Shepton & District MRS Exhibition June 10 -11th

[ozthedog]

To be held at Doulting Village Hall, Somerset, BA4 4PL

 

Shepton and District Model Railway Society will be holding their 42^nd annual show with a range of layouts from the South West.  This is a family friendly show with children admitted free to give parents and children the chance to see what can be achieved with modern models.

 

The layouts booked for the show include Brockleigh, Cotehele, Devonport Road, Gauge 1 Demonstration, Milehouse Trams, Tormouth Quay, Wiveliscombe and cover a range of gauges from 2mm to Gauge 1.  The Shunting Puzzle will also be present for visitors to try their hand at controlling a locomotive to shunt wagons and operate the points.  We shall also have demonstrations by club members of modelling techniques.

 

The Somerset and Dorset Trust and the Ffestiniog Preservation Society will have stands along with our regular model railway traders - Steve Lane, Joe Lock, and Tony Wilcox.

There will be a chance to meet up with friends old and new over refreshments in the Catering area.

 

Doors open 10-30 to 4-30 Saturday, June 10th and 10-00 to 4-00 on Sunday, June 11th – Adults  £4, Accompanied Children under 12 free, 12-16yrs £2.

 

As a free bonus we also open our Clubroom at the East Somerset Railway station, Cranmore just 2 miles away.  Visitors will be able to see layouts under construction or restoration and run locos on our venerable club model of Binegar.

 

More Information - https://sheptonmrs.wordpress.com

[SDJR7F88]

10th - 11th June 2017 saw the Shepton & District Model Society host their Annual Mendip Model Railway Exhibition, at Doulting Village Hall. This years line-up featured no less than 12 layouts in a variety of gauges and scales, plus good selection of Demo's and Trade Stands. The Society's Club Room was also open, with a number of their layouts on display.
Layouts at the event included;
Devonport Road - 00 Gauge
Shunting Puzzle - 00 Gauge
Milehouse Trams - 4mm Scale on 9mm Gauge
Wivelscombe - 00 Gauge
Fourtee Colliery Railhead - TT Scale
Welton - N Gauge
Crackington Quay - 7mm Narrow Gauge
Brockleigh - N Gauge
Cotehele Quay - 7mm Narrow Gauge
Binegar - 00 Gauge
Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ1UX8KZ87I

[John P.]

Thanks for that, Callum. I enjoyed our show all over again! 

[SDJR7F88]

Thanks for that, Callum. I enjoyed our show all over again! 

No worries John. Certainly was a great little show 

[John P.]

No worries John. Certainly was a great little show 

Yes, small but perfectly formed!

John P.