45th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition

[Reddibus]

The 45^th annual Redditch Model Railway Exhibition takes place on 15^th and 16^th September 2018 at the Trinity High School, Grove Street, Redditch Town Centre B98 8HB. The venue is off access one on the Redditch Town Centre Ring Road and is a 15 minutes drive from Junction 2 of the M42. There is a large free car park at the venue. The Town Centre Bus and Rail stations are a 10-15 minute walk. There are three trains an hour directly to/from Birmingham New Street station on Saturday and two an hour on Sunday.

 

There will be at least 15 working layouts of scales between 7mm and 2mm scales many of which are well known and featured in the model railway press, together with 12 sales stands The show is open from 1000 until 1700 on Saturday and until 1630 on Sunday. Admission prices are Adults £5.50, Children £2 & Senior Citizens £5.and Families (2+2) £14. 

 

The venue is wheelchair friendly Further information can be found on the web site at www.redditch-mrc.com or email enquiry@redditch-mrc.com

 

 

 

 

Layouts on show will include:

 

Brynllwyd - presented by Dave Forshaw, Liverpool MRS 

 

Welsh narrow gauge layout – 7mm scale

 

Buckshee - presented by Members of Redditch MRC

 

4mm Scottish Region layout – 4mm scale

 

Charlton The Strand - presented by David Boot 

 

New 4mm Western Region layout– 4mm scale

 

Eu (Le Treport) Depot - presented by Peter and John Smith

 

1950's French locomotive depot – 7mm scale

 

Farmers Drove - presented by Steve Farmer

 

Modern image layout – 2mm scale

 

Hounslow Sidings - presented by Ray Norwood

 

South London in the 1960’s

 

Morfa Mawr - presented by Ian Sandell

 

Modern image layout based in Wales – 4mm scale

 

North of England Line - presented by Scarborough and District Railway Modellers

 

North east of England based layout – 2mm scale

 

Oakenshaw - presented by Redditch Model Railway Club 

 

West Yorkshire in the 1960's – 4mm scale

 

Smallwood - presented by Redditch Model Railway Club

 

Modern Image layout based in the 1970’s – 4mm scale

 

Studley and Astwood Bank by Steve Monk

 

Layout of the prototype station – 4mm scale

 

Su and St Paul - presented by Doug Grazier

 

American modern image HO scale layout – 3.5 mm scale

 

Trinity Dock Street Bridge - presented by Gavin Rose

 

Dock yard set in 1939 – 4mm scale

 

Plus at least one more 7mm scale layout that is so new it has yet to be named

 

 

[melmerby]

I'll be there.

Been going since they had a show at Cocks Moors Woods leisure centre

 

Keith

Edited August 27, 2018 by melmerby

[Reddibus]

Thank you Keith we look forward to your continued support of our events 

[GJB 60009]

Looking forward to bringing North of England Line to the show. It's nearly a year since it's last outing, so will be good to give it a run.

Thanks for the invitation.

[Phil Bullock]

Hope to get there - clashes with holiday arrangements but with some careful planning it could work

 

Always a friendly show

 

Phil

[MarkSG]

Dropped in this morning. A nice little show, some quality layouts and good trade support. I took a few photos, here are three of the best:

 

 

Some of the detail on Oakenshaw

 

 

Overview of North of England Line

 

 

A Sentinel crossses the bridge on Trinity Dock Street Bridge

[melmerby]

I went yesterday and would agree with the above post.

I have been going for some years and always find it enjoyable.

 

What did you think of "Eu" the French Steam depot?

I found the sound level oppressively high, although the model itself was superb.

Another layout nearby was also sound but I didn't realise at first as it was being drowned out!

 

Some pictures to follow.

 

Keith

[MarkSG]

I thought that 'Eu' was well-modelled, but to be honest I didn't linger that long at it as I'm not all that keen on "depot" layouts. I appreciate that that's very much a  personal opinion, and others may (and, I'm sure, will) disagree. But they just don't really do it for me.

[Phil Bullock]

Sorry I didnt make it - sounds like it was the usual good show 

 

Phil

[Robert Shrives]

Hi 

Great show - as ever! Visited with friends Saturday afternoon - after the morning rush so able to look easily at all the show.  North of England line was run well and we had fun spotting the Beatles and the long  look and find lists.  Steve with his Cambridgeshire inspired Farmers Drove excelled.  Good trade support  in both halls.  All the layouts worked well and Morfa Mawr is recommended for EM pointwork reportedly deliberately built across a baseboard join to prove it can be done and its a fun challenge- looking along the railheads you could not see the join...   and it ran faultlessly.  

 

My friend`s lad and his mate had a ball being allowed behind two layouts - much pleasure and inspiration given so thanks to the layout owners.  - later that evening I had my own "Rainhill " show of a growing 4mm collection.

 

Thanks to all who helped at the show.

[melmerby]

Some photos from Redditch

 

Brynllwyd

 

 

Charlton the Strand:

 

 

EU:  (Close ups of locos)

 

 

Trinity Dock:

 

 

Morfa Mawr:

 

 

Oakenshaw:

 

 

Tunnel Cutting:

 

 

Keith

 

EDIT

I've got videos of some of the other layouts, need to edit them up.

Edited September 16, 2018 by melmerby

[GJB 60009]

Hi 

Great show - as ever! Visited with friends Saturday afternoon - after the morning rush so able to look easily at all the show.  North of England line was run well and we had fun spotting the Beatles and the long  look and find lists.  Steve with his Cambridgeshire inspired Farmers Drove excelled.  Good trade support  in both halls.  All the layouts worked well and Morfa Mawr is recommended for EM pointwork reportedly deliberately built across a baseboard join to prove it can be done and its a fun challenge- looking along the railheads you could not see the join...   and it ran faultlessly.  

 

My friend`s lad and his mate had a ball being allowed behind two layouts - much pleasure and inspiration given so thanks to the layout owners.  - later that evening I had my own "Rainhill " show of a growing 4mm collection.

 

Thanks to all who helped at the show.

The North of England team arrived back home at 10pm. We had a good weekend and would like to thank everyone at the Redditch Club for inviting us and looking after us all weekend

 

Thanks Robert for the kind comments and we're glad the 2 lads with you enjoyed their visit. If they were the 2 that helped us, we're glad we helped make their day. If anyone is kind enough to show a special interest in our layout, we often offer them a driving turn, and if it sparks an interest or gives some inspiration then it's mission accomplished for us.

 

Thanks again to everyone at the club and we hope the weekend was a success for you all. Hopefully we can come back one day with another layout.