The Leamington & Warwick 42nd annual Model Railway Exhibition - Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th March 2017

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We are pleased to confirm that our 42nd exhibition will be held on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th March 2017.

 

It will take place for the second time at our new venue – Royal Leamington Spa College, Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 5JE.

 

More details of the 2017 exhibition will be posted here and on our website at http://exhibition.lwmrs.co.uk as they become available.

 

Please watch this space or follow us on facebook/lwmrs or Twitter @lwmrsnews

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Details of the layouts that are booked to appear at the 2017 exhibition at the Royal Leamington Spa College are:-

 

Kineton - 2mm N gauge Finescale (under construction)
St Ruth - 2mm Finescale
Ardmore - 2mm N Gauge
Hawthorn Dene - 2mm N gauge
Rockcliffe - 2mm N gauge
South Walton - 2mm N gauge
Kayreuth - 2mm Continental N Gauge
Much Murkle - 4mm OO Gauge
Ashbrook Dale - 4mm OO Gauge
Anderby Creek - 4mm OO Gauge
Leicester Belgrave Road - 4mm OO Gauge
Eccleston - 4mm P4 Finescale
Rolvendon - 4mm P4 Finescale
Colinton - 4mm P4 Finescale
Hergest - 4mm OO + 009 Gauges
St Marnock Engine Shed - 7mm O Gauge
Warner Street - 7mm O Gauge
Common Road - 7mm O Gauge
Primrose Hill - 7mm O Gauge
Reely Grate - 7mm O Gauge
The Muck Works 7mm O Gauge
Plas Edwards Shed - 7mm O Gauge
Obersdorf II - 3.5mm HO Gauge
Hogsmead for Sodor - 4mm OO Gauge
Trinity Dock Street Bridge 4mm OO Gauge
West Works - Huntley & Palmers Biscuits Reading 4mm OO Gauge

 

All the above have confirmed attendance as of 28th February 2017.

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The following trade stands have confirmed attendance at our 2017 exhibition.

 

ABC Model Railways
Bill Hudson Transport Books
C & L Finescale
Cheltenham Model Centre
Classic Train & Motorbus
Campaign for Rail (New)
Country Park Models (New)
Don Bishop Photography (New)
DCC Supplies
Eileen's Emporium
Elite Baseboards
Finishing Touches
Freestone Model Accessories
Gramodels
Greenscenes
H & A Models
JB's Model World
Kitmaster Collectors Club
Kytes Lights
London Road Models
Metropolis Vintage Toys
Model Railway Developments
Modelex
Nick Tozer Books
Online Models
Plus Daughters
R D Whyborn
Railroom Electronics
Roger Carpenter Photographs
Severn Models
Skytrex (Sunday Only)
Starlight Models (New)
Wrenn Specialist

 

Rail Image Collection (Late Addition)

 

Confirmed attendance as at 28th February 2017.

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The following Societies have been invited to attend our 2017 exhibition.

 

DEMU
Double O Gauge Association
EM Gauge Society
Friend of the National Railway Museum
Gloucester & Warwickshire Steam Railway
Historical Model Railway Society
Knightcote Model Boat Club
OO9 Society
Scalefour Society
N Gauge Society
2mm Scale Association
Coventry Model Engineering Society
Stratford & District Model Railway Club
The European Railways Association
MERG (Model Electronic Railway Group)
Talyllyn Railway

 

Correct as at the 28th February 2017.

[Kelly]

Looking forward to the show. Always a great show.

 

Will be on the DEMU stand all weekend along with Natalie and others. Will have the latest update issues on the stand for people to have a look at (members who have upto date membership should have received updates 81 and 82 by now in the post).

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MERG@50 Special Feature for MERG Members at the Exhibition.

 

 

We are pleased to announce that our exhibition will host the first event of the year celebrating the 50th anniversary of MERG, the Model Electronic Railway Group.

 

The Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society host regular meetings of the Warwickshire / North Oxfordshire (WNO) Area Group of MERG at our club rooms.

 

On Saturday morning, there will be a special meeting of the Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire MERG Area Group featuring presentations by Martin Perry and Howard Watkins. During an informal buffet lunch for members, there will be a "Meet the Committee" session to allow all members to discuss any MERG related issues with the six members of the Committee who will be present.

 

All current MERG members are invited to attend the exhibition and then join this special MERG@50 celebration year feature.

 

We may have to limit the number of places available at the seminar sessions and consequently if you are planning to attend you should apply for a ticket which will give the organisers an indication of the number of MERG members who will be attending. Your ticket will be exchanged for a pass to the seminar rooms on arrival at the exhibition.

 

Please book your place before the 27th February 2017 via the MERG@50 event page on the Eventbrite ticketing website using this link. 

 

Please also note that this ticket will not give access to the exhibition and there is no access to the seminar rooms without first entering the exhibition. Tickets for the exhibition will be available on the door at £7 per person.  MERG members wanting to visit the show on Saturday and Sunday will be able to purchase a special two day ticket for £10 on arrival at the exhibition.

