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Ayr Model Railway Group 2018 Exhibition

15+16th September 2018

Citadel Leisure Centre

South Harbour Street

Ayr

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Layouts

 

00 Gauge

 

Pathhead Our own large 1980s/90s layout. Ayrshire coal trains at there best. Plenty of the class's 20, 26, 37. And throw in the odd 56 and sixty.

 

Blair Atholl By Ian Mc Creadie. This visually stunning layout is on it's first visit to Ayr. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

 

Laurencekirk An incredibly detailed large steam themed layout from Perth mrg.

 

Triang Railways by David Coddington. A trip back to where it all started.

 

N Gauge

 

Stoddart Lock by Renfrewshire mrg. Making its first visit to Ayr.

 

Stanley Junction by The East Kilbride mrg. This is the layouts debut as an exhibition layout. Going by the EK clubs usual layouts it should be a cracker.

 

Blackwood Junction

 

Our own exstensive modern themed n gauge layout. Plenty of big trains to see here.

 

2mm finescale

 

Ketton Cement. Another layout making its first visit to our exhibition.

 

Traders

 

Cheltenham Model Centre

 

Squires tools

 

The Junction box

 

Pooleys Puffers

 

Durham trains of Stanley

 

North Road trains

 

Douglas Blades books

 

Lathalmond models

 

Preservation

 

Ayrshire railway preservation group

 

Demos

 

Merg

 

Roland Turner.

 

N'gauge society

 

More to follow.

 

See Ayrmrg.co.uk for more details.

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Great . I’ve been suffering withdrawal symptoms since Perth . I need something to get the Railway modelling mojo going again . Always view Ayr as the first of the season. Looking forward to Stanley Junction . EK always produce stunners.

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Always enjoy Ayr, well worth the journey.

 

Looking forward to running Laurencekirk, to seeing Blair Atholl again and interested to see Stanley Junction. If its the Stanley Junction I am thinking of perhaps we could link it to Laurencekirk!

 

Couple of photos of Laurencekirk, a Three Hour Express and Fish train.

 

 

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Hi all,

 

I am pleased to say that NGS in Scotland have been invited to provide a stand at the show.

 

This will be an information/demonstration stand covering not just N Gauge Society information but also N gauge in general.

 

Not sure yet what the deoms will be - yet...

 

More nearer the time!

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Think the secret is to go on the Sunday (early) as there are no charges for street parking in Ayr, I parked up at the main bridge over the River and walked down to the Citadel

 

Jim

 

Perhaps - I didn't have time this morning. I'll know next time. Thanks!

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Went today Sunday. No issue in parking at all. Nice relaxing show. Thoroughly enjoyed watching the trains on Pathead in particular, but of course Blair Atholl always superb as was Laurencekirk and Stanley Junction. Always a pleasure to browse books on Douglas Blades stand . I too thought some of the second hand was very reasonably priced. In fact it was striking that there was not do much new stuff on sale and a lot of second hand . There was a stand selling 2 Lima diesels for £50 and even offered one for £20 . I do wonder if the bottom has fallen out of that market with lots of later Bachmann models around 2nd hand .

 

Overall a nice couple of hours pottering around . Well done Ayr

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Hi

 

That's the hall cleared for another year. It's heartening to hear that people enjoyed the exhibition.

 

Thank you to all the traders and exhibitors who had came from far and wide to provide a really relaxed and good natured exhibition. Not forgetting to mention the excellent standard of layouts that were exhibited.

 

We hope to see you all again next year.

 

Stephen Cunningham

 

Ayr Exhibition Manager.

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Hi all,

 

Another good show provided by AYR MRG - much appreciated.

 

As has now become normal I tool the NGS in Scotland stand to the show - getting to be regular now!

 

3 N gauge layouts and 1 2FS - so plenty for the N gaugers to see.

 

Once again spoke to a lot of people about N Gauge, N Gauge Society and possible area groups in Scotland.

 

Also talked a lot about Finetrax - lots of interest in what I had on show and demonstrating what is what and possible how to scenarios with the range.

 

More to come on another date about that though.

 

Also had a lot of interest in the N Gauge Society wagon kits that I was demonstrating as well.

 

AS lot of interest was also shown in the 4ft by 1ft 3in module I am building.

 

The turntable and how to fit/mount/motorise it was a major repeat discussion.

 

So - On to the next show?

 

Dundee at DISC 13th and 14th October 2018

 

Thanks

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