7mm Narrow Gauge Association Exhibition

[Phil Traxson]

The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association will be holding their annual exhibition on the 8th of May,10.30am.--5.00pm

 

Burton Town Hall

King Edward Place

Burton-upon-Trent

Staffordshire

DE14 2EB

 

All the best in 7mm narrow gauge layouts, full trade support, hot & cold refreshments, real ale bar.

 

Large free car park, (follow the signs for the Town Hall not the Town Centre, they're nowhere near one another!) close to railway station. (Out of the station entrance, turn left and its less than 5 minutes walk)

 

Phil T.

[millsie]

ill be there, phil il bring some stuff over too

 

quite looking forward to it, never been before!

 

martin

[RhBBob]

The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association will be holding their annual exhibition on the 8th of May,10.30am.--5.00pm

 

Burton Town Hall

King Edward Place

Burton-upon-Trent

Staffordshire

DE14 2EB

 

All the best in 7mm narrow gauge layouts, full trade support, hot & cold refreshments, real ale bar.

 

Large free car park, (follow the signs for the Town Hall not the Town Centre, they're nowhere near one another!) close to railway station. (Out of the station entrance, turn left and its less than 5 minutes walk)

 

Phil T.

 

Yes, I shall be bringing 'Winterschlaf' - the Rhaetischebahn in 'Om' scale - to add to the wide variety of layouts at the Show this year.

 

We are a very friendly and lively bunch, nothing to do with the real ale, of course !!

 

See you there !!

Bob

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[millsie]

how can you not sample the real ale...been ast a steam rally past 2 days, sampled everthing they have - typing verrry slowly, and trying not to make a mistake! lol

 

 

martin

 

quite looking forward to it

[millsie]

2 days to go, is anyone else going??

 

 

martin

[Mike Bellamy]

Full details about the show are given below and in the attached pdf of the advertising poster

 

 

LAYOUTS

 

Blackhawk House – Ian Drummond. Blackhawk House was the engine house of the Gilpin Gold Tram, which served many of the mines of Gilpin County in Colorado USA and built in 1887. Sadly the line closed in 1917. (The story of the line can be found in the March/April 2006 edition of Narrow Gauge World). This On30 model supposes that in fact the line survived into the 1930s having been purchased by a large mining company. At the centre of the layout is Blackhawk House which was in fact a converted barn. The main line climbs and curves round the Engine House on a series of wooden trestles. The line operates a range of locos including Shays and Climaxs. Operation of the layout is by a DCC system which allows for individual sound for each locomotive.

 

Commonwealth Sugar Industries – Roger Epps & John Flower. We regret that due to illness, this On30 layout cannot attend although we hope to be able to invite them next year.

 

Creek Grone & Rattleswick Light Railway – Gerry Riggs. A freelance O-16.5 layout, located somewhere on the Midlands / Welsh border close to a river estuary. The layout depicts Creek station and the harbour side of Millsend Wharf with Carters Row of houses behind.

 

Crichel – Roy Wood. The tranquil Crichel valley lies hidden to the south east of Blandford Forum in Dorset. Occasionally, the peace is shattered by the spluttering of a tiny Simplex, Lister or O&K loco struggling to climb the bank with its load of watercress. Usually it manages to overcome the twin obstacles of gradient and wet, greasy rails and complete its mission. It then fusses about shunting the wagons into a transfer siding where they wait for a steam-hauled valley train, often loaded with pigs from the extensive Crichel piggeries, to collect and deliver them to Witchampton. Although the piggeries around Crichel do exist, watercress is not produced in the Crichel valley and the railway only exists in the Roy Wood's imagination and in the form of this O-16.5 layout.

 

The Loop – Giles Favell. The Loop came into existance a year ago, as a first attempt at a model railway since childhood. O-16.5 was the obvious choice, but even so, there was little space available for a railway. It was limited to a size of 4' x 2' (scenic), and became an exercise in minimum space, whilst trying to remaining interesting and plausible. The Loop represents the 'back end' of a slate transfer siding, where the narrow gauge enters at the same level of the standard gauge, and then has to climb to a suitable height for transfer - requiring a loop to do so. The curves are approximately 10" radius, therefore only allowing four-coupled engines around (adding to the operating interest). The railway has deliberately not been burdened with a specific geographical location or name. Simply making it just a small piece of anonymous incidental industrial scenery... a pleasing image - no more. The Loop has been featured recently in Model Rail magazine.

