Modelrailwayquest

Most of the layouts are featured plus some interviews with layout operators and footage of best in show winner, chosen by Phil and Debbie from BRM magazine.

 

 

A few of the exhibitors and traders are coming with me for a drink after the show on the Saturday eve from 5.30pm to about 7pm in the centre of Stamford at the gorgeous 13th century inn, The Tobie Norris, 12 St Pall Street, PE9 2BE.  It serves numerous guest real ales  and recommended parking is at the nearby North Street Car Park, if having a Cola.  Any last minute local show goers who fancy popping along, love to see you.  

It has been filled by Andy Lynch Models but thank you for the offer of help

The venue is at the edge of town so hopefully there will be lots of on street parking around the school.  Maybe worth doing a Google map search of local roads to see if any parking restrictions.  I don't know venue but I did do the same search to find parking Sat eve in the centre of the town to get something to eat and find any live music venues.

I am taking Brief Encounter monochrome to this years two day show, really looking forward to it

 

Info  below taken from their website

 

Free shuttle bus from station

 

venue: Stamford Welland Academy, end of Green Lane, Stamford PE9 1HE

 

 

A Cold Front

009

Barnwood

N

Breydon

OO

Brief Encounter Monochrome

OO

Cato Inferno

OO

Daisy Lane

OO

Dawlish

TT120

          

Deeping Road MPD

OO

Dock Green

O

Eastgate harbour

OO

Ellasweet Beet Factory

OO

Essex Brick

OO

GeeksVille & SCB Long Road TMD

OO

Harbourne St. Mary

O

Lockdown Hall

OO

Market Obthorpe

O

Measham

OO

Newvaddon Parkway

N

Oakwood Lane

N

Patrick Lane Flask Terminal

O

Re-United Biscuits

OO

Tetbury

O

The Neuburg Project

HO

Towngate

OO

Witham

OO

 

 

Trade Stands Expected This Year:
 

1

Brushes4Models

2

Trains4U

3

P & D Marsh

4

Squires

5

Flexxgenix

6

Thunderbolt Models

7

TTC Diecast

8

Stoneybridge Structures

9

Frizinghall Model Railways

10

Aspire Gifts and Models

11

Mawson Models

12

MTFGhobbies

13

All About the Cakes

14

Elaine's Trains

15

The Totem Man (Ron Connor)

16

Clematis Cottages

17

Storytime with Molly

18

Air Framed

19

Northumbrian Painting Services

20

L Cut Creative

21

Zoe's Historical Railway Maps

22James Green (Artist)

 

 

 

Due to a cancellation I have an extra trade space available at my Sevenoaks show on Sunday 28th July. 

 

12ft  x 4ft  @ £40 
*Traders must have liability insurance

 

Please email me your details: modelrailwayquest@gmail.com.

Confirmed list of exhibitors and traders:

Exhibitors:

Kingsnorth N

Scallywag Corner OO

Brief Encounter Monochrome OO

The Tar Works O

Plant City Florida HO

Staffordshire Potteries N

Small N Working N

Joganji River N

The Blitz OO

Lenham N

Dublingham OO

Four Feather Falls 2mm Treble O

Tamcester N

Hobbs Hill OO

Quevy N

The Old Arches & Creosote Sleeper Works O

Waledale N

Quarry Falls N

Little Himalaya - OO9 

 

Traders

Southern Scale Models

Plus Daughters

Model Railway Signs

Hainsworth Pre Loved

Harrison Brown Models

EuroScale Models

Models U Drive

DOGA

Kent Garden Railways

Invicta Model Rail

ST Signs

On the Rails

Bat and Ball Station
The Wagon Yard

I took 'Brief Encounter' Monochrome to Belgium last week as invited to MOBEXPO 24, no problem. But I can get the whole layout in an estate car and don't need a  van.    I stopped at customs and had my invite and return ticket and even future UK shows listed to prove I am taking it out of UK for two days and they just opened the boot, asked if the model was set in WW2 and said it looked nice and then waved me on.  I think it helps if not using a van.  

 

I got asked the question about customs a lot at MOBEXPO - thing is, what I took from it is that they really miss having UK layouts at the European shows  - so if you can go, go - just take a car if possible.

 

 

I attended an amazing model railway show last week just outside Antwerp. As the only British layout there, I was really looked after by the locals, plus this region has Belgium's biggest model railway club at over 750 sq m and 150 members

New show

 

Sunday 18th May 2025  10am to 4pm

 

The Hastings Academy

Rye Road

Hastings

TN35 5DN

 

 

 

Full details will be at www.modelrailwayquest.com

 

Dawn

We once again return to Shrewsbury House and WW2 bunker for this years model railway show.

