The SWAG Members day for 2024 is scheduled for Sunday 28th April 2024.
A show provided by modellers for modellers.
Hours
10AM- 4PM
Where
Staplegrove Village Hall,
214 Staplegrove Road,
Taunton.
TA2 6AL
☆☆☆Please note- There is limited parking at the venue. If parking in the residential areas, please do so with consideration for local residents☆☆☆
Entry
Entry is FREE but donations are gratefully received to go towards ensuring we can do this again in 2025.
Layouts
Ten layouts in 2mm F/S, 00, EM, P4, 0-16.5NG and 7mm.
Demos,
Bring and buy.
Cake, cups of tea accompanied by a large dollop of gentle banter, good humour.
Please refer to main thread in area group section of the forum for more details but we hope to see you there.
Rob.
East Midlands NG Modellers Group
Narrow Gauge Model Railways Open Day
Narrow Gauge Exhibits in various scales, Demos, 009 Society Sales Stand and trade support.
10am to 4pm
Refreshments
Free Parking
https://www.narrowgaugenow.uk/
Traders:
A1 Models
422 Modelling
Brooks 3D Models
CM3 Models
Derby Railway Bookshop
EDM Models
Fourdees
Iconic Rail
John Sutton Books & Models
Malcs Models
N Drive Productions
OO9 Society Sales
ST Models
Westcliff Works
Worsley Works
Aberystwyth Small Model Railway Exhibition!
New for 2024! (Updated 11 April 2024)
A variety of layouts will be on show in their new museum and flexible event space, displayed between the larger (full sized) exhibits there, on Saturday 26th October (still no time details as yet).
They have a number of layouts booked already (see poster and now, at the bottom of this post), but have space for more. If you are interested, please get in touch (phil@rheidolrailway.co.uk).
Prices and booking details are still to be announced.
Vale of Rheidol Railway
Park Avenue
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1PG
01970 625819
info@rheidolrailway.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=vale of rheidol railway
https://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk/
Registered charity No. 1076037
Layouts, etc. confirmed so far include:
Ffarquar (00 gauge): Rev W Awdry – displayed by the Talyllyn Railway: hand-built code 75 track, operated to a realistic timetable with historic models.
Castle Bank Sidings (7mm Scale): ‘Fiddle yard to fiddle yard’ layout, set in the 1970s Glasgow suburbs, used as a diversionary route for trains over the West Highland line, by Andy Pannett
Hulme End (0 17.5 scale [17.5mm gauge & 7mm Scale]): 23′ long, 7mm scale model of the Hulme End terminus of the Leek & Manifold Railway, by Paul Holmes
Whiteoak Light Railway (0-16.5 scale): Large narrow gauge layout, depicting a fictitious railway serving the Thames estuary in Kent, by Allen Lawe & Nyall Rudge
Afon Adit (O9 [7mm/1Ft]): Narrow gauge layout, representing a gold mine scene, by Martin Rich
Little Himalayan Railway (009): Ultra-compact ‘pizza’ layout, representing a typical switchback on the world-famous Darjeeling Himalaya Railway, by Giles Perkins
Arley (N gauge): Layout of the well-known Severn Valley Railway station, set in the preservation era, by Will & Harvey Jarman
Name TBC (Scale?): Shunting layout – still being built! Come and see it in it’s first public appearance, by Harvey Jarman
Knott-on-Wye (00 gauge): Inglenook shunting layout, by Max Birchenhough
Bron Aberffrwd (009): Narrow gauge, depicting a scene on the Vale of Rheidol Railway, by John Alderslade
Earlshill (N gauge): Southern region, by Andrew Barker
Bottom Hole (N gauge): a layout of convenience to promote movement – come and see what this entails…, by Triston Lister
Interactive 16mm Inglenook Layout: 32mm gauge battery locos, shunting challenge layout, with Phil Thorogood
16mm narrow gauge display, Neil Phillips (including 16mm models of Brecon Mountain Railway locos)
16mm narrow gauge display, Simon Reeves (including 16mm models of Rheidol prototypes in 45mm gauge)
Fairbourne Railway display/publicity stand (Graham Billington)
Talyllyn Railway Young Members Group stand (TR YMG)