Staffordshire Finescale Group's Exhibition Diary

About Us

Staffordshire Finescale Group isn't and model railway club. It doesn't have a clubroom. It exists purely as a group of friends, located across the East and West Midlands, who encourage each other to improve both the quality and quantity of their railway modelling output. Most of us model in 4mm scale, predominantly in EM gauge, although the group is not intended to be scale or gauge specific. As a group our main focus is on modelling British Railways, but our interests cover a 40 year period from Nationalisation through to Sectorisation. Core members of the group include Andy Banks, Damian Ross, Geoff Cook, John Wardle, Mark Forrest and Nigel Brazier.

Our Layouts

We've all previously worked together on club layouts but work and life has moved us apart geographically. Collaborative and personal layouts we have built include:

• New Haden Colliery - EM industrial layout based on the real New Haden Colliery near Cheadle, Staffs. The layout was built by the group when we were all members of Stafford Railway Circle and was bought be Geoff Cook in 2012.
  
• Treneglos - OO layout set in the early 1960's BR(S) and based on a typical crossing station on the North Cornwall Railway. It was built by Chris, Damian and John in 2003 and has appeared in the Railway Modeller, Hornby Magazine and on the old version of this forum. At the age of 10, and with other projects coming on line, this layout is taking a back seat on the exhibition scene although we hope to do a show in the SW in 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of the ACE ceasing.
  
• Foundry Lane - Foundry Lane (EM + DCC) is the terminus of a short freight-only branch line set somewhere in the West Midlands in the early 1970s. It was built and is owned by Mark and is due to be replaced by his next project - Wolverhampton Low Level (P4).
  
• Diesels in the Duchy - Damian's personal homage to the shed at St Blazey (EM + DCC). It runs 37s, 50s and loads of wagons from the late 80s and early 90s period.
  
• Once Upon a Time...In the West - John's personal project, a HO layout set in 1920 New Mexico, USofA. Currently on hold as he works on BCB but will picked up again at some stage...maybe.
  
• Black Country Blues - In May 2012 the collective won a competition to build the RMweb / BRM project layout. We decided to build something in EM, set in the 1970s Back Country. A freight only route with lots of blue locos, grubby wagons and grot.
  

Exhibition Organisers Details

Black Country Blues: tbc

Diesels in the Duchy: Diesels in the Duchy Handout - Nov 2011.pdf

Foundry Lane: layout data sheet_foundry lane.pdf

New Haden: tbc

SFG Layout Exhibition Diary

Our layouts will be exhibited at the following shows:

2010 - Completed

12/13 February 2010: Diesels in the Duchy (DitD) - Stafford (Done)

29/30 May 2010: Treneglos - Aylesbury Railex (DONE)

12/13 June 2010: DitD - DEMU Showcase near Burton (DONE)

21/22 August 2010: Treneglos - Three Spires / Truro (DONE)

2/3 October 2010: DitD - Wadebridge (DONE)

2011 - Completed

5/6 February 2011: Once Upon a Time in the West - Stafford (progress demonstration) (DONE)

9/10 April 2011: Treneglos - Trainwest Melksham (DONE)

2 July 2011: Once Upon a Time in the West - RMweb Members Day at Stafford! (DONE)

20/21 August 2011: DitD - Three Spires / Truro (DONE)

12/13 November 2011: Treneglos - Spalding (DONE)

19/20 November 2011: DitD - Warley (DONE)

2012 - Completed

Saturday 18th February 2012: Treneglos Tonbridge, Kent (DONE)

14th &15th April 2012: DitD - Trainwest Melksham (DONE)

26th & 27th May 2012: DitD - Railex Aylesbury (DONE)

25th & 26th August 2012: DitD, Railex NE- Blyth & Tyne MRS (DONE)

29th & 30th September 2012: Treneglos, Soar Valley MRS Loughborough (DONE)

20th & 21st October 2012: DitD, Uckfield (DONE)

2013 - Full

09th & 10th February 2013: BCB - The Festival of British Railway Modelling, Doncaster Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, Doncaster, DN2 6BB (DONE)

23rd & 24th March 2013: BCB - The London Festival of Railway Modelling, Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY (DONE)

18th & 19th May 2013: Foundry Lane - expoEM Bracknell

17th & 18th August 2013: DitD - Midland Railex (Midland Railway - Butterley)

19th & 20th October 2013: BCB - The National Festival of Railway Modelling, East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE

(we're doing fewer shows this year as we're also building BCB)

2014 - Confirming Invitations

Early February 2014: Black Country Blues - Stafford (Confirmed)

8th & 9th February 2014: Black Country Blues - Doncaster (Confirmed)

15th & 16th March 2014: Foundry Lane - Leamington & Warwick MRS

Late March 2014: Treneglos - The Festival of British Railway Modelling (Ally Pally) (Paperwork received)

31st May & 1st June 2014: Black Country Blues - DEMU Showcase (Confirmed)

26th June 2014: Treneglos - Barnstable (Subject to operator availability)

Mid August 2014: Treneglos - Midland Railex (Midland Railway - Butterley)

Mid September 2014: Black Country Blues - ExpoEM North (Enquiry)

24th to 26th October 2014: Black Country Blues - Utrecht (Enquiry)

28th to 30th November 2014: DitD - Wakefield (Paperwork received)

21st to 22nd November, 2014: Black Country Blues - Warley

2015 - Accepting Invitations

14th February 2015: DitD - Biggleswade (Enquiry)

June 2015: Black Country Blues - Wigan (Enquiry)

26th to 27th May: Black Country Blues - Halifax (Enquiry)

Look forward to seeing you there.