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26 May 2018 27 May 2018
Event Name: Railex 2018 Model Railway Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stadium Approach, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 9PP
Day 1: Saturday 26th May
Opening times Day 1: 10.30-5.30
Day 2: Sunday 27th May
Opening times Day 2: 10.00-5.00
Prices: Adults £9.00, Child £5.00, Family(2+3) £20.00
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.railex.org.uk
Organising body: Risborough and District Model Railway Club
RAILEX is a model railway exhibition that brings together the very best layouts and traders in one huge hall at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. The emphasis is on quality and Railex has some very large layouts that are not normally seen at other shows. A free vintage bus will run from Aylesbury railway station carpark to RAILEX and return up to every half hour Saturday and every hour on Sunday. Up to two children can be admitted free with each paying adult on Sunday only.
Railex 2018 will be the first completed showing of Kier Hardy’s new layout Hornsey Broadway, while Stuart Holt’s Kyle of Sutherland will be making a rare exhibition appearance, add to this many other finescale layouts and the layout line up is very impressive.
Layout attending are:
7mm Scale
Dock Green, O Gauge, Exhibited by Chaz Harrison,
The Summit - Draper’s Sidings, O Gauge, Exhibited by Yeovil Model Railway Group,
4mm Scale
Burntisland 1883, P4 Gauge, Exhibited by East of Scotland 4mm Group
Canute Road Quay, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Graham ‘Muz’ Muspratt,
Croft Depot, P4 Gauge, Exhibited by Duncan Wilcock,
Ellesmere, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Phil Greaves, (Now unable to attend this year)
Harkness, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Tony Bucknell,
Hebble Vale Goods, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Karl Crowther,
Herstmonceux, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Andy Jones,
Hewisbridge, OO Gauge, Exhibited by 57 Study Group,
Hornsey Broadway, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Kier Hardy
Kirkby Stephen West, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Ian MacDonald & Martin Wright,
Kyle of Sutherland, P4 Gauge, Exhibited by Stuart Holt,
North Ballachulish, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Andy Cooper,
The Mill, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Jason Thomas & Chris Rogers,
2mm Scale
Foxcote New Pit, 9.42mm Gauge, Exhibited by Jerry Clifford,
Manufacturers and Traders attending are:
247 Developments
Alan Gibson
ALL Components
AMBIS Engineering
Bill Hudson Transport Books
C&L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd
Ceynix Railway Trees
Cheltenham Model Centre
D&E Video - Realtrack Models - Legomanbiffo
Dart Casting
Eileen's Emporium
Golden Arrow
Gramodels
Green Scene
High Level Kits
Hobby Holidays
Ian's Trains
Isinglass Models
Judith Edge Kits
London Road Models
M.A.R.C. Models - Electrifying Trains
Mega Points Controllers
Minerva Model Railways
Model Railway Developments
Modelu
N Brass Locos
PenBits Model Railways
Petite Properties
Plus Daughters
Radley Models
Replica Railways
Road Transport Images (Now unable to attend this year)
Roger Carpenter Photographs
Roxey Mouldings
Rumney Models
Severn Models
Shawplan Model Products
South Eastern Finecast
Sunningwell Command Control Ltd
Taff Vale/Dragon Models
Tim Horn Lasercut Baseboards
Tools 2000
Wild Swan Books Ltd
Wizard Models Ltd
Societies attending are:
The 2mm Scale Association
Missenden Abbey Railway Modelling Courses
Pendon Museum
Scalefour Society
ScaleSeven Group
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26 May 2018 27 May 2018
Event Name: Rother Valley Railway Supporters' Association Model Railway Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Robertsbridge Village HallStation RoadRobertsbridgeTN32 5DA
Day 1: 26 May 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Day 2: 27 May 2018
Opening times Day 2: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Prices: Adult £3.50Child (accompanied) freePay once, visit both days
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: www.rvr.org.uk
Organising body: Rother Valley Railway Supporters' Association
Organiser: Alan Bone020 8310 5018
The Rother Valley Railway Supporters’ Association presents a Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday 26th May and Sunday 27th May 2018 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Robertsbridge Village Hall, Station Road, TN32 5DA (10 miles north of Hastings on the A21)
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Rother Valley Railway’s builder, Col. Holman F. Stephens 1868 – 1931.
There will be quality layouts, sales stands and refreshments
Visit the ever developing station across the road and the Bodiam second-hand railway shop and visitor centre.
Admission £3.50 – accompanied children free – pay once, visit both days!
