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Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition - 18/19th October 2014


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The 30TH UCKFIELD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

 

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Organised by the Uckfield Model Railway Club.

UCKFIELD CIVIC CENTRE
Civic Approach
Uckfield
East Sussex
TN22 1AE

Saturday 18th October 2014
Sunday 19th October 2014

Open 10am till 5pm both days


The 2014 Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition will once again be featuring a selection of some of the best quality layouts around. There will be full trade support as well as Demonstration & Engineering stands. Licensed Restaurant within the Civic Centre will be open throughout the weekend.

Layouts expected to attend:

Arigna Town - 7mm/ft scale 36.75mm gauge - Sligo, Leitrim & Counties Railway, Irish broad gauge terminus by Dave Holman, Kent - 2nd exhibition

Herstmonceux - 4mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (00) - Southern (ex LBSCR) through station by Andy Jones, East Sussex - 2nd exhibition
Ravenscroft Sidings - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4) - Teeside rail served steel distribution terminal in 1988 by Simon Bendall, Bedfordshire
Bankfield Road - 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0) - 1940s LMS Black Country industrial scene by John & Jackie Kneeshaw, Cambridgeshire - BRM Mar 2013
Portskerra - 4mm/ft scale 18.2mm gauge (EM) - Highland Railway branch terminus in 1915 by Tim Tincknell, Wiltshire - RM Dec 2008
Tucking Mill - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm/ft finescale) - North Somerset Light Railway by Jerry Clifford, Wiltshire - MRJ No 227
Wenfordbridge Goods Depot - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm/ft finescale) - Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway by John Greenwood, Cornwall - RM Mar 1999
Felsham Lane - 7mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (0-16.5) - Rural narrow gauge railway terminus by Greg Dodsworth, East Sussex
Burshaw North Western - 1:148 scale 9mm gauge (British N) - 1970s West Coast Main Line in North West England by David Forshaw, West Sussex
Plumpton Green - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4) - 1900-1920 LBSCR through station by Barry Luck, East Sussex - new to exhibition scene
Balnakeil - 1:22.5 scale 16.5mm gauge - Fictional Scottish 15 inch gauge railway by Ian Roberts, East Sussex - RM Aug 2012
Awngate - 4mm/ft scale 9mm gauge (00-9) - Small narrow gauge terminus based on Wantage by Michael Campbell, West Sussex
Bahnhof Hofen - 3.5mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (H0) - German Epoch 2 branch line terminus by Alan Peacock, West Sussex - CM May 2014
Santa Barbara - 1:160 scale 9mm gauge (American N) - Southern Californian Amtrak station by Ian Lampkin, Surrey - CM Oct 2011

Trade expected at the present time:

Barry Jones - second hand ready to run, kits and books
C&L Finescale - suppliers of finescale trackwork and components
Coastal DCC - suppliers of DCC equipment from a very wide range of manufacturers
Dart Castings - white metal lineside accessories - includes MJT and Monty's Model Railway figures
Matthew Cousins GRA - railway artist, known for his views of the Bluebell Railway
Geoff Gamble Books - all the latest books and publications
Plus Daughters - N gauge specialist stocking British, Continental and American ready to run
Realistic Modelling Services - specialist scenic modelling materials
Roger Jones - second hand ready to run
Roxey Mouldings - finescale locomotive, carriage and wagon kits in 4mm and 7mm scales
Squires Model & Craft Tools - wide range of tools, glues and raw materials for the modeller
South Eastern Finecast - 4mm scale locomotive kit manufacturer
The Hobby Box - local model shop with very extensive range, both ready to run and for the kit builder
Wessex Wagons - Authentic and bespoke Limited Edition model railway rolling stock

 

 

Public access to the Civic Centre is via either the free High Street car park (Civic Approach), or the Tesco Superstore. The venue is also only three minutes walk away from both the railway and bus stations.

More information and pictures at http://www.uckfieldm.../exhib14nf.html

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Looks like another good Uckfield show. Nice mix of quality layouts.

Will look forward to seeing Plumpton Green!

 

It will be Plumpton Green's third outing - Barry brought it along to the Scalefour Society's AGM on the 21 June and exhibited it at the Bluebell Railway's Model Railway Weekend on the 28/29 June.

 

More information about the layout's construction can be found at http://www.lbscrmodels.co.uk/  - and clicking on the "Layouts" button.

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Guest demonstrator's this year include Roger Sawyer who will be running a "hands-on" soldering demonstration and Cat Gibbs will be showing how to modify and paint model figures.

 

As well as manning part of the demonstration stand the 7mm modeller's within the Club will be bringing one of the layout boards from their current project for visitors to have a look at.

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Just back from setting up the halls - just a couple of layouts and members of the trade to arrive.

 

Just thought I would post a picture of one of the layouts that you can see over the weekend - Herstmonceux (00).

 

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The show seemed very well attended today; we had a good crowd "out front" to entertain almost all day, with a light lull at lunchtime and quietening after 4.30. A good location was given to us in the green room with our back to the window affording a welcome breeze when the wind blew. Operations seemed to go well... oh, and we were kept well fed and coffee'd... thanks for that. Looking forward to another day on my feet tomorrow repeating operations with Terry and Simon
Jon

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Agree here that it's a very good show. The podiums the Uckfield club have set up in front of a number of the layouts have had plenty of use by the younger visitors.

 

We had a few interesting comments saying that our layout was Japanese!!

 

Some one else said that they never realised that the USA had railways. I suppose he had a point as they are railroads!!!

 

Must get round to having a good look at the superb layouts on show tomorrow.

 

Ian

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Looks like I might be a busy (but happy) little chap LOL

you looked like you were having fun with the working gantry on Wenford this afternoon Kevin :laugh: It was good to talk with you.  Some very good layouts on display again.

 

Colin

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In my defence John did say that the new filament cable on the gantry hadn't fully settled down yet. That gantry when it is running is an absolute joy, but boy is it difficult to get right first time out, clearly I need more practice in the dark arts :training: :read:

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It was another good show, managed to catch up with a couple of old faces (Colin W, Queensquare & Kim and Jon020), met some new faces (Roundhouse and Mrs Roundhouse) and had fun with a couple of very tasty layouts (Tucking Mill and Wendfordbridge Goods Depot).

 

I must express my deepest thanks to Jerry Clifford and John Greenwood for letting me loose with their pride and joys.

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Here is a video of the event that I took today. 

 

 

A great show with a mixed set of layouts all covered in the video above

 

Thanks Daniel 

Thanks for posting the video Daniel... looks like there was so much I missed... but then that looks like some of my driving between 9 and 11 minutes in there... so we were quite busy ;-)

Cheers

Jon

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Thanks for posting the video Daniel... looks like there was so much I missed... but then that looks like some of my driving between 9 and 11 minutes in there... so we were quite busy ;-)

Cheers

Jon

Thanks Jon 

 

I enjoyed filming that layout. Glad you enjoyed the video as well.

 

Thanks Daniel

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