big T Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Im going Sunday when hopefully its going to be a quiter day than the Saturday. Mind you I should imagine everywhere will still be 4 rows deep and have people with rucksacks with no manners and old boys charging into everyone. What is it with rucksacks? Take em off or hold em differently!!!! Grrr!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Ill be hiding behind Loughrea (not Loughrea Branch) or propping up the bar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Will be there Saturday with a shopping list. Just hope its not the Tesco one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentskj Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I'm booked to be there - most likely the Saturday. I'm packing almost 3000 watts (equiv) of daylight balanced lighting so should be fairly easy to spot in the orange sea of sodium/mercury:) I will be following you around then chris to use your lighting then i dont have to bother with mine and can have more space to piut the items on my list in The meet is at 1 by centre peece so i lookforward to meeting some new people and putting names to faces Muz that might leave fisherton a bit deserted lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I'll be gooing. Anyone been to the club. They're really nice chaps there. I collected my ticket a week back - impressed at the sheer scale of the operation as well as the layouts. Unfortunately my work patterns preclude me becoming a member of any club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I will be following you around then chris to use your lighting then i dont have to bother with mine and can have more space to piut the items on my list in The meet is at 1 by centre peece so i lookforward to meeting some new people and putting names to faces Muz that might leave fisherton a bit deserted lol You won't need to follow me around too far, my lighting will just be for new stock review pics on the Model Rail stand Would never do layouts shoots at a show - that's unfair on the paying public and the results would be marginal because it would be too rushed - some do I gather...tut! I must admit that Warley for me (and many I guess) is more of a working/social event than layout veiwing which can be trying at the best of times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I was going to go up by train from Bristol Parkway to the show but just looked at the National Rail web site and its a bus from Gloucester to Birmingham New Street. Dont see the point of paying a high fare to sit on a bus. May as well drive for a lot less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Will be there both days as I'm chauffering Paul Towers and his layout! So don't forget to come and say hello! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentskj Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Im going Sunday when hopefully its going to be a quiter day than the Saturday. Mind you I should imagine everywhere will still be 4 rows deep and have people with rucksacks with no manners and old boys charging into everyone. What is it with rucksacks? Take em off or hold em differently!!!! Grrr!!! I aint defending the people with ruck sacks but howdo you sugest they carry them in another way - i know they are anoying but people buy stuff at these shows -last year a guy had a suit case full The old boys i admit are a newsence but people dont go worrying about these minor things we aint there to worry about the crowed but the models Sam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl1973 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Want to go but no money, which is usually what happens. If I took a small amount I would see loads that I want to buy. Still undecided! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Want to go but no money, which is usually what happens. If I took a small amount I would see loads that I want to buy. Still undecided! Surely it's not just about buying (you can do that online later and probably cheaper when you have some money) - why not go to look at the layouts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 14, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2009 Surely it's not just about buying (you can do that online later and probably cheaper when you have some money) - why not go to look at the layouts? I think for me Warley is pretty much a shopping trip with some catching up with friends, certainly I rarely spend much time looking at layouts there other than the odd one or two. (The last time I went I dont remember looking at any layouts at all over than a quick glance as I walk past.) This year I cant see being any different, half a day sat on demu, quick dash round the trade to see if there are any bargains that are useful, rest of the time more sitting about talking... The main reason for going this year is that I have to see Exactoscale at a show to be able to buy yard long lengths of rail for the layout.... Theres an off chance that I will have got a job by then as well, so will actually have some money to spend on things i'd like rather than just those needed to get on with the layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Surely it's not just about buying (you can do that online later and probably cheaper when you have some money) - why not go to look at the layouts? Probably because Warley is the worst exhibition in the country if you just want to enjoy watching layouts. You have a brief 90 min window of opportunity when the show first opens each day to get close to the layouts while the rest are scrum down at the trade stands. After that you have to fight hoards of soap dodging backpack wielding morons that clog up all the viewing space and camp out for ages having conversations with other smelly sherpas whilst ignoring the layout in front of them. If you do manage to eventually wrangle a viewing position be prepared to be bashed and knocked about by other backpackers. My last straw was 2 years ago when some idiot swung around and bashed into my camera as I was taking a picture. If not for a UV filter which was smashed I'd have been looking at ??400 for a new lens. Not even so much as an 'excuse me' or 'sorry' from the muppet. Warley is an event and a shopping mecca. Its not the place to enjoy layout watching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl1973 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I do go to look at the layouts, but its also a shopping trip as well, so much stuff in one place, thats what I like! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Lacey (92245) Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I'm heading there on the Saturday as a punter, no doubt with a shopping list, although I usually leave the shopping until the end and concentrate on viewing the excellent layouts on display........although as other have said, viewing the layouts is certainly a test to ones patience and gag reflex.... Cheers, Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 14, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2009 It is helpful from a 'shopping' viewpoint to be somewhere where you can see stuff and look at it (especially books in my case) before deciding to buy as even with a fairly good shop within 30 miles I can't always see and look through everything that might interest me. The same I suppose applies to some extent when it comes to buying modelling related whatever - bought a Bacchus rolling road at Wycrail and for an investment of that sort of cash I would certainly want a good look and some explanation before getting out the plastic. And yes, sometimes looking at layouts can be very difficult at a large show like Warley - and also rather dangerous when those blasted rucksacks are suddenly rotated by less than thoughtful wearers who clearly didn't think about any gauging problems when they put the thing on. But sometimes one can get to see layouts and of course one gets to meet people, friends old & new, who sometimes one might not have seen for some years (I came across someone at York show last time I was there who I hadn't seen for 5 or more years); show attendance is, I reckon, normally a good social occasion. Similarly once we have fought our way to our seats (most likely again reserved twice over, I wonder if XC will be any cleverer than Virgin were?) on the train to International things are on usual form also likely to turn into a social gathering - that's all part of the occasion I think. Anyway whatever else is happening tickets ordered on Thursday morning arrived today so at least we'll hopefully be able to get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 OK, the shoppers win! On a different note, maybe the 'unwashed bit' is in fact a secret ploy for people that want to see the layouts? They're quite clean in 'real life', but the week before a show they see no water or deodorant - bingo they then have the whole layout to themselves, with the rucksack being a standby weapon to remove any lingerers without a sense of smell? Sorry, I'm being silly - it's been a long day Don't take me seriously! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 14, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2009 OK, the shoppers win! On a different note, maybe the 'unwashed bit' is in fact a secret ploy for people that want to see the layouts? They're quite clean in 'real life', but the week before a show they see no water or deodorant - bingo they then have the whole layout to themselves, with the rucksack being a standby weapon to remove any lingerers without a sense of smell? Sorry, I'm being silly - it's been a long day Don't take me seriously! Great idea! Gonna try that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well its not looking good Ally Pally in April . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkiterail Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well its not looking good Ally Pally in April . the Ally Pally show is on the 27th and 28 march 2010 not april as below: http://www.brmodelling.co.uk/exhibitions/default.asp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 the Ally Pally show is on the 27th and 28 march 2010 not april as below: http://www.brmodelling.co.uk/exhibitions/default.asp Close enough B) . You going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkiterail Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Close enough B) . You going? My club's show so with whats being planned I be quite busy over that weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 My club's show so with whats being planned I be quite busy over that weekend. Take it not much has been confirmed. I only know of 2 layouts and 1 society attending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkiterail Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I am not allowed to say whats being planned but bear in mind its 100 years of the MRC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I know, its the only reason im exhibiting . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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