napierlion

Good afternoon all,

I haven't seen a post for this exhibition so I thought I would do it. We attended last year and enjoyed it and we are planning on attending again this weekend.

The below is taken from a post on Facebook:

This weekend is the L&YDCC Model Rail Group's exhibition in Burnley. 4 rooms of layouts, traders & demos plus catering. Burnley Manchester Road train station about 5 minutes plus Burnley Barracks train station about 10 minutes away. Regular buses stopping on Trafalgar Street which runs parallel to the venue plus free parking at the venue.

All the best,

Charles

Good morning everyone,

Sawyer Models have a bank holiday sale on, running until after the Coronation. 

Our Bank Holiday Sale begins now and ends Monday 8th May 10pm.

Up to 50% off selected lines in store and on the website!

Check out the Bank Holiday Sale section of the website and visit us in store!

Products will be added continually over the sale period, so keep checking back!

http://sawyermodels.co.uk/?product_cat=easter-sale

Some stand out items for myself include Hornby Mk4 coaches for £30 each. 

all the best

Charles

Myself and my good lady have never been to this exhibition before, so we have decided to go on Sunday. 

All the best

Charles 

We are looking forward to attending this weekend as we always enjoyed the exhibition at the Bus Museum.

All the best

Charles 

Good morning everyone,

I am visiting this exhibition next weekend and could not see anything about the exhibition on here. All information taken from UK Model Shops website https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24019-ShildonModelRailwayClub_Exhibition

https://www.locomotion.org.uk/whats-on/shildon-model-railway-club-exhibition-2022

Locomotion NRM Museum, Off Dale Road, Shildon, Durham DL4 2RE

Saturday 8th 10am to 5pm

Sunday 9th 10am to 4.30pm

Free admission

Free parking

Come and have an enjoyable day for FREE, Free Parking and Free entrance fee. You will get a friendly welcome and atmosphere to suit. We are Disabled friendly with full facilities including a cafe. Also get to see the real Locomotives in the Museum, Winston Churchill, Blue Deltic along with lots more.

We are served by Northern Rail (Shildon 100yds) and Arriva Bus Service 5 & 5A (Darlington to Bishop Auckland).

Layouts

Westwood HO TT Gauge
Woodcroft OO Gauge
The Brick OO Gauge
Dalefoot OO Gauge
Westgate N Gauge
Neuberg OO9 Gauge
Artendant OO Gauge
Dunston Harbour OO Gauge
Foxwood OO9 Gauge
Guisborough OO Gauge
Inverkeithing N Gauge
Halland OO Gauge
Brotton Mill OO Gauge
Tanfield OO Gauge
Pick Purse Yard O Gauge
Shildon N Gauge
Dock Turn Road O Gauge
Dorlington N Gauge
West Street Station OO Gauge
Thomas OO Gauge
Why'O'y O Gauge
St Georges Riverside N Gauge
Raf Kidbrooke OO Gauge

Traders

Squires Tools
Anoraks Anonymous
Tri-ang Man
North Road Trains
Conti Kits
Stoneybridge Structures
Sawyer Models
Vintage Miniature Models
Unique Models
Justrail
Diane Simpson
Soo Cakey
Durhams Trains
The Junction Box
Pennine Models
JJ Models
DLPG
Locomotion Workshop Sales

Demo

Martin Smith Building Brass Loco Kits

Other displays

Wensleydale Railways

All the best

Charles

1 hour ago, 70000 Britannia said:

That looks to be a really interesting set of layouts.  Looking forward to bringing US O Arcadia Pennsylvania Terminal - say hello.

 

Looking forward to seeing this layout. All the best Charles

I just thought I would give this exhibition one final push as it is this weekend. 

All the best

Charles 

Good afternoon everyone,

I couldn't see anything about the Bradford exhibition so thought I would post something. 

Prices:

Adults & Concessions £5

Family (2+2) £10

Under 16s £1

Information from their website:

Motive8 College, SBVC, Huddersfield Road, Wyke, Bradford, BD12 8AA

Sat 10.00 am to 5pm Sun 10.00 am to 4pm

Plenty of parking at the rear behind the brick chimney and also have got 2 disabled spaces with ramp for wheelchair access

I believe there will be around 14 layouts and various traders & refreshments are available. 

Myself and my good lady have never been to Bradford exhibition and are looking forward to attending on the Sunday.

All the best

Charles 

We are very much looking forward to attending on Sunday. We really enjoyed the 2020 exhibition, our last before the first lockdown, and we are looking forward to getting out again.

All the best

Charles 

Myself and my good lady wife will be there again. We really enjoyed the exhibition in 2019 and was the last one we attended before the March lockdown. 

All the best

Charles 

B-2021flyer.pdf

Good morning everyone,

An exhibition local to myself. 

Blackburn & East Lancs Model Railway Society Mini Exhibition & Open Weekend November 27th & 28th 2021

Saturday 10am-5pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

Oswaldtwistle Mills Business Centre, Pickup Street (off Moscow Mill Street), Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, BB5 0EY

Adults £3

Family £5

Accompanied Children Free

Free Parking

7 layouts in various scales including a Thomas for the children to operate. 