 

Steyning Slimline – David Broome. A modular layout for the demonstration and display of O-16.5 narrow gauge stock. The layout aims to include enough scenery, buildings and particularly figures to demonstrate size and scale, but concentrates on the track and stock available and is of modular construction. This layout includes an automated train shuttle and other functions with any stock, to maintain the action without disaster whilst allowing operators to interact with viewers, but can be fully manually operated at any time.

 

Winterschlaf – Bob Simmonds. The aim is to capture the essence of the largest metre-gauge railway in Switzerland, the Rhätischebahn, in a larger scale than usual. This time we venture up the Engadine line, following the valley of the River Inn, close to the Swiss National Park. The scale is 1/45th (Continental ‘O') running on 22.5 mm track representing the metre-gauge of the prototype. Rolling stock is mostly ‘out of the box', having been purchased both new and second hand over a period of 22 years.

 

Teigl Tramway – Rowland Binns. There is a valley called Cwm Teigl situated to the South East of Blaenau Festiniog which seemed a good place to set an imaginary narrow gauge railway – it would have connected with the Festiniog and Blaenau railway had that not been converted to standard gauge. Be that as it may the model depicts a Welsh slate carrying narrow gauge railway. There is a junction on the ‘main line’ from which a tramway branch climbs steeply, partly following the road before entering a ledge on the rocky hillside. Passing a slate quarry it disappears into a tunnel to serve the higher part of the valley. A slate works and a woollen mill are also served by the main line. The layout is built to 7mm scale, using a track gauge of 14mm to give the correct two feet gauge of such railways as the Ffestiniog, Penrhyn, Welsh Highland etc. Using 14mm gauge (rather than 16.5mm) means that all the trackwork has to be scratch built and the rolling stock, particularly the locomotives, have to be modified to run on it.

 

DEMONSTRATIONS

Ever wondered how the layouts are constructed? We have included two demonstrations so you can watch how they create their models. They are here to answer your questions as well so don't be shy! Bob Dawson returns once again to demonstrate buildings construction and local artist David Wright, whose skills have recently graced the pages of Railway Modeller is here demonstrating buildings & backscenes as seen in his new DVD.

 

TRADE

 

A1 Models. Bringing a new range of On30 locomotive and wagon conversions.

 

Association Sales. The full range of Peco 7mm NG stock, Grandt Line accessories, Kadee couplings, Evergreen plastic strip and sheets will be available along with the 'Extras' series of drawings. Our popular Handbooks provide information for novice and experienced modellers alike, including 'Getting Started in 7mm Narrow Gauge' (a new 4th Edition), the 'On30 Handbook' and 'Small Layouts'. There will also be a good selection of second hand items.

 

Avalon Line. Specialist manufacturer of rolling stock for 0-9, which runs on 9mm track representing 15in 'minimum' gauge estate type railways. Some stock is also available for 16.5mm.

 

Backwoods Miniatures. Specialist manufacturer of kits, ready to run locos and detailing accessories in both 7mm and ¼ in (On3/On30) using etched brass and nickel silver, white metal and lost wax castings.

 

Black Dog Mining Co. Models based on prototypes used in mines and also a range of narrow gauge items for modellers in G scale.

 

Blackham Transfers. Transfers available for all the well-known (and not so well known) narrow gauge lines.

 

Derby Trees. A new trader at our show with a selection of ready made trees and a range of scenic items such as scatter, foliage, mats, flowers and walling. See Jackie demonstrating tree making. Beginner’s kits available.

 

EDM Models. EDM models is your 0 scale narrow gauge specialist. A wide range of HOn3, On3 and On30 models, kits and structures for American models plus our own range of kits, castings and wheels. A full range of supporting items is stocked with a specialisation in DCC sound and decoders. Importers of many limited edition ranges from the USA. New kit now available for ‘Blanche, Linda and Charles’

 

Mercian. Another well known manufacturer of loco and rolling stock kits using brass, white metal and resin.

