Selkent

We have another trader join us today,  MODELUX of Guildford make bespoke N and 00 Kit buildings

Just added two extra layouts Rixtimmin and Kingsnorth  both N gauge plus an extra trader Sudbury Models who doesn't usually come this far south and will be their debut show with us.  Remember pre book discounted tickets are available until midnight on the Sat before the show and gets yyou in 15 mins before official opening time  see .www.modelrailwayexhibition.com

I will answer that question after the show when I count the number of traders asking for a receipt for their liquid lunch for business expenses lol   I know the Batcombe lot like a drink, my advice for a laugh come about 3pm and see some avoidable train crashes on that layout

Updated the layout attendee list to include the N Gauge Rixtimmin.

Good train service into Sevenoaks and Bat & Ball that day, so think about leaving car at home as the real ales on offer are:

Summer Pearle from Westerham 3.8%

Route 53 from Headcorn, half French and half Kent hops and a gorgeous red ale

Spirit of Kent from Westerham 4%

Coffn'Toff Porter  5.8%

Gluten free IPA

alco free Wheat Beer and also free lager

One Tree Hill Real cider  5%  made from local Lewisham apples collected from gardens and a hit at all festivals

trains from London Bridge, Orpington, Charing Cross, Ramsgate, Beckenham, Catford, and Ashford and Hastings and stations inbetween

Bat and Ball is slightly nearer then Sevenoaks BR although the latter is a easy straight walk about 950 yards and Bat and Ball 800 yards.

Phillip Ford will also have a small selection of commissioned wagons fro sale along with of course The Wagon Yard who have an amazing selection of new wagons not yet seen on the exhibition trade circuit.

Also the Soutwark MRC  pre owned stand always has lots of good stuff, little tip if you ask for Ray who may be running the stall when not operating the clubs layout and use the code 'I am a friend of Dorothy' you might get a discount.

Weds 3rd July at The Ale Bar, 443 New Cross Road, New Cross, London, SE14 6TA   starts 6.30pm   (2 mins from new cross BR and on bus routes 53, 453 and 177)    all welcome and now a proven popular monthly event.   Selection of real ales and normal pub prices.  There is a 009 and N gauge layout built into the bar area. 

We have space for a 10/12ft layout due to a cancellation at this years Sevenoaks show on Sunday 7th July. This is a well attended show with 18/20 layouts and 16 trade stands plus a real ale and cider bar. If interested can you email selkentmrc@gmail.com. we would love if you are new to exhibiting and this is your first, we of course will accept smaller layouts

totally agree but that is only good if you have off street parking as cant keep a trailer on a public road unless attached to a motor car or van

Not sure if this is the right place, but we are sellinng our exhibition layout van, which held three layouts at once, been converted in rear to shelves and been a great work horse for last 4 years.    We are looking £400 and good points although high mileage it onlt has done about 600 to 1000 miles each year for past 4 years and had a new clutch two years ago.  Bad points is MOT expired this month, rear loading door only locks from inside and exhurst although not blowing will need work.   Starts first time and cheap to run, I think we pay £320 insurance a year  and good mileage return.    External could do with removing tape marks from posters we put up on it advertising exhibitions we were at.   At one stage we had a second shelve above giving even more storage space and easy to add the third shelf.  We also have the side panel area which we used to carry our tables and athough you cant see it, there is a big running stock storage area to the front. 

Works out lots cheaper then hiring a van each weekend  and I think you will need to spend a couple of hunred to get through MOT or know about exhusts welding.

We have put it up on autotrader for more then this, but nice if it went to a model rail exhibitor as that what it has been used for.   It is in SE London/Kent.    email me at selkentmrc@gmail.com  or call 07946 904208

We have a cancelled layout so have space for a layout around 10ft to 12ft, if you'd like to attend please call me on 07946 904208

Now in it's 5th year, 20 layouts and 22 quality traders including debut trader THE WAGON YARD who have commissioned a number of wagons OO and N gauge from Peco and Dapol.   Free parking and only 800 yards from Sevenoaks BR.   Nice onsite cafe plus real ale and cider bar with a selection of Kentish Real ales on sale.  Picture shows one of the limited edition commissioned wagons,  large selection to chose from from 1920's to present from The Wagon Yard

Discounted pre booked tickets are on sale which also gets you into the show 15 mins before official opening time.  see www.modelrailwayexhibition.com

Come and see Batcombe and the crew who built it, all were featured in 'James May's The Trouble with Hornby'

Once car park full, there is free parking on all the roads around the venue

ADULTS  £6    or  £4.95 pre booked

Over 65 and 16 and under   £5  or  £3.95 pre booked   

Family   £15   one adult and three kids or two adults and two kids  or £12 pre booked

(Under 2 FREE)

Sun 7th July 2019  

SEVENOAKS  MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

SEVENOAKS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Bradbourne Park Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 3LB

Layouts Include 

Kingsnorth N

Batcombe OO 
Dudley Road OO 
St Peters OO 
Dawes Lane N 
War & Peace OO 
Fordham 0 
St Mellion OO 
Dover Train Ferry N 
Nonnington Quay OO 
Titanic Dock OO 
Cecily Bridge OO 
Load of Balls 
Small & Working N 
Silksby Road OO9 
Siwood OO9 
Arnold Lyne OO 
Drive Your Own N 
Knuddelstein N 
Apple Valley G

