As is usual for this time of year it is a busy period for model railway exhibitions. Following hot on the heals of the successful High Wycombe & District MRS Wycrail exhibition last Saturday, this coming weekend sees the annual Spalding Model Railway Club exhibition. This show, as been the norm in recent years, features … Continue reading Once again Spalding exhibition and once again St Stephen’s Road
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Heading to dark(er)side
This weekend 14th / 15th September is the Swindon Railway Festival hosted by STEAM the Museum of the Great Western Railway (I only just managed to type that!). By the 'Darker Side' I of course mean that odd looking dark green Brunswick colour! Although the 20 layouts attending will generally share the theme of 'that … Continue reading Heading to dark(er)side
Fisherton Sarum at Hornby Magazine Live 13th/14th July
It is now less than two weeks until Fisherton Sarum makes an appearance at the Hornby Magazine Live exhibition being held in Hartlepool on 13th and 14th July. The show is filled with 25 layouts, with Fisherton Sarum flying the flag for the Southern along with the Thornbury Hill Model Railway Group's 4mm scale Southern … Continue reading Fisherton Sarum at Hornby Magazine Live 13th/14th July
Steel, Steam and Stars event at Llangollen railway 21/04 to 29/04 2012
Steel, Steam & Stars is a nine day long gala event on the Llangollen Railway, between Saturday 21st and Sunday 29th April, organised to raised funds for the 6880 Betton Grange Society, as a major means of raising funds for the building of this brand new locomotive. The event assembles a large line up of … Continue reading Steel, Steam and Stars event at Llangollen railway 21/04 to 29/04 2012
A week is a long time in modelling…
Firstly an apology for the lack of posts last week but as regular readers will know I have been travelling a fair bit, so this post is a bit of a catch up on a couple of events and items of acquisition news that have occurred relevant to the hobby in the last week or so with respect to … Continue reading A week is a long time in modelling…
St Stephen’s Road heads north to Model Rail Scotland this weekend
Continuing my current schedule of 4 exhibitions in 5 weekends with 4 different layouts we have now reached (say in a Geordie accent) 'week 4' which means assisting Mike Wild of Hornby Magazine with his St Stephen's Road layout at Model Rail Scotland being held this coming weekend Friday 24th to Sunday 26th February. This three … Continue reading St Stephen’s Road heads north to Model Rail Scotland this weekend
Four exhibitions in five weekends with four different layouts…
A busy few weeks ahead beckons on the exhibition front, with the main highlight for me being the appearance of Fisherton Sarum at the BRM Festival of British Railway Modelling at Doncaster Racecourse, in 12 days time (11/12th February). If that event wasn’t enough I shall be operating three other layouts at three other shows … Continue reading Four exhibitions in five weekends with four different layouts…