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Geoff Endacott

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  1. I didn't think I was being all that subtle. Geoff Endacott
  2. I generally open the bidding at £10,000 which means I always win the auction, but it does get very expensive. Geoff Endacott
  3. A significant profit by the look of it. Geoff Endacott
  4. Please can someone remind me which exhibition was due to be held at the school in Bacup. Geoff Endacott
  5. Been there, done that. Never again. We were persuaded because it was a charity show for a good cause. Fields aren't level. Nothing would stay coupled. We spent all afternoon operating in push-pull mode with the locos on the downhill end. Freight trains did look a bit silly, but if the loco was on the uphill end there was a risk of uncoupled wagons rapidly disappearing off the end of the layout. Geoff Endacott
  6. Bentley MRG are introducing a booking system. Anyone wanting to visit the clubroom has to book in advance and once six people have booked the evening is full. Geoff Endacott
  7. Trainwest is already organised for April 2021. However, I have taken the precaution of checking that exhibitors are available for April 2022. If we can't go ahead next year the show can be moved to the following year. Geoff Endacott
  8. That is why I duly record the hours spent by volunteers running the exhibition. Accounting for these, even at the minimum wage, produces a number far greater than the surplus (not profit) from the exhibition. On that basis we never make a profit and therefore pay no tax. Of course, the suggestion further up this thread that paid stewards and other staff should be brought in, paid for by increasing the ticket price, would negate this exemption and may therefore have tax implications. (It does help that we have a committee member who is a retired tax inspector.) Geoff Endacott
  9. No amount of technology will avoid the need for some form of human presence. There is a world of difference between people taking a (managed) risk as part of their job and taking a risk as a volunteer. Until such time as club members are willing to staff exhibitions they aren't going to happen. Geoff Endacott
  10. The limiting factor is not so much who will be willing to attend an exhibition but who will be willing to run one. The people at greatest risk will be those on the cash desk selling and checking tickets. No amount of online booking of advance tickets and cashless payment methods will do away with the need for someone to check tickets on the door. Those who do the job in our club tend to be the older or less active members because it's a job they can do sitting down. They also tend to be those at most risk from the virus. I can cope with greatly reduced attendance because costs can be reduced accordingly. What I can't do is organise a show without club members who are willing to volunteer for the public facing roles. I think it may be some considerable time before enough people feel comfortable enough to do that. Geoff Endacott
  11. That's an awfully long time to spend in the same place. Geoff Endacott
  12. Beatties used to issue a catalogue of RTR models which could be updated by adding extra pages and stickers. I am a life member of the Beatties Club. Fortunately my life has been rather longer than that of the aforementioned company. Geoff Endacott
  13. Just as well he wasn't doing anything important like running a major economy. (I can't mention who it reminds me of because that would be too political.) Geoff Endacott
  14. The trouble is that if every two months things shift back by two months we will never get back to normal. Geoff Endacott
  15. Solihull is cancelled. http://www.solihullmrc.org/exhibition20.html Geoff Endacott
  16. One of the main reasons for attending exhibitions is to meet other people. The main risk for contracting the virus is meeting other people. I think I can see the problem. Geoff Endacott
  17. So following on from Bachmann's policy of releasing Warships with running numbers which don't match the chosen body, we now have one Hymek which is right and three which are wrong. Geoff Endacott
  18. And has it been PAT tested? Geoff Endacott
  19. Is the Hitler figure anatomically accurate? As they used to sing, Hitler has only got one... Geoff Endacott
  20. From their Facebook page (and other sources): Model Rail Scotland 2021 AMRSS Limited the organisers of Model Rail Scotland have been advised by the Scottish Event Campus that due to the venues continuing use during the remainder of 2020 and into the early part of 2021 as an NHS Nightingale Hospital for the Coronavirus outbreak the hall used for Model Rail Scotland will be unavailable. The Exhibition Management team have carried out a detailed analysis of the risks and challenges the current coronavirus situation presents to them as event organisers and have agreed that the best course of action is to cancel the 2021 show and look forward to the 2022 exhibition which will take place on the 25th, 26th and 27th February 2022. The organisers hope you understand the reasoning behind this decision but given the degree of uncertainty relating to the current public health situation and how it could impact on matters into the early part of 2021 it considered to be the appropriate solution. Geoff Endacott
  21. Looking at this again, perhaps the whole body was painted blue and then the brown paint was applied on top of the blue. Its later appearance could then be explained by the brown paint wearing (or washing) off. Geoff Endacott
  22. On a scale of 1 to 5 the body condition is 2. I hate to think what 1 would look like. Geoff Endacott
  23. Confirmed with this on their Facebook page: Rail Ex Taunton 2020 - CANCELLED. We are sorry to announce that due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding the pandemic it has been decided to cancel the 2020 show. We hope to return as normal in October 2021. Geoff Endacott
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