatch on Sunday afternoon for a quick look at Dakota Dibben’s Reigate exhibition. I wasn’t going to go, but a model railway exhibition in walking distance of home was worth the effort, and Sean and Allan … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #2
How did the show match up with last year? There was a lot more ‘N’ and 2mm modelling on show, but overall I felt that there were less ‘inspirational’ layouts than last year. But this is of course a subjective … Continue reading
Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #1
Time out with Mr Atfield on Saturday, visiting two shows north of the river (Thames). We started at the Brentwood toy fair. These things are a real lottery for ‘N’ gauge – it’s OK if you want to buy Hornby … Continue reading
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Modular model railways – the pros and cons?
Dave emailed me recently about exhibiting our ‘N’ gauge modular layout at local exhibitions. His comment was (in part)…. Hi – not having much success with exhibitions at the minute. The larger ones don’t seem interested in modular layouts…. We … Continue reading
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2017 in hindsight
At the end 0f 2017, it’s worth a look back and see where my hobby has taken me. It’s been a year of exhibitions. I’ve visited more model railway shows than in recent years. Most have been very good, and … Continue reading
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Update on the ESNG Exhibition 2018….
Our 2018 exhibition planning is all planned, barring any late changes, and I’ll start to thing about it again after this week at Stuttgart. Layouts on show will include: ESNG N-mod/N-club modular layout West Sussex group N-mod modular layout Forrestone … Continue reading
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ESNG on the road – again!
As you read this, we should be preparing for the doors to open in Stuttgart, and getting ready to run trains for four days. Or to put it another way…. European N-Scale Convention Beim internationalen N-Spur -Treffen, gibt es riesige … Continue reading
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