Rixtimmin  N

Motocross 1:35

TRADERS INCLUDE

Kent Garden Rail 
Harrison Brown 
Mike Pett 
Andy Lynch 
Models U Drive 
Allwheels 
Southwark MRC Preloved 
Peter Hollands 
Falconwood Books 
00 Gauge Assc 
Rail Russia Holidays 
The Wagon Yard

Sudbury Models

Modelux

Next one is held on Weds 22nd May from 6pm at THE ALE BAR, 443 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA.   2 mins from New Cross BR and on bus routes 53, 453 and 177.    This popular monthly event is open to all and arranged by Selkent MRG.  There are two built in 009 and N gauge small layouts (feel free to run locos on them).   All welcome and there is a fine selection of Kent real ales , draft carfty lager and gluten free beer.

Great place to come and sit and talk trains over a pint

venue www.thealebar.com

This is an established yearly show with good attendance and excellent trade support.  If you fancy exhibiting please contact selkentmrc@gmail.com.  Maybe you have just built your first exhibition layout and want to show it.    We have four spaces left at max 14ft long, or more if smaller layouts.

Date is Sunday 7th July

Did we mention our show also has a real ale and cider bar serving Kent ales.

We been getting between 500 and 600 come along each year

Next one will be this Monday 15th April in New Cross, London from 7pm  (zone 2) and next to new cross BR and has now been running for over 2 years. 

Starts 6.30pm until late

usual lots will be there, event open to everyone, and great chance to come along and talk model railway over a pint.  Colin and DOGA lot will be there who featured on the recent BBC 'Hornby Documentary'   There is a small No gauge layout in the bar.

4 real ales from Kent on tap and local real cider plus vegan and gluten free bitter.

Really nice night

On bus routes 53. 453 and 177

cycle rack outside and free parking outside from 7pm and free on side streets all day.

The Ale Bar

443 New Cross Road

New Cross

London

SE14 6TA

www.thealebar.com

I was approached very early on before filming by the production company  with the premis that the series will be all about why the public and model railway fans are turning their backs on Hornby and their customer base.  After watching both episodes it did seem  Hornby had more of a say on content and direction and it less of a independant documentry commisioned by the BBC. 

I know that hours of filming was done speaking to many end users of Hornby products, of this three hours of filming done at our social drinkies night we run for model railway fans at my venue each month in London

I watched loads of very well informed and some loyal and some not so loyal Hornby customers give hours of reasons why they look at Bachmann, Peco and other products over Hornby.  A great interview by someone I observed  just spoke about the plastic station platform which has been churned out since the 1970's by  Hornby and still churned out at a expensive end user rate, while other companies use the latest laser cut designs at a cheaper end price, and the lack of excitment around Hornby products and innovation. 

The time with Gerald in Episode 1 and the comments about many being on the end of the spectrum was I thought actually very lackluster TV. I liked James May and  used comments which were very James May and was based on what he was presented before him in the final edit and came across cynical enough to know Hornby were not controlling that aspect of the programme.  I know Gerald and he is a fine and commited railway modeller as are the Batcombe guys, but even then some of the younger members of Batcombe were not interviewed and I for one know that while the tv crew were interviewing older men at my venue, all the time there was a 18 year old female, sitting quietly in the corner, who   attends model rail shows, helps with the running of layouts, helps out at shows   and more importantly is turning out to be a  very good model maker and made during the interviews an amazing  small model of Stevenson Rocket with just bluetac, they simply ignored her.   

No mention of how Hornby have in recent years tried to shaft retailers with their buy direct policy, or their grab it Saturday sales which undercut the price sold to retailers thus flooding the resale market. 

Even the fight between Rails and Hornby, really!   Rails is a large customer of Hornby, so how many now would have visited Rails website after the airing of the show and been able to mail order Hornby products if the wish to.   Why no images of the Bachmann stands, and other true rivals to Hornby.  

Here is the model railway modeller and layout helper who they didnt interview

Monday 18th March in New Cross in London

Usual groups will there including Colin and Paul from ep 1 of James May The trouble with Hornby.    Great socail drinkies night all welcome.    

Starts 7pm

The Ale Bar, 443 New Cross Road, New Cross, SE14 6TA

2 mins from New Cross BR and on bus routes 53, 453 and 177

we havew a great selection of real ales on tap, plus a built in N gauge and 009 gauge layout in the bar area

The DOGA meeting for London and South will be held this Sat 9th Feb  at The London Theatre, 443 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA

buses 453, 53 and 177 run past the venue, free parking behind the venue and they are 2 mins from New Cross BR (zone 2) and 5 mins from Deptford Bridge DLR.  There are also cycle racks outside.

The venue has tea/ coffee, sandwiches and also a fully stocked bar serving cask ales.

10.30am to 3pm

All welcome, lots of great advice and chance to meet the members of this popular UK and worldwide group.

