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The vast majority of the Traders do accept card payments, as to your other question; what not to miss, it depends on your interest. Although it`s a bit late in the day, but printing off a copy of the floor plan from the Warley Home web page does give you an insight where the various Layouts and Trade stands are situated and you can plan a rough route around the venue.

Enjoy the show.

Another great modeller gone, may he rest in peace.

I don`t know if it would be possible, but wouldn’t it be a fitting tribute to have some of his masterpieces put on display at say Warley, as many of us have only seen his work in photos.

Being the selfish type I would prefer for the Show to be kept in December, I do the aforementioned shows at MK, Spalding, NEC. My next trips after Peterborough will be to Stevenage, then Longfield (Erith), then Doncaster. All nicely spaced out, moneywise and more importantly suits SWMBO, who believes I just go to these Exhibitions so as not to go shopping with her – as if I would!

As Wigan Athletic are away to Preston NE that Saturday, so car parking shouldn`t be a problem

In all seriousness, I'd seek advice from the professionals - the black tack manufacturer who may be able to advise on appropriate solvents and the carpet manufacturer who could advise on which solvents are safe. Failing that, a professional carpet cleaning company.

I agree, I would contact a professional carpet cleaning company, if they are unable to remove it, then what`s the likelihood of you succeeding where they have failed?

Although all these suggestions sound quite good, but they could make the situation much worst, leaving you with a permanent stain which even the professionals will not be able to remove. 

Why does the web site say an Advanced Ticket is £15 when the Ticket application form says £15.50?

Purchased a ticket from the Warley stand at York yesterday, the printed ticket price was indeed £15.50.

The one consideration that hasn`t yet been mentioned is the energy costs of the heating of your detached shed, that is, if you are planning to use it during the winter months. What form of heating are you planning to use, electric, natural or calor-gas, oil or even a wood burning stove? These running costs must be factored in, as it’s fairly obvious that the larger the building the greater these running costs will be.

My railway room is situated in a detached 5m x 5m double garage, the walls, ceiling and doors have all been insulated. As it`s not possible to have this building connected to my gas central heating system, which would be the cheapest form of heating, the heat is provided by a 2.55kw automatic storage heater on a 7 hour cheap rate charge. This heater just about provides an adequate background heat throughout most of the day during the winter months Oct – March, except on the occasional days when the outside temperature is particular low and I will resort to switching on a small convector heater late in the afternoon to boost the temperature, as I can no longer work efficiently in the cold.

The average running costs for just this one storage heater equates to £150 per year + additional costs when I switch on the small convector heater. And I do shop around to get the best energy deals.

Is there the usual BRM Subscribers discount on entry price please? If so, what is the correct procedure to get it to work when booking online as I well recall it has occasionally been a bit hit and miss at times.

It’s shown on the booking form - use L18 followed by your subs number

As there were no moans on here regarding the subscriber ticket issues for the Peterborough Show, I can only assume that these have finally been resolved.

But just to be certain, I now always test out the promo codes + my subs number, when the respective booking opens, to confirm that it displays the discounted ticket prices. Meaning that when I come to purchase my tickets, I know that there shouldn`t be any issues.

Does the discount apply to subscribers of other Warners magazines?

I believe that you only get the discount if you are a BRM hard copy subscriber, it doesn`t apply if you are either, a digital subscriber or a subscriber to other Warner magazines.

Happy and healthy New Year to all.

Looking forward to another great show

Fingers crossed that the rain will hold off and prevent the car parking area from becoming a quagmire and having to walk through the mud and large puddles to get to the exhibition entrance.

The problem that I can foresee with your ebay and other purchases is that they can only be valued at what the general market value is, which is not necessary the same as you actually paid for them. I would think that looking up your models in say Ramsey`s Guide to Model Trains may give you a better understanding of your models current value. If you have some kit built and not off the shelf models then you will need to convince your Insurance Company of their true value as individual items and not as one total lot.

Just purchased my discounted ticket, without any problems that I have experienced in past years, are things improving? Although, when the booking first opened, I used the promo code + my subs no, just to verify if it would allow me into the discounted ticket page when the time came to purchase my ticket.

