gwrman Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 THE WEST OF ENGLAND MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION SATURDAY 20TH & SUNDAY 21ST MARCH 2010 PRESENTED BY REDRUTH MODEL RAILWAY CLUB SPONSERED BY KERNOW MODEL RAIL CENTRE CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE POOL, REDRUTH CORNWALL, TR15 3QS http://www.rmrc.pages.qpg.com/ click the picture at the bottom of the webpage Opening TimesSaturday 10am-5pm Sunday 10am-4.30pm Admission Prices Adult £5.00 Senior Citizens £4.50 Junior £3.50 Under 5yrs free Family 2+2 £14.00 Over 30 Layouts, 25 National and local traders Modelling Demos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame69 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I'll be there. Frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 3, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2010 Me too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdouglas Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 will be there look out for Deviock Dock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 will be there look out for Deviock Dock Hi, here's a floor plan of the show. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 'spect I will be in there somewhere..... So many things to do, so little time - don't let me hear anyone say being retired gives you plenty of spare time, I seem to have had more time to myself when I had a full time job..... Penlan PS - I wonder why 'Penlan', which resides close to Lands End, can only be seen at Exhibitions at least 250 miles away? Coming up - Bracknell, Warley NEC, Melksham, Wigan and can't remember the others...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2010 It's good to see Long Preston is shown on the plan, It's last but one appearance on the circuit before being retired and dismantled. The team are ready, those that are still able to travel and we are looking forward to a bit of Cornish hospitality. It's the furthest we've ever taken the monster but it should be worth it. Just watch out for strange things with pantographs and big black beasts that might lurk in the fiddle yard. It will be nice to take a bit of Midland down to Great Western territory. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish_Rail Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I'll be there on cliffordsbridge no dout running engineering trains lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 20, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2010 A few piccys from today's visit to the show. First up is Long Preston. This really is a BIG layout, lots of bright red engines (which the roped-in-to-help Bodmin lads seemed a bit unsure of...) and some impressive trackwork, especially the mixed gauge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 20, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2010 Next is Deviot Dock. This is a nice compact layout, the the main part depicting a china clay yard, and a high level commuter track running a shuttle service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 20, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2010 Next a couple of shots of the Aberfal Mining and Minerals layout. This is in 1/2 " to the foot scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 20, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2010 Next is Osney Town - 9 ft of exquisite O gauge modelling. The track plan is quite simple - just the one line into platform, but with added sound this really captures the eye and ear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame69 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Im off there in the morning,thanks for the pics. Frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 20, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2010 This is St Aldhelms Quay - another excellent 7mm layout (I'm begining to be seduced by the big stuff....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Hi, glad you enjoyed it, we aim to please. It does seem like we've got a lot of 'O' but that makes a bit of a change. Start planning for next year now. Nigel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troon boy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Great show, well organised and lots of variety. All of this 10 minutes from my front door. Well done to all at Redruth MRC and a big thank you to the exhibitors from all over the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 A good show - I was there Saturday, saw most people I know down here, but missed Stubby47... see you at the SWAG do in April (see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/63-taunton-members-day-april-2010-line-up-announced/page__pid__106501__st__25entry106501 ) What a great line-up the Captains put together, but no DRAG test track listed.. A bit of touting and got Penlan - the layout - details in for the 2012 'The West of England .....' show, confirmed Wakefield in 2011 and probably a small foray (and positively the last outing) for Penlan in Truro in 2013 (Penlan? see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/1432-penlan-lnwr-in-south-wales-1910-em-gauge/ ) - The layout's now fully booked. Re. 0 Gauge, If the modelling's good+, does it matter what scale it is, and as a pre-groupie, all that L&Y stock on Long Preston, almost heaven (would have been if there had been some LNWR - a distant view of a Furness Rly coach fooled me for a micro-second)), the L&Y Parliamentary stock was a particular plus - that's about 0.1% of this Forum's interest.... I take the long view (being an Oldie) swings and roundabouts, over a few years most, if not all, of our interest(s) will be shown... good+ modelling is the base line for any year. Many thanks for a great show, and only 25 miles away from home too.... Penlan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Mixed. On the plus side were a few layouts that looked good, were well presented, and operated well (30 de Septeimbre and Osney Town topping my list) Long Preston seemed to be plagued by errors and derailments - not to mention the sight of something big, black and American in the sidings, and audible disagreements between panels. But the "accessible" fiddle yard and "up in the sky" roundhouse were a refreshing change. And as much as I like the look and feel of Porth St John - the dunes around the goods yard were wonderfully done - the U-boat conning towers and pink dragons do so much to drag it down. If this type of nonsense is for the kids, then there's a plethora of "roundy-roundy" layouts they can be entertained with. My biggest gripe has to be to the lack of route directions. I came from Plymouth. I gather that the local council had taken down the direction signs put up by the organisers some time in the early hours. This is the second time that an exhibition I have attended suffered from this (Matford being the last). Is there anyway that this board could be used to clarify the necessary steps (planning permissions etc.) required for event managers to ensure that non-locals can find the show they so dearly want us to attend? Cheers Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 ...On the plus side were a few layouts that looked good, were well presented, and operated well (30 de Septeimbre and ....... Had the 'Chile' operators removed their beret's by the time you saw them then? The Chilean layout theme was an interesting one though. I came by local bus from Penzance (because I can't drive due to my right arm being in plaster ..), but would agree if the direction signs for motorist had been removed, that wouldn't help. If I'm going somewhere I'm not sure of, I always download a map (Google, Multimap etc.) Clever Clogs. Cowsbridge interested me, because given the number of sidings, there was no run-round facility on the scenic part, thus I saw a Dean Goods hard against the buffers in the cattle dock siding with cattle trucks, presumably, waiting to be unloaded for ages. It stated on the info the track plan was based on the TVR's Cowbridge, but I don't have access to that track plan (I think there's one in a early BRJ). Penlan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hi, we did have some AA signs up but the council tell us where we can put them and how many we can have. (redtape as usual) Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 GWRMan, Thanks for those two photo's of the Chilian Sugar beat layout, it hit the buttons for me, as in (I presume) well researched, a different railway and good detail. A bit like Shirley Rowe's layout of many years ago, somewhere in Spain if I recall correctly. Penlan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Never been before, but found it easy. came off at camborne junction instead, just followed signs for leisure centre, and looked before on google street view....... it does have its uses, good show too, liked Loughborogh and Yatton, im in to diesels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hi, yes I am to, my vote went to Yatton, I'm DCC sound also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic56 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yet another good show, good layouts and a good selection of traders. Shame about the weather horrible foggy weather but you can`t have everything. Look forward to next years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 23, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2010 Just a quick note to say how much the Long Preston crew enjoyed going to the show (Further than any other Wakefield club layout has travelled before we think). Many thanks to the Bodmin crew who helped us over the weekend and had to learn a complicated layout with ;foreign' stock. We even had top provide interpreters at times (Ey up apparently translates to Oy in Cornwall). The show was fun and a lot of nice comments were made. One visitor said it was nice to see red engines for a change. The plough train which was only letterred on Thursday afternoon before we set off attracted a lot of interest. ( I'll try and post a photo later.) Considering the layout ad not been out of the shed over a very cold winter it ran better than expected. A big thank ou to the redruth club for inviting us. We finally got the layout put away at about 3.00pm yesterday. I've just got to get the stock sorted out and off the dining room table before my wife gets out of hospital. It was nice to meet some RM Webbers. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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