The DOGA meeting for London and South will be held this Sat 9th Feb  at The London Theatre, 443 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA

buses 453, 53 and 177 run past the venue, free parking behind the venue and they are 2 mins from New Cross BR (zone 2) and 5 mins from Deptford Bridge DLR.  There are also cycle racks outside.

The venue has tea/ coffee, sandwiches and also a fully stocked bar serving cask ales.

10.30am to 3pm

All welcome, lots of great advice and chance to meet the members of this popular UK and worldwide group.

This popular social night for those who want to get together over a pint of real ale and talk model railways will be next held on Weds 13th Feb from 7pm to late

Vneue is :  The London Theatre and Ale Bar,  443 New Cross Road,  New Cross, London, SE14 6TA   

bus 453, 177 and 453 run outside and we are 2 mins from New Cross BR (zone 2)

The venue has it's own built in 009 layout plus a small N gauge, so feel free to bring something of that scale to run.

Open to everyone, usual local clubs turn up and very friendly bunch.

Weds 16th Jan

Our monthly model rail social drinkies night will be having their  'pi^! up'  I mean social drinkies night from 7pm.   All welcome

Held as usual at THE LONDON THEATRE, 443 New Cross Road, New Cross, London, SE14 6TA from 7pm to really late.

2 mins from New Cross BR and on bus routes 53, 453 and 177

Cheap bar with Meantime lager, cask ales and we have the whole venue just for us.

Usual suspects will be there

Great night to come and talk model railways and some times it kicks off big time.

As you can see I can't spell 'model' in the title.  lol

Keep Fri 21st Dec free as our montly model rail social drinkies night will be having their Xmas 'pi^! up'  I mean social drinkies night from 7pm.   All welcome

Held as usual at THE LONDON THEATRE, 443 New Cross Road, New Cross, London, SE14 6TA from 7pm to really late.

2 mins from New Cross BR and on bus routes 53, 453 and 177

Cheap bar with Meantime lager and we have the whole venue just for us.

Usual suspects will be there

Great night to come and talk model railways and some times it kicks off big time.

Well done everyone who came and exhibited and traded.  Total adults through the door was 710 plus lots of kids so we gotta be near the 900 persons altogether  which was great to see and kept 'Small and Working',  Windmill Hill and 'A Load of Balls' busy all day with the kids. Our two catering girls sold our our entire stock of 150 hotdogs, so they were kept busy also, Thank you also for the two small layouts donated, one already is earmarked to go out today to primary school once we re-DCC it and get a controller and buying a small seconhand N gauge loco and coaches for it.  Speaking of which will have a interesting week on ebay  picking up as many secondhand controllers as possible, our waiting list for roundy layouts will be getting a nice surprise from Santa this xmas, well hope to have bult at least three by the weekend to go out and more next week.  Great also to pick up some new members and also one of our exhibitors wants to come on board so means we can do  more visits.

A few cock up's like one layout not working as ABC models forgot to pack their controller and the moment I took a representive for the 'Men In Sheds' charity to see the debut and impressive 'Cecily Road' as soon as I said, 'This is one amazing layout with all the sounds and lights' The power failed on it. Lucky I managed to redeem myself my telling him 'Actually this is sH'T'.   so I saved face, lucky it was a simply points outage and Steph soon had it up and running again a minute later much to everyones amusment.   By the way it was the one he liked most along with the O gauge 'Allo Allo' themed one with Rene at his Cafe.  Steve Rogers setting up the 24ft Adapatus the wrong way the night before so it faced it's own club secondhand stand instead of the public, lucky I spotted this early or that would have been weird but also very funny the next day when we opened. 

Easy show to run with just the four of us, Larissa and Emma on catering and Shannon and I on the door with everyone setting up and striking their layouts on time and me at the end of the day, pretending to panic, telling exhibitors that the man with the Titanic exhibition has just crashed his car in the car park, then the look of concern on their faces until I told them, he has just hit a iceburg.   I think Colin from the 00 gauge Assc fell for the same joke twice.

Planning now for next year and also our summer show in Sevenpoaks.

Extra trader GB Models added to the list - static grass experts.   If our carpark is full when you arrive, there is 2 hour free parking at Asda next door.    BR trains are also running a good service to Bexleyheath station which is 15 min walk away or 5 min bus ride.  Please remember there are excellent bus connections direct to central Bexleyheath (Asda Stop). 

Please use the postcode for the Graham Road entrance which is behind ASDA,  once in our car park, we are situated at the far end in two big halls, past GOALS.

three days to go, remember pre booked ticket holders get in from 9.45am and at discounted rates

 Please we ask that those who attend last month do not block the toilet again and to use the wash hand basins just for washing hands and please if one of those who attended last time could return the stuffed cat which was on our shelf and wash off 'Fine Scale are *****'s' painted on our outside wall. We have CCTV and we know you u are!  We will once again remain open late or until it is time to try and get Paul home, whatever is sooner.   The entertainment is booked for about 9pm when 'The Bish' usually turns up and falls down the stairs. We have also had complaints from 'The MILLWALL FANS NO ONE LIKES US GROUP' who meet next door asking us to keep the noise down.   

SELKENT MODEL RAIL GROUP