Tag Archives: France

Once again, this show in Maidstone was an ideal outing for that period between Christmas and the New Year.  So Derek, Chris, Simon and I piled into Allan’s van for a visit.  We had a pleasant morning out, and there … Continue reading →

And the last selection from Manchester….. Dewsbury Midland (OO)features accurate scratch built models of many buildings from the West Riding of Yorkshire near to Dewsbury, and is a fine example of a landscape with a railway in it. A final … Continue reading →

More from the frozen north!  Bron Hebog (OO9) was probably the best layout in the show (a difficult choice as there seemed to be such a fine selection.)  An expansive layout captures trains in the landscape near Beddgelert station on … Continue reading →

Our northern member, Paul Rowlatt, paid a visit to Manchester Model Railway Society’s show, celebrating 100 years of the club.  It looks fantastic – a lot of old friends of layouts there, but a number that I’d have love to … Continue reading →

And the rest (well, at least most of them.) The always wonderful Kensington Addison Road (O). Swillybegs (7mm scale 3ft gauge). Always a favourite – Rossiter Rise (OO). Great Bardfield (P4) captures a bucolic East Anglian cross-country line to perfection. … Continue reading →

Another year gone, and back to Tolworth for the Hampton Court MRS show.  And I thought this was one of their best.  Allan, a brace of Derek’s and myself went early, pinched the last parking space at the show, and … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Friday, five of us bundled into Allan’s van, and headed for Maidstone to visit this new exhibition.  It not only gave something railway-orientated to do between Christmas and New Year, but it was good to go to a show on … Continue reading →