I can`t remember if this has occurred when purchasing tickets for previous shows, but I discovered that it wouldn`t allow me to move forward from the ticket allocation page, until I added the ticket protection into my basket, even though I clicked on the NO THANKS button. Although it did allow me to I delete this item from my basket before I completed my purchase. But I have this feeling that this is a back door way by Ticket Factory to make money, hoping ticket purchases will forget to delete this (unwanted) item before they complete their purchase.

But some good news, it does state, in addition to printing off your tickets (free) or having them sent to you (for a £2.50 fee), that you are now able to collect your tickets, free of charge at the venue entrance. I can`t recall this facility being offered before, so it should benefit all those who don`t have the means to print off their tickets and would have had them sent through the post.   

Not wanting to sound disrespectful but it appears that a some people have lost the plot.

A “bargain” is only a bargain, so long as it’s still available to purchase. Surely if the outlet (apart from a budget supermarket), is selling an item cheap, then they have, in all probability only a very limited stock. By the time the bargain item is posted on here, I would take a bet that it wouldn`t be very long before they`re all snapped up. So what is the point of having a discussion about a bargain that could be no longer available?

I imagine that the majority do what I do, just look at the latest posting to see if there is anything of interest, if so, make a quick decision; do I want it now? I agree that there could be a catch why the item is being sold cheap, hence some of the discussion comments, but to go into an sort of lengthy discussion on a bargain that may be no longer available is probably a waste of time.

The only useful comments would be that there said item is now no longer available, as I have brought the last one, or they have now all sold, if only to prevent the outlet being swamped with enquires. 

In light of the Manchester bombing are there going to be any restrictions on the size of ruck sacks/bags?  It would not surprise me if there were.  May I suggest that if so, the organisers make sure it is clearly stated on the normal advertising posters, tickets, magazines, etc..  Some visitors have ruck sacks which look like they are on an expedition to climb Everest!

 

Peter

In light of the Manchester Bombing I don`t know if there is going to be a size limit on rucksacks, but I would suspect that there is going to be an increase in security checks.

Prior to this dreadful event if you arrive by train or bus, in the corridor leading to the exhibition halls there were already a couple of Security Staff carrying spot checks on bags, whether it is stepped up this year remains to be seen. But to my knowledge there was no such arrangement to check those arriving from the car parks; again, this could change for this year’s events, which in turn may leave to long queues forming at both entrances, especially as the Motorcycle Live event is again taking place at the same time.

Has anybody attended an event recently at the NEC who could inform us if this is happening and what impact it had gaining access to the exhibition halls.

It sounds like they "should have gone to Specsavers" - which reminds me - I'm due for an eye test in the near future. (I'm also shortsighted - not that I'm unduly worried.)

 

 

 

Unfortunately, this is a recurring theme with public transport - and the NEC is better served than a lot of places.

 

 

 

 

There are actually a number of cloakrooms in the NEC complex - much like there are at a number of other exhibition centres (Excel etc). Inevitably, they come at a cost - but this isn't the only reason I've never used them.

 

 

 

Huw.

The cloakroom facility is there basically to allow you to store your coat and maybe a bag or 2, until required @ £1 an item.

Although I`ve never personally used it, I assume that if you go and retrieve your bag, to either place into it your purchase items or remove say your lunch and then return said bag to the cloakroom, would the Cloakroom Staff be requesting another £1 storage fee for each time this occurs as they would consider it’s a new transaction, even if your bag remains on the counter.

Just as a matter of interest, if you fancy something else to do after you leave the show and it’s not too late in the afternoon; take a stroll down to Hoddesdon Town Centre, where there is a Free Vintage & Classic Vehicle Display taking place, which is well worth a visit.

Just by sheer coincidence it occurs on the same date each year as the model railway show, but they are unconnected.

The town centre is about a mile away from the Academy, but to those of you driving, I believe that you are able to get 2 hours free car parking in the adj Sainburys Store (no purchase necessary) which is a few minutes’ walk away from the display; other adjacent payment cars parks are available.

I have no connection with this display, only as a satisfied visitor to both events over a number of years. 