According to Ukmodelshops there will be guided visits to the clubroom upstairs https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/22663-BlackburnEastLancsModelRailwaySociety_Exhibition

Myself and my good lady will be attending on Sunday.

All the best

Charles 

Good evening everyone,

Hope you are all keeping well.  

There is a Black Friday sale until this Sunday at Sawyer Models, new items added every day. The sale began on Monday so I am not sure what items we may have missed as it says some items will only be available for a limited period of time. 

http://sawyermodels.co.uk/?product_cat=black-friday-sale

All the best

Charles 

Good morning,

It looks more like chemically blackened metal to my eyes, just like Hornby have done in the past.

All the best

Charles 

19 hours ago, Markwj said:

Sawyer models have released a blurred picture on their Facebook page which apparently Bachman have allowed them to use and is linked to the new announcement. It looks like a 66 front fairing or it could be sawyer models having a laugh at our expense!
Tuesday we find out!

 

Good Morning,

I have seen the blurry picture as I was in the shop at the weekend. It is a genuine picture from Bachmann. I am looking forward to Tuesday's announcements. 

All the best

Charles 

Good evening everyone,

My local model shop Sawyer Models has one of these in their shop window. Large red case with Hornby branding and perspex sides. It is no longer coin operated and has been converted to DCC operation us the Hornby Elite controller. Their Facebook group page has the layout as the header picture. 

Hope this helps.

All the best

Charles 

Good evening everyone,

My local model shop Sawyer Models is reopening 10am Monday 15th June. 

http://sawyermodels.co.uk/?page_id=21356

All the best

Charles 

1 hour ago, ThaneofFife said:

has anybody picked up the latest tops release in weathered br blue 85040?

Good morning,

That loco is due in July according to Bachmann.

All the best

Charles 

1 minute ago, Joseph_Pestell said:

 

Perhaps best not to discuss publicly if that is the case (speaking as a former retailer).

That is why I did not mention any shop by name. 

Good evening everyone,

Hope you are all keeping safe. The fact that there are no N gauge products listed would suggest to me that this has come from another retailer who does not stock N gauge. I know of one over the Pennines that does not stock N gauge and has assisted Hattons with Bachmann products in the past.

All the best

Charles 

Good afternoon,

Myself and my good lady are looking forward to the exhibition this weekend to support Macmillian.

All the best

Charles 

23 hours ago, lancastria said:

Thanks Charles, the loco's have been renumbered and weathered by my self, l do renumbering and weathering for Sawyer models of Leigh if your intreasted 

Good Morning,

Super work Sir! I have seen your work as Sawyer Models is my local model shop. I look forward to seeing your layout at Saddleworth in a few weeks time. 

All the best

Charles 

On 18/02/2020 at 23:52, Chrisoafc said:

Thank you Charles!

Here is an image of Leigh Bridge Stabling point, one of the layouts which have very kindly given up their time to support the show which is much appreciated. 

 

Just a reminder, we are holding the show for Macmillan Charity and it is within Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill, OL3 6HS. Refreshments will be available all day while the exhibition is on, 10am-4pm. Your support is very much appreciated and on behalf of the committee, I hope everyone enjoys their visit! Do pop into the museum as well where you will learn all about the history of Saddleworth including it's rich railway past. 

 

Good morning,

That is a fantastic layout. The weathering of the track, ballast and class 40 is superb! It is a renumber as well? I cannot find a ready to run Bachmann version of 40087. I look forward to viewing this layout. 

All the best

Charles 

18 minutes ago, G-BOAF said:

So most retailers seem to be offering a measly 10% below RRP on the new Class 87, hence £153 prices, which is an increase on the £130-140 the 87s were priced at when first released.

 

Hobby Shop Faversham however doing 87001 for £140 (plus postage)

https://hobb-e-mail.com/Hornby-r3739-br-87001-royal-scotstephenson---new-38356-p.asp

 

Amazon doing 87001 for £141.31 with FREE postage

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hornby-R3739-Class-Royal-Stephenson/dp/B07N8CC2H2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=R3739+Hornby&qid=1582111912&sr=8-1

 

No connection with Hobby Shop, other than a satistifed customer

No connection with Amazon other than a lazy customer.

 

Good morning,

Regarding the 10%, that is due to Hornby's new max discount limit for the first 6 weeks of a products release (similar to Bachmann's 15% for the first 8 weeks). After 6 weeks retailers are free to do as they wish with the price. 

Hope this helps

All the best

Charles 

Good morning,

An exhibition for charity is always worth a visit and myself and my good lady will be attending. 

All the best

Charles 

16 hours ago, amwells said:

couldn’t resist, thanks for the heads up!

Good afternoon,

I was wondering who purchased it. Andy showed me it running on the shops DCC layout a few weeks ago, fantastic model. 

4 hours ago, G-BOAF said:

Wow. Newly released Class 87 obtained for £132.32 (RRP170.99, most shops doing them for c£153), WITH FREE POSTAGE.

Don't mind if I do! Thanks for the heads up. This was arond the price I was expecting to pay for this model.

 

They also have two of the Bachmann Ransomes cranes, which with the discount will come out at £186, with free postage. a real bargain! Shame I've already got mine in December

Glad I could help. 

all the best

Charles