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If travelling to the exhibition by car please be aware that part of the car park on the college site is affected by building work. We have an overflow car park available using the Warwick District Council Riverside House office car park. A shuttle bus will operate between the overflow car park and the exhibition centre it we find it necessary to open the overflow car park.

 

Further details can be found at http://lwmrs.co.uk/CMS/index.php/exhibition-access/2017-exhibition-car-parking

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Just a week to go until the exhibition!

 

What's New this year?

 

Campaign for Rail
Country Park Models
Don Bishop Photography
Rail Image Collection
Starlight Models

 

And of course we make every effort to bring you new to the show layouts every year!

 

The entry price is held down again this year at £7 and you will be able to buy a meal from the college restaurant at a very reasonable price.

[Les1952]

Hawthorn Dene (note spelling) is up and running, just a few more locos to service.

 

 

Come and say hello.  Mr Simon is also present on the operating team.

 

Les

[298]

I can't seem to get past the first page of layout descriptions at http://lwmrs.co.uk/CMS/index.php/exhibition-contents/2017-exhibition-layouts , and it would be nice to know what is there. Or is it just me?

[Trainshed Terry]

I am looking forward to the weekend on "The Kitmaster Collectors Club Stand"      with a variety of second hand model railway items' along with Airfix kits and other hard items to find. Please come and say Hello.

 

The infamous magazine box to help raise fund for http://www.nfws.org.uk/ to help with the funding free "Mange Treatment For Foxes"  Minimum donation is 50p and to research " toxoplasmosis" On this page is a list of Foxes that the "NFWS" has in its care due to this condition as these beautiful animals.cannot be released back into the wild http://www.nfws.org.uk/toxoplasmosis-in-the-red-fox.html 

 

All donations are much appreciated.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Terry Macavoy        

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Hawthorn Dene (note spelling) is up and running, just a few more locos to service.

 

Come and say hello.  Mr Simon is also present on the operating team.

 

Les

 

Les,

 

Apologies for the spelling mistake - now corrected on RMWeb. Looking forward to seeing the layout again at the weekend.

[nickwood]

Much Murkle has been taken out of its winter hibernation to make sure everything is hunky dory for its first outing of a busy 2017 this coming weekend.

 

Despite being stored in a cold garage I'm always surprised at how well everything holds together during the winter period. No problems found other than a few spiders webs. A test run went well even without cleaning the track 

 

That leaves me the rest of this week to try and get my new Hattons 48xx ready for its debut appearance. Weathering, coal, crew, lamps, DG couplings etc to be added. 

 

Looking forward to the weekend and hope to meet a few RMwebbers at the show.

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I can't seem to get past the first page of layout descriptions at http://lwmrs.co.uk/CMS/index.php/exhibition-contents/2017-exhibition-layouts , and it would be nice to know what is there. Or is it just me?

 

It wan't just you 298, and the problem has now been resolved. You should now find details of 25 layouts, and pictures and diagrams of some will be loaded later.

[Kelly]

Looking a great line up again. Hopefully I'll get chance to see some of it, last year time flew and I didn't get a lot of time for layout watching (don't read that as a complaint or that it was a bad show in anyway, it was excellent).

[Crantock]

Looking forward to it.  Might catch the train in and the shuttle bus from the overflow.  Visited Leamington a month ago and the council have closed much of the multi-storey car park so parking is very tight in the town centre on a Saturday.  Presumably users of the overflow will be interrogated "name a major producer of OO model railways other than Hornby" before being admitted to the overflow. 

 

Leamington, is a delightful shopping town.  I would strongly advise against leaving other halves at the overflow so they can explore the shops.  Paying their admission fee will be money well saved.

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Looking forward to it.  Might catch the train in and the shuttle bus from the overflow.  Visited Leamington a month ago and the council have closed much of the multi-storey car park so parking is very tight in the town centre on a Saturday.  Presumably users of the overflow will be interrogated "name a major producer of OO model railways other than Hornby" before being admitted to the overflow. 

 

Leamington, is a delightful shopping town.  I would strongly advise against leaving other halves at the overflow so they can explore the shops.  Paying their admission fee will be money well saved.

 

There will be a security guard at the entrance to the overflow car park and hence they will be able to discourage casual users. The overflow car park will close at 6pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday and be locked. Access will then only be possible by emergency call out of a security patrol and a release fee will be incurred.

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We have recently learnt that the British Heart Foundation have changed the weekend of the Warwick Half Marathon this year and it will now take place on Sunday 5^th March 2017.

 

Consequently there will be a number of road closures that will affect visitors travelling from the Stratford direction or down the M40 from Birmingham on Sunday morning who were planning to drive through Warwick.

