devonseasider Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Got Tormouth Quay loaded safely into the car mid-afternoon before the heavens opened. What a deluge we've had this evening down here in "sunny (Ha!) East Devon" - hope things are better in the morning! Also hope I surface in good time to brave the journey over the Blackdowns - having a quiet (?) celebration following a totally unexpected football result in Uncle Joe's Mint Ball land in the north-west - (un?)fortunately, Speckled Hen's on offer at Tesco! Feeling pleased for all the other "seasiders", but sorry for my co- operator tomorrow who's a Brum supporter . . . . Come & say hello (but please don't shout!!!) and just ask if you want to play with my trainset - I'm sure I'll be glad to have a break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Save a parking space!!!!! Seen that car sticker.....show dogs in transit? What's that all about! Made one today........ Show layout in transit, keep back! See you in a few hours! Nelly x Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Left work 22.30, rained all the way home. Layout loaded by 23.00, thankfully dodging the showers! See you all tomorrow, if anyone has an N scale class 50 they'd like to feature in a Laira through the ages photoshoot I am planning to do at some point tomorrow with some of my stock, please feel free to bring it, it's one class that's missing from my collection. Large logo or NSE preferred, but any 50 is better than none! jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 27, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27, 2014 Seen that car sticker.....show dogs in transit? What's that all about! It's an instruction. Show dogs (when) in transit. The rest is for your imagination to figure out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2014 Who'd get up at this sort of time on a Sunday ? Must be mad !! And I've got to get a teenager up as well ??? Edit: ETA - 08:15 ish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Let the fun begin..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 So the car is loaded, just about all that remains is to type this post up on my phone and pick Jack up on the way to the motorway! See you all in a bit, eta of just after 9 jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Part set up my shambolic attempt at the modular fiddle yard and disappeared off for a very large somerset breakfast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Had a great time as a first timer at the event and came away with loads of ideas. Definitely worth the 100 mile round trip so already looking forward to next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David41283 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I would have loved to attend today, and even contemplated a last minute dash up the M5 for the last hour-or-so. However today was also the last game of the season for my Football team, and my competitive seasons are numbered. Hopefully my railway modelling days will last well beyond my football days, hence the tough decision today. Will look forward to pictures and hope all enjoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Just got back from a terrific day. Lots of interesting layouts, displays and conversation. Looking forward to next year's already! PS. If anyone has pictures of 'Nouvion' they can post, my daughter heard about it and wants to see pictures... Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 It was great meeting folk from on here. A nice friendly bunch, as far as i could see, once my eyes had settled down from something like arc eys due to a pretty bright shirt. I'm not going to say how enjoyable and friendly it was, 'cos if you believe it, y'all be there next year, and it may be too crowded. The pasties, although ready to run, needed a bit of weathering with the brown sauce. Thanks to the folk who organised it, paid for the hall and insurance, and who travelled many miles to be part of the show. - all should be like this. Best wishes, Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frappington Jct Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Thanks CK and everyone else for a great show, amazing layouts and I now have some vague ideas of how to make my layout transportable. Just a shame I didn't bid on the fish van, I've just decided I'd rather like it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted April 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2014 My thanks also to CK and all who made it happen. Also good to catch up with Julian and Marc and their tiny but excellent layouts I did take a few fots... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gz3xzf Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Thanks for today, i really enjoyed the show, like mentioned by some of the above, there was lots of inspiration to start a layout to run the Finecast H on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Thanks to all those involved in organising today's event - some fascinating layouts and lots of opportunity to talk to the operators. Particular thanks to all those running the catering - especially for the veggy pasties! Best wishes Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Culmhead Posted April 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2014 I spent 3 very happy hours at Staplegrove today (the tea was really darn good as well) - I'm not allowed pasties ( so SWMBO says) - so can't comment, but by the looks of it they looked very nice and were going down great guns! It was great to meet other members,especially as a relative newbie! Everyone, was so friendly and welcoming I really felt at home and learnt a lot (many thanks Mozzer)- roll on next year. Many, many thanks to Tim (CK), Andy for organising the event and everyone else who helped in whatever capacity. Aidan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Taunton Virgin! ( actually.....First Great Western took me there!). My first experience today and what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon in a calm and friendly atmosphere. Good to meet old friends and meet new like minded modellers who just enjoy operating their layouts. I gained more tips and reinforced my own ideas through discussing them with others today. BIG pat on the back for the organisers and the caterers ( were they Cornish or Somerset pasties?). Deffo in my diary for 2015 Thank you to ALL concerned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Mega appreciation to the organising crew, I really enjoyed my visit to the members day despite it being relatively limited due to other comminments. Anyway sounds like I will be there for next year's show with a layout, looking forward to that! Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted April 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2014 Many thanks to Tim, the catering ladies and everone else, for a great day. Acacia Avenue seemed to go down well and I've posted a few photos on the layout thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenc Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Had a great day today great layouts thanks to Tim,Andy & the catering Ladies for all they have done.And to meet other RMwebbers Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Just landed after a soggy drive back up the M5; thank you, as ever, to Tim for the wonderful organisation, the kitchen crew and all exhibitors, traders and visitors. A very enjoyable day and I'll sort the pics over the next day or so. It's still one of the best days on the calendar and we had some real gems on show and Diddington's my tip for becoming very hot property on the exhibition circuit in the future. A super day with everyone on Saturday on the WSR. Oh, before anyone mentions anything to the contrary my fiddle yard wiring was fine; as long as you didn't connect it to the other modules! That was my modelling low-light of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I also had a very enjoyable day. I managed to turn down the flanges on some MTH wheelsets using Brian's lathe (my very first experience of using a lathe) and also bought a book. Thanks to CK and everyone involved in organising it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 As Andy said, the M5 was a bit wet. It was ok until we got between Weston and Bristol, and then the whole motorway became very wet and very slow moving! Thanks to Tim, Andy and everyone else involved in the organising, it was a great day as ever. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and had a chat, it was good to catch up with some familiar faces and also put some names to some new ones too! Oh and as for the 2884, well, having looked online at the real ones at work, lets just say ideas are flowing... jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Just landed after a soggy drive back up the M5; thank you, as ever, to Tim for the wonderful organisation, the kitchen crew and all exhibitors, traders and visitors. A very enjoyable day and I'll sort the pics over the next day or so. It's still one of the best days on the calendar and we had some real gems on show and Diddington's my tip for becoming very hot property on the exhibition circuit in the future. A super day with everyone on Saturday on the WSR. Oh, before anyone mentions anything to the contrary my fiddle yard wiring was fine; as long as you didn't connect it to the other modules! That was my modelling low-light of the year. In total agreement Andy, Diddington pulled me in straight away, as well as the other layouts. Best way to spend a Sunday afternoon, can we do it again next week please ha ha! Nice to have met you today, can I re-iterate what I said earlier this afternoon ...... Can we have another tab headed " Time limited to one hour max - Now get back to your modelling !!" It could be likened to smoking and maybe more addictive !!! Great site and pleased I joined which was reinforced by today's gathering of like minded and friendly members. Very well done and thank you to all concerned. Grahame P.S. Extruded PUR ( insulation sheets ) can be detrimental to your "current" thinking ha ha !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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