2mm Andy Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 This year's '2mm Expo' is now only just over a week away on 11th June 2011, and as no-one else on here has mentioned it I thought I'd create a thread for it The venue is the Keighley Model Railway Club clubrooms at:- Units T1/T3, 3rd Floor, Keighley Business Centre, Knowle Mill, South Street, Keighley, BD21 1SY. The premises are close to the town centre and railway station, and have off-street parking. Opening times are 11am until 5pm, and admission will be £4.00. Layouts booked include the following: Framsden – David Eveleigh (winner of the 2010 2mm Scale Association Golden Jubilee Layout Challenge) Fresherwater – Ian Morgan (as seen on Ian's blog on RMWeb) Llangerisech – Nigel Ashton; Mayfield Street – David Long; Sauchenford – Colin Brady; Shunting plank layout and wagon building demo – Andy Hanson (as featured on my blog on RMWeb) Shunting plank - John Ireland; Unnamed layout – Mark Austen. Some of the above layouts are 'work in progress' to show some of the techniques used in 2mm modelling. Traders booked so far: The 2mm Central Shop Other attractions: DCC clinic – Nigel Cliffe Test track – Keighley club test track with 2mm line will be available for running your stock on. There will also be a few other demonstrations arranged, including a soldering technique clinic. Hope to see a few RMWeb members there? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hope to see a few RMWeb members there? Bryn, craigwelsh, Kempenfelt and myself should be there - looking forward to it already! Pix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not in a position to go this year but I went last year (When it was in Oxford) and had never before seen so much high quality modelling under one roof. I urge anyone who is undecided about going to do so, you will not regret it - and I speak as an EM modeller who's never tackled either 2mm or N gauge in his life! One request to the organisers. Please do something about the signposting. Last year I'd actually given up trying to find the venue and was on my way home when pure fluke meant a set of red traffic lights brought me to a halt in exactly the right place to spot a signpost actually within the venue's car park. One car more or less in front of me and I would never have seen it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not in a position to go this year but I went last year (When it was in Oxford) and had never before seen so much high quality modelling under one roof. I urge anyone who is undecided about going to do so, you will not regret it - and I speak as an EM modeller who's never tackled either 2mm or N gauge in his life! One request to the organisers. Please do something about the signposting. Last year I'd actually given up trying to find the venue and was on my way home when pure fluke meant a set of red traffic lights brought me to a halt in exactly the right place to spot a signpost actually within the venue's car park. One car more or less in front of me and I would never have seen it. Mike, This year's Expo won't be on the same scale as the Golden Jubilee 'do' last year (by it's nature it was a bit of a one-off and consquently the 2mm Scale Association splashed out a bit more than usual), but should nevertheless be a good show. As the person who got the job of puttting out the signs last year, signposting the venue last year was a bit of a nightmare - the local council were very hot on removing 'unauthorised' signs from the main road and as parking at the venue was very limited, we did our best to encourage visitors to use the 'park and ride' service which stopped at the end of the access road to the venue. All the advance publicity had directions and guidance on travel to the venue, and we didn't get many reports of problems. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Peters Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Andy, I hope you and everyone else have a great time at the expo. I wish I could be there but am already double booked Was hoping to make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Cannae make it this year due to previous commitments. Such is life - phhhooee... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted June 3, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2011 Sadly can't make it this year... ...have used up all my 'flight tokens set aside for purely self indulgent trips' already this year...and its only just June Have fun though...am sure it will be a great show... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Photos are now up in the thread in the 2mm area here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/39131-2mm-expo/page__view__findpost__p__417780 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted June 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2011 Photos are now up in the thread in the 2mm area here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/39131-2mm-expo/page__view__findpost__p__417780 ...just seen them - many thanks for posting them - they give a great sense of what is was like - some very very nice layouts there - Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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