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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) -
Certainly come a long way since then! On a side note - I'm the second bald head on the left (w/red jumper, light chinos and checked shirt) in the 2018 photo. This must be the Friday afternoon, as I would always come up to Wales (where I now live in retirement) from work on the south coast of England at lunchtime, taking advantage of the BMRE being on. Can't even imagine how many of these shows I've attended over the years - having it begin on a Friday afternoon (a rare thing country-wide) was hugely helpful. Happy days. Steve N (hoping to be there again this year, only coming from the opposite direction now)
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Model Rail Magazine Vale of Rheidol 2-6-2T in 009
steveNCB7754 replied to phil gollin's topic in Smaller Suppliers
Looking at the EP photo(s), both the name and number plates look like they are going to be separately-fitted items (so not moulded-on). Do we know whether the final models will come with those plates already pre-fitted, or left off for the customer to fit (perhaps with the name tampo-printed on the side anyway, as some manufacturers do)? Only asking, as it would be a shame to have to potentially damage the model (taking the plates off), if you wanted to do a freelance version (either with no name or number, or with fictitious ones). TIA Steve N -
Aston On Clun. A forgotten Great Western outpost.
steveNCB7754 replied to MrWolf's topic in Layout topics
Takes me back to my first career in engineering - we used such things in our oil supply pipework and pump sets. On a technical note however - the Spirax Y-Type strainer should be mounted with the 'basket' in the under-slung position (to allow any debris in the liquid to naturally accumulate in the bottom, where the brass blanking plug would then be located). These details matter - we are modellers after all. 😎😎😎 Steve N -
Have checked, and Yeovil is just over 100ft AMSL at the bottom (south) of town and well over 300ft AMSL at the top end (north), so should hopefully still be there in 2057. Warrington on the other hand, is on the river Mersey at barely 30ft AMSL, so (if you believe the hype) you might need to invest in some waders, come 2056! ;-) Steve N
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Aston On Clun. A forgotten Great Western outpost.
steveNCB7754 replied to MrWolf's topic in Layout topics
Hi. This is a bit belated I know, but I came across your 'build' here, after doing (as I sometimes do) a search for 'Shipston' on RMweb. For context, I was born there in 1957 and lived opposite the old station yard, until we had to move away in 1966. The two images you posted are well known and I have copies of them and others - sadly, colour photos are few and far between. On a more positive note, the May 2023 issue of Steam World magazine, included the article 'A Railway From The Canal Age', covering the evolution of the Shipston branch. On page 44, there is a black & white photo (Lens of Sutton) of the aforementioned grounded van body. What is interesting (and is a thing I hadn't noticed, some 40 years after I first began researching Shipston myself), is that it is actually an ex-Taff Vale vehicle. You can just make out the 16-inch 'T' and ''V' letters in the upper left and right corners of the van side and now I know they are there, I can just make them out in other images I have collected, but never noticed before. So from my understanding (http://www.gwr.org.uk/notvr1.html); TVR goods stock had light grey bodies until c WWI, after which they were brown. As for markings; 6" 'T.V.R.' lettering at lower left until 1909', after which just 'TV' 16" lettering at centre (presumably talking about open wagons and 'flats'). Naturally, the grounded van (and the ex-GWR coach body) at Shipston, could have been painted over in BR days (I have a colour image of the old station building somewhere, showing it painted all-over in a pink/Light Stone(?) and heavily weathered) and then have weathered back to what is seen in the photos mentioned. Towards the end, that grounded TVR van was replaced by an iron-bodied van, but still sat on its wheels. Steve N -
Sad news all around obviously, but 'Strong winds dislodged a section of track...'. Err, so just how strong are the winds there? Steve N
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Hmm, its about the same distance and cheaper to get in (so there's a saving there). On the other hand, Warley is obviously a much bigger event, perhaps justifying the cost. Still not sure (I suspect it will be a last minute decision for me, as always). Steve N
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Really would like to see Beijiao at Warley, as its quite a few years since I last saw it in the flesh. Can't deny though, I am wrestling with the cost (I'm retired in mid-Wales now), especially as I will (hopefully) already have just been to the IPMS Scale ModelWorld event (Telford), two weeks before. Steve N
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Do you have any details or link regarding this show - have had a quick search and cannot find anything. Steve N
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.... just so long as the casual viewer doesn't end up wondering why the windows in that thoughtfully provided 'Portaloo', aren't frosted glass!! 😲
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Given the progress already made on the building, isn't it a bit late to be looking at the plans now anyway? Still, if they have messed-up, one of them at least, won't have a leg to stand on! 😂
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True, but when I posted, I certainly wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!
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(Cue: Jarring musical chords!) A group of anorak-wearing men burst in; “Nobody expects the Elucidated Brethren of the Counted Rivet! Our four main weapons are; fear of scale inaccuracy, surprise photographic evidence, ruthless reference checking, an almost fanatical devotion to rivets, and decent coffee in venues. Sorry, our FIVE weapons are; ….” Steve N
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This could just be the result of a terrible accident at a rural level crossing! 🙀 Steve N
