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You got what you ordered, the law permits you to return them. Anything else is just a moan because you made a poor judgement for your requirements before purchase.

I'll get round to it, it's been a busy month. It's in the Exhibition Calendar and all the layout and other information is on the Ally Pally menu tab at the top of every page.

Fair play on your bit in there Barry! From the link... "Waterman has organised his own model railway event, to be held in April." Either rubbish reporting or someone has been misinformed.

Sure do; on a Facebook post about our show at the NEC someone's moaning that the show is at the wrong time as it coincides with Christmas lights being turned on in various towns. In the words of Radiohead, "so ****** special".

We're trying to be clear it's a new event and that we've not taken over Warley's event as they may well be wanting to do something else at some point and that's their name.

That would take some special kind of person. 😁

You can always drop me a message with the information Paul has mentioned above.

A walk in the park. 😰

That applies to any show (unless it's on a traders' doorstep), not just this. The NEC does benefit from being reasonably central and accessible for most of the country, the trade and the visitors. The comments I've had from the trade are enthusiastic and supportive so please don't presume what will happen from a detached position.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new railway modelling exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. The National Festival of Railway Modelling will take place over the weekend of November 23 & 24, 2024. The new show is being organised by Warners Group Publications which has a rich history in producing the UK’s best model railway shows. The company already organises The London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace, The Festival of British Railway Modelling in Doncaster and the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition. As well as the three leading shows, the company also publishes British Railway Modelling magazine (BRM), Narrow Gauge World, Garden Rail and Traction plus websites World-of-Railways.co.uk and RMweb.co.uk. Details are still being confirmed but the team organising The National Festival of Railway Modelling are promising a vast selection of the UK’s finest model railways covering all gauges and scales, plus a mix of trade including major manufacturers, the UK’s best retailers and a mass of specialist traders selling everything a railway modeller could possibly need. The show will be one of the hobby’s biggest shopping events of the year. Visitors can also expect demonstrations from expert modellers as well as a selection of societies and model railway clubs. Steve Cole, publisher of Warners’ railways portfolio, had this to say about the new show: “Railway modelling needs a national exhibition to showcase the hobby. We have a proven track record of putting on amazing shows and know the new NEC show will be our biggest and best yet! “Attendance to our own shows is growing, our magazine copy sales are on the increase and traffic to RMweb.co.uk is over 129,000 modellers per month. The hobby is thriving! We promise to put on an amazing two-day exhibition. Our team are immersed in the hobby and will hand-pick the best model railways and demonstrations to produce a great weekend for all the family.” Richard Mann, New Business Director for the NEC, said: “We’re really excited to be welcoming The National Festival of Railway Modelling to our venue in November, in what will be a celebration of all things model railways. “We know there are many enthusiasts that have a real passion for the sector, so we’re thrilled to be welcoming specialist traders and some of the UK’s major manufacturers to the show. We know the two-day exhibition will give visitors a weekend to remember.” More information will be revealed in the coming weeks including a list of layouts, traders and ticket prices.

From Roger Lewis of Squires. "DJH Loco Ltd. I am sure many will have heard the sad news that DJH Group Ltd are closing down and ceasing all manufacturing. I am very pleased to say that Squires are purchasing the assets of DJH Model Loco Ltd. This includes the tooling, masters, cads, original drawings etc to produce the ranges previously offered, this includes the O Gauge, OO and HO ranges and the Motor and Gearboxes that DJH produced. We wish to continue the Ready to Run range of O Gauge Locos and to also offer the bespoke building service as currently offered by DJH. There will be little or no complete stock available to buy on completion, and there is literally tons of moulds, masters, etches, spares and machines to be moved before we can start production again. A lot of work to do but very excited. Yes, Squires "went shopping" again!"

I'll have a look at that when I get chance next week although it's largely unused.

I did ask Bachmann how it would cope with droopy Heljan or Dapol couplings and they said it should uncouple ok from the tests done. Whether you can couple up is a different matter.

Hopefully that should be sorted for you now. Andy

I have visions of competitive timed events for disposing of full cassettes to the chemical disposal point including a 50m dash and an obstacle course. All the fun of the motorhome park.

I've just sent it to the unarchiving queue. It should be available in about 5 mins.

I always think that's one of the prime spots, nothing behind you, convenient for the loo etc and out of the draughts.

It's a costly venue so there has to be a certain amount of trade to make it viable. Saying it looks like a swapmeet is harsh and I'm sure would upset some of the trade; should we only admit trade which spend a lot on their stand such as TMC?

If they are a new name I prefer ones that give clarity of their trading address! Anyway, the question is only relevant if you want to buy something today rather than pre-order.

I'd say I know Ben (rather than "the bloke") and his writing well enough. Just pointing out you were making bigger howlers whilst castigating him for an incorrect date. But that's the internet.

See https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/183997-hornby-magazine-event-at-the-nec-april-2024/ From a number of conversations I've had it's certainly not a universally popular approach, especially considering what the allowance does, or doesn't, get you.

A short sentence that says an awful lot about the business.

At least he would know not to write "should of" and "dont".

Flush front and a big headlight and you'd be halfway there.