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Paynestown - first exhibition done

Barry Ten

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I enjoyed taking Paynestown to the Barry show organised in support of Alzheimer's UK. It was a very nice day out with plenty of friends involved with other layouts and just helping out, with much thanks due to Brian and Paul Rolley for instigating the event and making the whole day relaxed and convivial. By happy coincidence I was also collecting for a separate Alzheimer's event so my bucket was plonked on the same table as the layout!

 

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I brought along a rubber mallet, not to scare people but to give a gentle tap to the back of the layout in the event of any locos stalling! It proved quite handy and presumably an improvement on the hand of god! 

 

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Thanks to Dave Stone for the pics above, and for helping out with operations. It was also good to see our chum Roger drop by for an hour or two.

 

I also took a few general snaps of the layout in action.

 

Thanks all who dropped by, and who left some money in the bucket!

 

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Very nice, I hope that I will get the chance to see it for real one day.

 

Brian

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I do like it Al; it captures its predecessor nicely and yet, in a good way, doesn't look N. I probably prefer your original style of backscene though - it's one of your trademarks.

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BlackRat

That’s come along very nicely Al and certainly captures the spirit of the original layout, which was one of my favourites.

 

It seems to look better in N…not sure why. 
 

Next one in O or TT? 😜

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Barry Ten
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Many thanks all. I'm quite pleased with how it worked on the day; no major issues but one or two things that

could benefit from a tweak or two. It did pick up an invitation to another South Wales show next year so this is

unlikely to be its only outing. However, it's going up in the loft for now, not because I'm fed up with it, but because

it's stopped me working on any other modelling projects for a while and I like to hop around!

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br2975

Thank you Al. for bringing 'Paynestown' along, and supporting a very worthy cause.

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Many of us wil be touched by 'the long goodbye' and sadly watch friends and relatives deteriorate.

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All those who, like yourself, gave of their time,  those who came through the door, and those who cooked the bacon rolls played their part in raising funds to provide future support.

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So, on behalf of Paul and myself, may I again thank you for your support on Saturday.

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Best wishes 

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Brian.

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A delightful layout - compact when seen in full view, yet spacious close up: Paynestown looks very effective in the pictures.  A good and valuable cause to support too.  Pleased to read it went well, though not sure I’d trust myself with a mallet on my own small layout - I’d probably knock it right off the table!  Keith.

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