Merc435 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) Greenock and District Model Railway Club Annual Exhibition 2019 Dates; 19th and 20th October 2019 Sat-19th 10am to 5pm Sun-20tg 12noon to 5pm Venue; Lyle Kirk Union st building Union Street Greenock. PA16 8DD. Trade; The Junction Box model railways Douglas Blades Transport Books Doon Valley Models A.R.P.G. Layouts. Bron Hebog 4mm NG Welsh Highland in miniature (It's only outing of 2019) Kilbowie 4mm A Little slice of Clydebank in the 1960s (It's only outing of 2019) Seething Lane. 4mm. The Trafford Park railway. (Its debut show) Papagei Stadt 2mm Continental outline. Tram stops. 4mm scale tram townscape Loch Dubh. 7mm local terminus in 1960's Old Blarney 4mm Irish outline Barnsford Bridge 4mm Scottish Modern Image Coeur d'Alene(O gauge) will now be attending in place of Old Blarney Malcolms Dale (OO) Drive a train layout for kids. Williamson River (HO) a little taste of Canadian railroads. 1950's room(OO) classic layout on the living room carpet. More to follow...... For the 3rd year running..... KIDS GAIN FREE ADMISSION! Under 16s gain free admission(with a paying adult) if they bring some railway related artwork to the show. The artwork will be entered into a competition to win a prize donated by one of our traders. Hopefully we can keep the lid on the Dinosaur tub this year......(Unlike last year, took us all weekend to find them all) Of course we also have the terrific buffet run by the ladies of the church led by Fryers Jimmy and John. Online. www.greenockmrc.co.uk Twitter: @greenockmrc Facebook: greenock and district model railway club Edited September 30, 2019 by Merc435 Spelling error. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docting Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Kilbowie will be dragged out from its homebase for only the 4th time. Visitors will see both steam and blue diesels ( sunday) on the assumption the line received a Beeching reprieve! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) Kilbowie is a great layout , having seen it at Model Rail Scotland a few years ago, and well worth going to the exhibition just for that. Having said that Greenock is by far the friendliest exhibition I go to. I can wonder round exhibitions and not speak to a soul , but I never get away with it at Greenock! Looking forward to it . You’ll know me . I’ll be the one is school shorts and my painting of Thomas the Tank Engine looking for free admission . Edited September 16, 2019 by Legend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc435 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Tell you what Legend. If you turned up in School Shorts in Greenock in October. I'd pay your admission myself! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) Big softy! Paisleys not exactly tropical in comparson to Greenock and I made it to school through 6 foot snow drifts . Aye these were the days . You’ve even got palm trees in Greenock Edited September 16, 2019 by Legend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JiLo Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I'll be there with my in-progress layout Seething Lane, being exhibited in its current state to show and explain to folk whats involved in building a layout, and (hopefully) demo-ing the Roco z21 app based DCC system Looking forward to a good show as always (and those bacon rolls...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc435 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) We have a new trader signed up for this year's show. Shedring Hobbies are specialist scenic suppliers. Using the latest technology in resin and 3D printing to produce a wide range of scenic accessories for 1:76th scale. We look forward to hosting Brian and his team on the 19th and 20th of October 2019. Edited September 27, 2019 by Merc435 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted September 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2019 I just discovered Shedring Hobbies at the weekend via a post on Facebook by Barnsford Bridge. Like me, they have a collection of Malcolm trucks and I see that Shedring do the Code 3 transfers for these. So with both Barnsford Bridge and Shedring at the show, it gives me all the more incentive to plan a wee trip back home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc435 Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Great stuff! Spread the word! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley47708 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 On 17/09/2019 at 22:38, JiLo said: I'll be there with my in-progress layout Seething Lane, being exhibited in its current state to show and explain to folk whats involved in building a layout, and (hopefully) demo-ing the Roco z21 app based DCC system Looking forward to a good show as always (and those bacon rolls...) Funnily enough I was just thinking to myself esp with the interest in Great Model Railway Challange that a part build demo layout would be of interest to visitors. Quite often visitors will ask questions about how a layout was built when we are exhibiting. Great idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docting Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 You've got to come to our exhibition because there are so many great layouts. Modellers I'm sure you'll want some of them for your own shows! Support your fellow modellers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc435 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Most of the things are finalised for the weekend now. Traders. Douglas Blades books The Junction Box model railways Doon Valley Models Shedring Models Layouts. Lammermuir- Waverley route in 1960 N Gauge. (N) Malcolms Dale - Kids drive a train layout. (OO) Bron Hebog - WHR based on Aberglasyn pass.(OO9) Kilbowie - The north Clydeside railway prior to closure.(OO) PapageI Stadt - Parrot Town Germany. (N) 1950s Bedroom - Hornby Dublo with carpet for underlay Williamson River - Cupar MRC - CP and CN lines(HO) Glendramm - Kyle MRC - north British distillery line.(OO) Kinnel - Kyle MRC - Suburban N gauge.(N) Loch Dubh - Falkirk MRC - Highland Terminus (O) Barnsford Bridge - Renfrewshire MRC - MPD (OO) Seething Lane - 12AD - Trafford Park estate - (OO) Coeur d'Alene - Perth MRC - North American - (O) Tramstop- Douglas - 4mm trams in a street setting. Meccano Scotland Mini Adventures(how many Minis can you find) Teas and Coffees, hot and cold food and snacks And lots more. Edited October 14, 2019 by Merc435 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 My first visit to this show today and thoroughly enjoyed it; A good range of layouts in a nice venue with friendly people. Unfortunately my return home was delayed by a person sadly being struck by a train at Fort Matilda, however McGills bus services came to the rescue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted October 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) Always a pleasure to go to this Exhibition . This year I think they are better than ever, truly punching above their weight. Brian’s Kilbowie was stunning as always , representing the area around Clydebank just across the water from me . Really a nice layout and for the first time seeing the scenic fiddle yard . DCC showing of sound capabilities. The 009 layout was outstanding . I followed the train from station through the large S curve until disappearing from view . Like Kilbowie this layout is also a show stopper . To have two layouts of that calibre in a much larger exhibition would be outstanding, so well done Greenock . And of course that’s not to miss out the other exhibitors. Always a pleasure to talk to John and enthuse over all things Hornby-Dublo . A really friendly exhibition . I liked the spot the minis competition . Still on on Sunday. Well worth the day out. Well done guys. A great exhibition showing all that’s best in model railways, and not a volcanoe in sight. Showing model railways are interesting in themselves without addition of GMRC earthquakes, volcanoes and monsters!. Edited October 19, 2019 by Legend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Kilbowie is indeed a great layout, and got my vote for the best exhibit (Hopefully when they announce the results there is the compulsory dramatic pause before the winner is declared ?!) I arrived in Glasgow much too late (1984) to see such scenes, but the layout shows how it was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 A very good exhibition again, several good layouts of different subjects, scales and sizes - quality throughout. My personal favourite was Bryn Hebog, with its railway in a landscape and a consistent high standard of modelling throughout - stock, scenics, running. The usual good catering, and I was impressed at the activities provided for the younger children. And above all, friendly with lots of good chat with exhibitors and public alike. If you hoped to see Seething Lane, 12AD had to do a last minute switch to Jacks Hill because of family circumstances beyond control meaning Seething Lane couldn't make it this time. Hopefully another time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docting Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thanks everyone for your positive comments and yes Kilbowie did win the cup. We all enjoyed the show but will need to scratch our heads to come up with better next year. We hope to see you all again next year. You can follow events as they unfold on Facebook. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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