Milton Keynes MRS, Saturday 16th February 2013.

[ianbartlett]

2013 MILTON KEYNES MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

 

SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2013, 10.00am – 4.30pm

 

Website: www.mkmrs.org.uk/exhibitions Follow us on Twitter: @MK_Model_Rail

 

We are pleased to announce a new, bigger venue for 2013:

 

Shenley Brook End School

Walbank Grove

Shenley Brook End

Milton Keynes

MK5 7ZT (click for map)

The venue offers roughly double the space of the venue we have used in the last couple of years, so we can present a record number of layouts and traders covering a wide range of scale, gauges and interests:

 

Layouts (confirmed at 10/11/2012):

• Abbey Road, John Polley www.metromodels.net "OO"
  Fictitious split level London Underground station in north-west London. Features familiar Charles Holden-designed station building.
  
• Bettws Road, Anthony Hubbard "N"
  Represents a fictitious Great Western location in the 1930-40 era. The station serves the village with passenger and freight trains.
  
• Brickville Town Harbour, Martin Shenton "Other"
  Lego layout features a range of trains and buildings. Look out for the operating container crane and see how many film characters you can spot!
  
• Burton Bradstock, Chris Lester "EM"
  Set in the late 1950s and based on the Abbotsbory branch, imagining it was extended to Burton Bradstock. Hand built track and points.
  
• Castell Mawr, Geoff Trenholme "OO"
  DCC. Based on an imaginary town south of Pontrillas on Welsh-English border, represents a joint GWR/LMS line carrying passenger and freight trains.
  
• Cherry Orchard, Ron Bailes "O"
  O and O narrow gauge based on industrial narrow gauge railways in the 1960s. Appeared in Dec 2011 edition of BRM.
  
• Cotton Hill TMD, Richard Sturgess "OO"
  A fictitious loco maintenance depot where preserved steam and diesel engines are joined by mainline locos for servicing.
  
• Cucknoe, Jon Boot "N"
  Fictitious cross-country route in Northants, circa 1956-62, representing many similar routes. Ex-LMS, LNER and BR Standard stock running continuously.
  
• Dentdale, Wayne Webb "N"
  Based on the Settle-Carlise railway. Incorporates Dent station, Arten Gill viaduct and Dent Head viaduct.
  
• Feeder Junction, Bill Ball Peter Ball "N"
  Small town on Canadian and American Borders on a main line with a working stock yard. Built at low cost, but still fun!
  
• German Z scale, Karl Wagner "Z"
  Fictitious German scene modelled in Z scale
  
• Glendon Halt, John Mileson "O-16.5"
  Compact narrow gauge layout illustrating use of O gauge in a limted space. Layout and stock are scratch built.
  
• Hinton Road, Steve Smith "OO"
  OO scale three-rail layout
  
• Hornby Road, Jim Rainer "OO"
  Hornby Dublo double track main line with main station, depot and good yard. Electronic points and signals.
  
• Lower Brightwell, Richard Prokop "OO"
  DCC layout, utilising Hornby’s Railmaster software to automate train operation.
  
• Newport Nobby, Peter Hyde "OO"
  Depicts the former Wolverton to Newport Pagnell branch line.
  
• Putnoe Halt, Simon Marshall "G"
  Fictional, small country village station with a couple of goods sidings. Trees by Ceynix, buildings by James Yorke.
  
• Questa, Andrew Jones "On30"
  A small town with a rare mineral mine in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. Set in 1952, mineral demand has almost ceased...
  
• Roadwater, Stephen Walker "EM"
  Terminus on a 'might-have-been' truncated GWR branch. I have changed history and assumed the line remained, linking to the Taunton - Minehead branch.
  
• Small N Working, Ian Redman www.smallnworking.co.uk "N"
  Minimalist light-hearted display of N gauge trains in impossibly small spaces - lunch boxes, tool boxes and even cd cases!
  
• The Tinplate 'Boys', David Ramsey "O"
  A selection of 'O' gauge mainly tinplate locos and rolling stock from over the last 100 years.
  
• Torcy (SNCF), John Smith www.smithslayouts.com "HO"
  Located in the Dept of Seine Maritime in Upper Normandy, Torcy is real, but the railway is fictitious! Period: 2005-8
  
• Trams and Buses, Gareth Homersley "N"
  Made from two KATO trams sets with moving bus by Tomytec.
  