 

The race route map can be found here on the BHF website. It starts at Warwick Racecourse proceeds to St Johns (which is on the direct route from the motorway to the exhibition centre) and then proceeds out of town towards Coventry on the north side of Warwick. Road closures commence at 8am around the race course and 8:30 in most parts of Warwick town centre. Full details of the road closures can be found here. There is likely to be traffic congestion in the centre of town as drivers look for parking because at this time of year there is no parking available on the grass at the race course.

 

We recommend avoiding the centre of Warwick completely on Sunday morning.

 

Travelling Southbound on M40

If on the M40 do not leave the motorway at junction 15 (Longbridge), if coming from Stratford or Wellesbourne, at the motorway roundabout ignore the Warwick exit and enter the motorway southbound carriageway to cross the river, just a few hundred meters. Immediately leave the motorway at the next exit junction 14 the A452. At the end of straight link road take the second exit off the roundabout towards Leamington Spa onto Europa Way.

Continue using the shared instructions below.

 

Travelling Northbound on M40

Turn off at the first junction signed for Warwick & Leamington-Spa - Junction 13. At the to of the slip road turn right at the T junction onto the A452. At the roundabout take the third exit off the roundabout towards Leamington Spa onto Europa Way.

Continue using the shared instructions below

 

Both routes from M40

Go straight over the first roundabout, (BRW & Volvo dealers on the right), at the next roundabout take first exit effectively straight on, shortly go straight across the next roundabout (2^nd exit). Go under the railway bridge and at the traffic lights go straight ahead onto Princes Drive. The railway should be on your right hand side. At the T junction mini roundabout, turn right, the college is on the right so at the traffic island fork right to the car park entrance.

[PenrithBeacon]

I was planning to go on Sunday. I think it's best to stay away, I've been caught up in marathons before. I'll try to go on Saturday but I'm not sure about family arrangements.

Pity, it's a good show.

[PenrithBeacon]

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I was planning to go on Sunday. I think it's best to stay away, I've been caught up in marathons before. I'll try to go on Saturday but I'm not sure about family arrangements.

Pity, it's a good show.

 

PenrithBeacon,

 

If you're coming up the M40 from the south, as your location suggests, you should be absolutely fine. The Half-marathon runs through the centre, north and west of Warwick, while the exhibition is in Leamington Spa, which is to the east of Warwick.

 

If you come off the M40 at junction 13, and follow the A452 up into Leamington Spa, you will stay well away from the Marathon, and its traffic, which is being guided by the BHF to use Junction 15.

[PenrithBeacon]

PenrithBeacon,

 

If you're coming up the M40 from the south, as your location suggests, you should be absolutely fine. The Half-marathon runs through the centre, north and west of Warwick, while the exhibition is in Leamington Spa, which is to the east of Warwick.

 

If you come off the M40 at junction 13, and follow the A452 up into Leamington Spa, you will stay well away from the Marathon, and its traffic, which is being guided by the BHF to use Junction 15.

Thanks for that, appreciated. Be there on Sunday, unless some bright spark decides the grandchildren are coming for tea on Sunday. Then it might change.

 

Regards

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Good Food on offer at the show

The College catering team will again operate their student refectory restaurant for the general public throughout the show.

 

Breakfast service

Will include full cooked breakfast - 6 item breakfast for £5 and a choice of bacon or sausage baguettes - £2.50

 

Lunch time service

Soup, sandwiches and other light refreshments will be available.

 

Hot food options on Saturday - £5.50 depending on choices made

Beef Cottage pie, Cumberland Sausage, Sausage rolls, Spicy chicken fillets, Jacket potatoes, Tomato pasta bake

Served with a choice of - mash potato, Variety of vegetables, baked beans, chips, gravy & garlic bread

 

Full Roast Dinner available on Sunday - £6.50 depending on choices made

Roast Beef, or Chicken Breast served with choice of mash potato, roast potato, variety of vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, gravy.

Also available Sausage rolls, cheese burgers, jacket potatoes, Quorn bolognaise, chips & beans. 

Please note that dishes stated above are subject to change.

 

Refreshments

A full refreshment service will continue to be available throughout the afternoon.

 

Difficult to beat we suggest and they are planning not to sell out before 2pm this year.

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Arrivals at our exhibition - Stewards, set up crew, or exhibitors Friday -Sunday, Public Saturday or Sunday.

 

Please use the door shown in the right side of the photos below to check in.

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The Pocket Guide for the exhibition which visitors will receive at the door is now published on the Society website at http://lwmrs.co.uk/CMS/index.php/2017-exhibition-floor-plan-and-index. Please note that the web version differs in format from the printed version to accommodate folding.

 

The full exhibition handbook which is only available as a PDF download is also now available on the Society website at http://lwmrs.co.uk/CMS/index.php/2017-exhibition-programme

 

If you would like to comment on this new approach to producing a programme for an exhibition please complete our survey at http://survey.lwmrs.co.uk which will be available from 10am on Saturday 4th March 2017.