Nottingham MRS Spring Show 
 
Saturday & Sunday 14 & 15 March 2020
 
Organiser: Nottingham MRS
 
Venue: Highbank Community Centre, Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham NG11 9DG.
 
Open:
Sat 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 10:00 – 16:00
 
Admission: adults £4, children £1
Venue amenities: refreshments, level access throughout,
 
How to get there
Public transport - Nottingham Express Tram (NET) to Holy Trinity tram stop
 
By Car – M1 Jct. 24, use A453 to Clifton. There is some on-street parking or use the free parking at Clifton NET Park and Ride which signed from the A453 (Satnav NG11 8BF). NET offers a £1 Clifton Shopper ticket for the tram from here to the venue tram stop.
 
Features: 8 layouts including the return of the iconic Deepcar, trade stands and hands on demonstration.
 
Layouts
 
Deepcar - Nottingham MRS'S Iconic OO Scale Woodhead Layout Featuring Kitbuilt 1500v DC Electric Locomotives and Scratchbuilt Overhead Electrification.
 
Ryburgh - Nick Palette OO Scale. East Anglian Branchline Set in the Steam to Diesel Transition Era.
 
Wouldham's Chalk Pit - Graham Clark - O Scale. 1970s Industrial Steam Set in Essex
 
Spoltt – P4. South Wales steel in the 1980s https://splott4mm.wordpress.com/
 
Albion Estate Railway- Bill Bateson Gn15. Lincolnshire Potato Railway Set in the 1950s
 
Antwerpse Viskaai - Dave Paylor - HO Scale. Featuring Belgian Freight Operations in the 1990's in Antwerp Docks
 
Blue Heron Paper - Andy Gautrey HO Scale. Nocturnal Switching Operations in the Pacific Northwest of the USA
 
Tamaro - N Scale Set in the Italian Speaking Part of Switzerland
 
Demonstrations
 
“Getting Started” – the NMRS team show how they recreated part of Nottingham in miniature
  
Creating Model Buildings and the Miniature Landscape” – David Wright from Dovedale Models will be showing his techniques for modelling the natural and built environment using readily available materials https://www.dovedalemodels.co.uk/
 
Trade stands
 
Anoraks Anonymous https://anoraksanonymous.weebly.com/
 
TTC diecast https://www.ttcdiecast.com/
 
Booklaw https://www.booklaw.co.uk/shop/index.php
 
 
Sherwood Models http://www.sherwoodmodels.co.uk/prestashop/
 
Model Power Depot
 
Mount Tabor Models http://www.mount-tabor-models.co.uk/
 
 
Further information: www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk
or find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/NottinghamMRS
Poster 2020 v1.2.pdf

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