• Two Sisters Farm, Peter Marshall "1:32 scale"
  Fictitious 2ft narrow gauge light railway serving an industrial estate in the Lincolnshire fens during the late 1950s.
  
• Westbridge, Jeremy Everett "O"
  July 1962. Represents a fictional BR Southern Region goods yard which has seen better days. Numerous cameos around the layout with 100+ figures.
  
• Winterschlaf, Bob Simmonds "Om 1/45 scale"
  Captures the essence of the Rhatischebahn Engadine Line running between St Moritz and Scuol-Tarasp.
  

Traders/Demonstrations (confirmed at 10/11/2012):

• A&H Models, www.aandh-models.co.uk
  Continental railway specialist. Lenz and Uhlenbrock DCC distributor.
  
• Bedford-Bletchley Rail Users' Association, www.bbrua.org.uk
  Representing the interests of passengers on the Bedford – Bletchley line.
  
• Ceynix Railway Trees, www.railwaytrees.co.uk
  Individually handcrafted trees with 'Personalitree' - made in the UK. Tree making materials also available.
  
• Cheltenham Model Centre, www.cheltenhammodelcentre.com
  Stockist of all new Bachmann, Hornby, Graham Farish. Stock boxes and granite ballast.
  
• Colin Toten sales, www.rayw.co.uk
  Mainly RTR O gauge, plus some N and TT gauge. Main distributor for Darstaed products. Some second-hand.
  
• Demonstration - modelling clay, John Mileson
  How to use modelling clay for construction of buildings and structures.
  
• Demonstration - resistance soldering, Ian B Harrison
  Ian shows you how - one of the more feared aspects of railway modelling demystified.
  
• Derby Trees & Scenics, www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/suppliers/1393-Derby_Trees
  Specialising in landscaping materials. Stockists of JTT Scenery Products, scatters, mats, walling and more plus our own range of hand made trees and tree kits.
  
• Digitrains Ltd., www.digitrains.co.uk
  DCC systems plus accessories, locos and decoders.
  
• Glomart Displays, www.glomartdisplays.co.uk
  Display cases, O scale diecast and railway prints.
  
• Grimy Times, www.grimytimes.co.uk
  Weathered locomotives and rolling stock ready for sale, also complete range of Sankey Scenics model railway signage and titled train packs.
  
• Hedgerow Scenics, www.hedgerowscenics.co.uk
  Bespoke scale model copses, wooded areas and hedgerows for wargames, diaromas and model railways.
  
• Ian's Trains,
  Comprehensive selection of new and pre-owned model railways in O, OO and N scales from mint-boxed locos to useful bargain accessories.
  
• JB's Model World, stores.ebay.co.uk/JBs-Model-World
  N and HO/OO scale storage systems, white metal and resin kits (military and civilian). Also supply many one-off items, baseboard and wiring components.
  
• Keiths Model Railways,
  Mainly second hand items, some new. Items bought and part-exchanged plus service and repairs.
  
• Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership, www.marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk
  The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is one of a growing number of Community Rail Partnerships across the country. Promoting the Marston Vale (Bedford-Bletchley) line.
  
• MKMRS club stand, information & meeting point, www.mkmrs.org.uk
  Information about the exhibition, meeting point and club sales stand. Interested in joining MKMRS? Come and talk to us to find out more.
  
• Model World,
  Mainly new RTR model railways and accessories in OO&N scales.
  
• P & D Marsh, www.pdmarshmodels.com
  High quality white metal castings for N and OO gauges. Accessories including lineside buildings, signals and vehicles. Also locomotive and rolling stock kits.
  
• Penketh Model Rail Centre, www.penkethmodelrailways.com
  New and pre-owned model railways and accessories.
  
• Railroom Electronics, www.railroomelectronics.co.uk
  Electrical items, swithes, wire, signal, lamps, LEDs, bulbs, plug & sockets, metal tubing, soldering, DCC items, connectors and much more!
  
• Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS), www.rcts.org.uk
  The local society branch with sales of society publications, second-hand railway books and slides. Obtain details of the national RCTS and the local branch.
  
• Squires Model and Craft Tools, www.squirestools.com
  Suppliers of model and craft tools and electronic components.
  
• Tootally Thomas, www.tootallythomas.co.uk
  Thomas toys - wooden, diecast, Tomy, Trackmaster, Bachmann HO.
  

Full details available on our website at www.mkmrs.org.uk/exhibitions

 

Look forward to seeing you there,

 

Ian (MKMRS Webmaster)