Category Archives: Layout design

Alton FEBEX 2025 #2

Posted on February 10, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A second set of photos from the show. It’s strange how some layouts grow on you.  When I first saw Redbridge Wharf (OO), it didn’t appeal, but I think that they have completed it scenically over the years, and I … Continue reading →

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Alton FEBEX 2025 #1

Posted on February 6, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

I opted out of a visit to Alton this year, despite the promise of breakfast beforehand.  It had been a busy week, I’d been to two shows the previous weeks, and I needed a quiet day.  The layouts looked excellent, … Continue reading →

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Mid Kent Model Railway Exhibition 2025

Posted on December 28, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

This show in Maidstone is an ideal outing for that period between Christmas and the New Year.  So Derek, Chris and I piled into Allan’s van for a visit, arriving early enough for a fry-up in the café before the … Continue reading →

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Tolworth Showtrain 2024 – 2

Posted on November 18, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

Next up is the familiar, but always interesting, Elbow Lane (OO). A show favourite was Drws-Y-Nant (2mm finescale) a station between Bala and Dolgellau.  A simple passing station, but with a very strange piece of trackwork into the goods siding, … Continue reading →

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Tolworth Showtrain 2024 – 1

Posted on November 16, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

Saturday morning I got to my first railway exhibition since August.  My shoulder is on the mend, so I joined Derek and Derek for a visit to this always good show.  Arriving early to enjoy a bacon roll and coffee … Continue reading →

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Bexhill MRC Exhibition 2024 #2

Posted on August 12, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

A second batch of layouts from Bexhill, with some interesting ideas. Bletchinghurst (OO) seems to be at most shows at the moment, but I appreciated a chance to look at it closely, without the barriers, and appreciate some very nice … Continue reading →

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Bexhill MRC Exhibition 2024 #1

Posted on August 10, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

A morning (that turned into most of the day) out to Bexhill with Allan and the Derek’s seemed a good idea.  We had a pleasant run down to the show along the leafy, and mainly secondary, roads.  The Bexhill show … Continue reading →

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From our northern correspondant

Posted on August 6, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

Thanks, Paul Rowlatt, for letting me post pictures of Redcar model rail, held on 3-4 August.  A bit of a photo-dump, but I’ve gleaned a few layout descriptions from the web…. Fiddle Street Yard (OO).  Note the hinged front that … Continue reading →

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Shoeburyness Exhibition 2024

Posted on August 4, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

[Whoops, title corrected!] I had the offer of a lift to the Shoeburyness (nearly Southend) MRC layout, but turned it down.  I let Messrs Dawes and Atfield go, and Allan sent me some photos of some of the layouts.  I … Continue reading →

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Chatham & District MRC Exhibition 2024 #4

Posted on July 28, 2024 by snitchthebudgie

And a final selection from the show.  There were quite a few layouts that I didn’t capture, but I think that I caught all the interesting ones, and for good measure those worth a quick look. Bocksley Town (N) is … Continue reading →

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