Free parking - Disabled access
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26 May 2018 27 May 2018
Event Name: Rother Valley Railway Supporters' Association Model Railway Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Robertsbridge Village Hall
Station Road
Robertsbridge
TN32 5DA
Day 1: 26 May 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Day 2: 27 May 2018
Opening times Day 2: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Prices: Adult u00a33.50
Accompanied children free
Pay once, visit both days
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: Rother Valley Railway Supporters' Association
Organiser: Alan Bone02083105018
The Rother Valley Railway Supporters’ Association presents a Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday 26th May and Sunday 27th May 2018 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Robertsbridge Village Hall, Station Road, TN32 5DA (10 miles north of Hastings on the A21)
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Rother Valley Railway’s builder, Col. Holman F. Stephens 1868 – 1931.
There will be quality layouts, sales stands and refreshments
Visit the ever developing station across the road and the Bodiam second-hand railway shop and visitor centre.
Admission £3.50 – accompanied children free – pay once, visit both days!
Free parking - Disabled access
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26 May 2018 27 May 2018
Event Name: New Forest Model Railway Society Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Brockenhurst Village Hall,Highwood Road,Brockenhurst,Hampshire,SO42 7RY
Day 1: Saturday 26th May 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10:00 - 17:00
Day 2: Sunday 27th May 2018
Opening times Day 2: 10:00 - 16:30
Prices: All Adults: £5Children (5-16): £3Family (2+2): £13
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: www.nfmrs.org
Organising body: New Forest Model Railway Society
Organiser: Andy Picton - [email protected]
The last Bank Holiday weekend of May 2018 sees the New Forest Model Railway Societys annual exhibition take place in the Village Hall. This year marks 40 years of the club hosting an exhibition in Brockenhurst.
Continuing this year is the use of an upstairs hall which will have layouts and traders. A disabled lift is available for use to access the upstairs hall. The main hall will see a large 'O' gauge layout, along with 2 decent sized 'OO' gauge tail chaisers. There will be several layouts that are seeing their exhibition debuts.
On offer will be 10 layouts and 11 traders, along with a demo stand and a club stand.
Layouts:
Bath Road - OO - Fictional S&D terminus set in the present day as a preservation line.
Bevois Park & St. Denys - N - Faithful recreation of St. Denys station and line towards Mount Pleasant LC set in the 1990's.
Hillbrow - 009 - Freelance narrow gauge industrial.
Hollybank Depot - OO - Present day maintenance depot.
Langley - OO - Late 1960's era split level SR station.
Littleton - O - 1960's SR terminus and carriage sidings.
Milford-on-Sea - OO - 1950's SR terminus.
Oak Road - OO - Present day WR through station and virtual quarry.
Pine Bluffs Freight Yard - HO - Late 1950's North American yard.
Weston Road - N - Freelance tailchaser where something is always moving.
Traders & Demo:
B & H Enterprises - 'N' gauge kits and accessories.
Bish Bash Bosh - Demo stand showcasing rebuilt Lima 'O' gauge locos.
David Smith - Second hand transport books and paperwork.
Greenwood - Laser cut models for OO and up.
Jeff Wilson - Second hand models and tools.
John Henderson - Second hand ready to run.
Kytes Lights - Range of ready to plant lighting and accessories.
Paul Brotherton - Display of 1:76 model buses.
Railroom Electronics - Electricals, sundries and accessories.
Railwayania - Brand new ready to run and accessories.
Ron Lines - New and used ready to run.
Weston Models - Hand made buildings in N, OO & O.
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27 May 2018
Event Name: Thirsk Mini Show
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Wetherspoons<br />Market Place<br />Thirsk<br />YO7 1LH
Day 1: 27th May 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10am - 4pm
Prices: Free (Charity Donation)
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: Friends of Expo Thirsk
Organiser: Richard Christon, 07766697708, [email protected]
Thirsk Mini Show
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Upcoming Events
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16 August 2025 Until 17 August 2025
0SAT 16th AUGUST & SUN 17th of AUGUST 2025
at LOUGHBOROUGH Grammar School, Leicester Road , Loughborough , Leicestershire.
Car Sat Nav use ;- LE11 2AQ , Entrance off Leicester Road ,Loughborough.
SAT 10am-5pm, SUN 10am-4.pm.
ADMISSION: Adults £10.00 Children £5.00 Family £25.00 (2 adults and up to 3 delightful Children)
Free Exhibition Guide included with entry whilst stocks last.
30 Layouts, 26 trade plus demo's.
This venue is not far from the centre of the town, lying to the south, off the Leicester Road A6. Entrance via Burton Walks.
Regular local bus services from the Railway Station, Town Centre, Leicester and Coalville pass by the entrance.
15 min walk from GCR., 20 mins from LOUGHBORO' Mainline Rail Station.
Plenty of free car parking is available.
The venue is disabled friendly.
Hot and Cold refreshments will be available. Including Hot Savories' and Filled Cobs.