Copied from the Model Railway Exhibitions Calendar website

List of Traders Attending :

Bob Pearman Books
JB's Model World
Joe Lock Model Railways
KS Laser Designs
Make Your Mark Models
Model Baseboards
Model Scenery Supplies
Modelworld
Peter Cowan Books

List of Layouts Attending :

Airfix/oakham (OO)
Anzdorf (Z)
Belbroughton (O)
Belmont Road (OO)
Ben Moor Foot Peak Railway (7mm N/G)
Buntingford (N)
Chiltern Hills (Vintage O)
Klapping (HO)
Koln Westbahnhal (N)
Lego Layout
Lock Ayling (OO)
Margaret's Mill (O)
Mosquito Falls (On30)
Oldshaw (EM)
Questa (On30)
Small N Working (N)
Stratfield (T)
Tri-Ang Trancontinental
TT Layout
Victoria (EM)
Whitecross Street (OO)
Whitwick (OO)
Plus More

List of Demonstrations :

Roy Hickman
Steve's Model Building Service

List of Other Displays :

Buntingford Club
Epping and Ongar Railway
Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club
Holden F5 Society
Stevenage Model Boat Club

Adults £4.50  Concessions £3.00    Family £12.00

I can confirm that this is a small but well formed exhibition. There are swap-meets held in the same premises, but these are later in the year.

Note - Ticket Factory does charge a £1.50 fulfilment fee – more than 2 x 1^st stamps!

Yes, but you need a long stand to go with them

Together with a long weight!!

Can you get them left handed as well as right hand?

I think that only applies to screwdrivers!!

Just to whet the appetite a little..

 

This year's Warley National Model Railway Exhibition will be held on Saturday 25th November and Saturday 26th November 2016 again in Hall 5 of the NEC. As the show is finalised the web pages below will be updated.

 

http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/index.html

 

This year sees 50 years of the Club and also 50 years since the first show organised by the Club.

 

The demonstrator area will also have some major changes this year to allow us to look at how Railway Modelling has changed over the last 50 years and also how it will continue to change in the future.. more news as time progresses..

 

Baz

As this was posted today, you must mean this year’s Warley Exhibition will take place on Saturday 25 November 2017 and Sunday 26 November 2017 in Hall 5  

With the financial losses that Hornby are reported to be occurring, together with the steep rises in production costs, is this the start of the slippery slope of cost savings that we can expect in future? I for one hope not.

I believe that the word you are looking for is batch testing.

None of the large manufactures are going to reveal how many models in a production run they actually test, nor how many they find faulty. But I worry abit with Bachmann products by the amount of returned items they have for sale at Warley each year. Whereas Hornby probably just discards their unrepaired faulty models, as I`m not aware they sell these on at a reduced price, but I wait to be corrected on that comment.

I wonder if we are being taken for a ride with Bachmann, do they believe that we British Modellers are so gullible enough to pay this sort of money for a remarketed 20? year old product at today’s inflated prices, just so it is able to be operated on a DCC layout. Or will it end up by not selling in the numbers they forecast and in a few months time we will see it being heavily discounted. Today I noticed that the Midland Compound (31-932DC) which had a similar price tag to this Ivatt is now being sold by Rails for £79.50 which is some £80 discount on the original RRP of £159.95, and that is for a completely new model. And if I`m being honest this is the amount I would have expected to pay for this revamped Ivatt.

No doubt prices will increase even more over the coming months / years and I can see a time coming when only the better off will be able to afford these products, that is, if they are still being produced for the mass market.

....And have some taken to wearing lipstick?

A magnificent set of painted figures, I only wish that I could come anyway near this perfection.

If you look onto the Wizard models web site it states that “3mm version has been tested down to 3ft radius in all modes, and will also traverse 2ft curves when coupled, but not when pushing in the delay mode. So, if using the 3mm version with tight radii, set your magnet positions accordingly”  

Ben

What have you found is the optimum strength / size of these neodymium’s for use between the sleepers to successfully operate the S&W coupling?  Looking at the list of magnets from your link, some are pretty powerful and I can visualise that some of the larger strength ones would have the unnecessary problem of attracting the metal wheels on the wagon rather than the bottom link of the coupling.