 

N-Drive Productions. N-Drive Productions produces a range of ready to run chassis for 9, 12 and 14 mm gauges along with an increasing range of resin and white metal kits for steam locos in 09. We are hoping to produce a variety of kits for rolling stock in 09 and some may be on display at the show.

 

Andrew Neale. The specialist supplier of both new and second hand narrow gauge books and magazines.

 

PLM Cast-a-ways. An ever expanding range of white metal figures and accessories to suit every layout. Look out for new models being introduced at this show.

 

Port Wynnstay. A comprehensive range of coach and wagon kits cast in resin. Many are based on Ffestiniog prototypes with others to a freelance design. Also a range of standard gauge wagons and 7mm architectural items.

 

S & D Models. Suppliers of the Phoenix range of figures along with vehicles, rolling stock and numerous detailing parts.

 

Smallbrook Works. Another manufacturer using resin for loco kits to fit Hornby chassis as well as items of rolling stock and model boats.

 

Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society. Sales and information stand.

 

Catering provided by Broughton Catering, Anglesey Road, Burton.

 

Real Ale from the Cottage Brewery.

NGex2010 A4.pdf

[Mike Bellamy]

Just remembered that The Loop has featured here on RMweb as well as in Model Rail

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/1966-the-loop-0-16-5/

 

Mike

[Mike Bellamy]

Got some direction signs up and just got back from Mickleover Club after borrowing some extension leads. The power outlets in the Town Hall are very high up and we need a ladder to plug in, then the leads are only just long enough to get to floor level Looking forward to the bacon cobs for breakfast and a pint or two when the bar opens

 

Mike

[Mike Bellamy]

Exhibition today was a great success with about 150 members and a similar number of visitors. What made the day even better was that the AGM was over in just under an hour

 

Apologies for this being a slightly smaller show than previous years caused by the local council using one of the rooms for the storage of ballot papers, voting records and ballot boxes from last Thursday/Friday. If this is to be a regular occurance we may need to change the date or search for an alternative venue.

 

It would be good to hear from anyone who was there

 

Mike

[DonB]

Popped in for 1 1/2hours late morning, surprised at how busy it was for a "specialist" show.

Generally the traders all seemed to be doing brisk business, there were a couple that I had not seen previously elsewhere.

I was impressed by the standard of the modelling on display, it would be invidious to pick one out for special mention.

Mike Bellamy keeps telling me that I should try 7mmNG...I can see why!

[Leander]

Suddaby and I visited and spent over four hours at the show before leaving. There was a good selection of layouts, traders and demos. Although neither of us models in 7mm NG it's interesting to see the techniques used and to pick up on ideas that can be adapted to other scales.

 

Particular stand-outs for me were Crichel, The Loop and Creek Grone & Rattleswick Light Railway among the layouts and David Wright's demo in the back room.

 

We also bumped into all manner of old friends and acquaintances. All in all it was a day well spent and I can recommend the show to anyone who enjoys seeing really good modelling irrespective of personal interests. Looking forward to next year already!

[Mike Bellamy]

Thanks Don and Leander for your kind comments - especially as you are not (yet) narrow gauge modellers but you can appreciate a good model or layout regardless of scale or gauge. This is why I find it so frustrating when you hear comments about some shows where there 'isn't enough N gauge or too much modern image' - does this really matter providing it is a good layout. We can all learn from others and many techniques can be applied to all scales and gauges. Admittedly with a 'specialist' show like ours you should know what to expect with the layouts but there were traders there who also catered for general modelling supplies such as the full range of Evergreen plastic strip and scenic items.

 

As mentioned above, because of the loss of one of the rooms we need to check with the Council about the date of local elections next year - the date will be advised when we have formally booked the hall. I hope to see even more from RMweb there next year

 

Mike

[08221]

Hi - attended this show on Saturday morning with my son for a couple of hours. Was very impressed with the quality of the layouts and the friendliness of the exhibitors.

 

Excellent range of sales stands too. Wish I had taken some more cash with me though - would happily have purchased the 2 Rustons on the 7mm Association 2nd hand stall - another chance gone