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16 August 2025 09:00 Until 13:00
0Brighton MRC will be holding one of their occasional sales day on Saturday 16th August 2025. It will be from 1000 to 1400 at the Clubrooms on London Road railway station, Shaftesbury Place, Brighton BN1 4QS.
There will be a large selection of preowned Model Railway items including locomotives, rolling stock and accessories, mainly OO gauge.
No charge for admission.
There will be refreshments available
If you are thinking of joining the club this is an ideal opportunity to see the facilities and what we do.
Details are also on the club website
https://brightonmrc.wordpress.com/diary-of-events/
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16 August 2025 09:00 Until 16:00
0Come along and see some of he Club's layouts. If you are thinking of joining the club this is an ideal opportunity to see what we do and talk to Club members.
Adults £3, Children £1. Family ticket £6 (2 adults + up to 3 Children).
Wheelchair accessible, Light refreshments available.
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23 August 2025 09:00 Until 24 August 2025 15:00
0Hosted by the Ulster Model Railway Club, the Belfast Model Railway Exhibition will take place this year at Belfast Royal Academical Institution, in the heart of the city centre, Saturday and Sunday 23-24th August. Please note the new venue for the exhibition. It will be held in the sports hall on the school campus. Access will be through the entrance gates on Fisherwick Place. The sports hall is towards the rear of the complex.
We will have around 20 layouts, eight traders and a mix of special interest groups and modelling societies in attendance.
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23 August 2025 09:00 Until 24 August 2025 15:00
0Burnham MRC have their annual show at King Alfred School, Burnham Road, Highbridge Somerset TA9 3EE
August 23rd and 24th open 10am to 4pm each day
Featuring Biscdale photo courtesy Chris Nevard / Model Rail
Entry £8 with accompanied children FREE Free car parking Strep free access Country Bumpkins catering
Featuring 20 layouts:
L01 Bridge Street N gauge
L02 Rocket
L03 Backdoor Quay
L04 Newton Heath Works
L05 GLR TT 120
L06 Woodlands
L07 Biscdale
L08 Lambourn
L09 Burnham-on-Sea
L10 Tetbury
L11 Rowington for Shrewley
L12 Rolstone
L13 Waveybridge
L14 Stonehaven
L15 Brewery Lane MPD
Modular N gauge 4 layouts in one*:
L16 Calderbridge *
L17 Ledbetter Junction *
L18 Clifford Chamber Street *
L19 Cheddarton *
L20 North Cornwall Brewery
and 10 traders
T01 Richard Pane’s Spares
T02 Ray Heard
T03 Wessex Wagons
T04 GLR Bespoke
T05 Andrew Wilkinson
T06 Andy Lynch Model railways
T07 Attwood Aggregates
T08 Just in Case
T09 David Smith Books
T10 Top Model Railways
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Recent Event Reviews
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Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society - Open Weekend
By Phil Parker,
Excellent day. With delicious cake!
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Robertsbridge Model Railway Show 24-25 May 2025
By clogger,
Good little show. Bit biased though as I’m exhibiting at the show and have done so for a couple of years now.
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Gauge O Guild Winter Show
By LAWLOGG Editor,
A few words about the show, some pictures of us setting up our stands (and, more significantly, a comprehensive video of the attendees) are available at this link.
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The National Festival of Railway Modelling @ NEC
By 7013,
Considering this is the first show by BRM I thought they did a reall good job.
Quibbles: I know you have to rent the floorspace by the square metere, but it got a bit crowded at times between stalls/layouts.
Positives: Lots of good trade support, some superb layouts, and very helpful friendly staff.
Warley was always going to be a hard act to follow, and the organisers did well.
I can see this growing in the future
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Tyneside Model Railway Exhibition
By jacko,
Drove down from Lanark early on Saturday morning (6 hour round trip!) to arrive shortly after 10am. The first surprise was seeing my cousin showing his O gauge layout in the foyer (shown as east Glasson port authority on the programme but it wasn't that). Nice to have a chat with him as we've not met for a couple of years. Moving on to the main halls, there seemed to be plenty of space for viewing, helped no doubt by my being there so early. I'd driven down especially to see Grantham, Pelaw and Fencehouses having seen them in the mags and I wasn't disappointed so spent at least an hour swapping between the three. All three layouts exceeded expectations but it was also great to see Richmond in the flesh, it having only just appeared in print last month. I saw Alston in Glasgow in February and there's been no drop in quality. However, my favourite (and I'm probably biased as I'm modelling the s&c) was Kirtley Bridge - what a superb layout, the quality of modelling and the atmosphere was outstanding. I think I spent around 3 hours at the show and was absolutely wrecked by the time I got home but it was well worth it. I'll be watching out for next year's dates to make sure they're kept clear.
Graeme
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