 

Sunday 15th Dec   10am to 4pm

 

Shrewsbury House

Bushmoor Crescent

Shooters Hill

Woolwich

London

SE18 3EG

 

I am putting a list of this years layouts together, looking at about 17 layouts and 12 trade stands.  

 

Full details will be at www.modelrailwayquest.com

 

Dawn

A fantastic weekend at the Ashford Festival of Railway Modelling 2024 – with over 40 layouts and spread over three venues. The event was organised by Fred Garner and AIMREC, and included Tracks Across the Spectrum, a mix of fascinating exhibits influenced by the link between railways and autism. Great to see some gorgeous layouts making their debut – Joganji River and Asham Cement Works - and some special exhibits lovingly restored by AIMREC – Wishton and Crannoch - as well as old favourites, Lenham and Kingsnorth.
 

 

Loved your layout - I've included it in my show highlights video!

There does not appear to be any info on this show in this forum page, They are reporting over 30 layouts over a number of venues over the two days this weekend,

 

I am bringing 'BRIEF ENCOUNTER - MONOCHROME' and am in the main building which is the college.  Come and say hello if visiting.

 

Layouts

 

Melton Mowbray North - N (John Spence, Steve Weston, AIMREC)

Eastgate Harbour - OO (Robin Brogden)

Wegburg & Arsbeck - N (Eastbourne MRS)

Solden - HOe (John Morgan, AIMREC)

Brief Encounter - OO (Dawn Quest)

Lenham - N (Andrew Town, AIMREC)

Warner's Oak - OO (David Warner)

Wishton  - N (John Wylie, AIMREC)

Joganji River - N (John Garner)

Cement Works - OO9 (Chris O Donoghue)

Teapot Railway & Oaklands - N (Brian and Yvonne Chapman)

Somewhere in France - OO9 (Peter Capon)

Travelling to Wedded Bliss - OO (Jeff Harmer)

Mossdale Road - N (David Churchill)

Dublingham Goods - OO (Tony Harris)

Ballyconnell Road - 3mm (Stephen Moor)

St Petrock Quay - O16.5 (Angus Bentley)

Clerely End - O16.5 (Peter Jackson)

Trix Twin - OO (Brian McClilland, AIMREC)

Hornby Dublo 3 rail - OO (Brian McClilland, AIMREC)

Tri-ang - OO (David Johnson, AIMREC)

Trodinnick & Wagon Repair - OO (George Ansell, Ivanhoe MRS)

Hither Green PAD - OO (Carl White, Ivanhoe MRS)

New Dalby - N (Andrew Porter, Ivanhoe MRS)

Snow White's Mine - 009 (Tanya Alvis, AIMREC)

Milton Junction - OO (Chris Alvis, AIMREC)

Lego Railway - 9v system (Phil Waller)

Millfield - OO (Ashford MRC)

Horsmonden - OO (Chris Cooper, Ashford MRC)

Quiet City - N (Martin Temlett, Ashford MRC)

Volks Festival and Round Trees - OO (Roland Crisp, Ashford MRC)

Kineley Halt - OO9 (Nicholas Garner, Bachmann Collectors Club)

Kingsnorth - N (Phil Lambkin)

Bob & Nigels Cardboard World

G Scale Test Track - Kent G Scale Society

G Scale shunting layout - David Groves

Mike Turner GRA - Railway Art

Tales from the Tracks

 

 

 

Bit of a Easter quiz, what is this wagon, what is it used for and who made it?

 

 

 

Watering down ballast before applying was something I was always taught to do and even have a small dedicated spray bottle for that purpose. However yesterday in a rush to finish a section on my new exhibition layout, I forgot to do this process and just went striaght to pva, water and washing up liquid and found it gave same results as with the water spray down first. Point is, is this extra step really necessary?

Lots of questions answered in this video, enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Looking forward to this show and coming Saturday and having a day off from filming shows and just coming to enjoy all the layouts and meet old friends and a few new ones.

There's a growing number of women getting interested in model railways - but women in the hobby are still in the minority. I wanted to find out what's stopping women getting more involved in railway modelling and spoke to some amazing women in both the hobby and industry, including the executive director of the most famous model railroad museum in the US, and the woman behind Bachmann's fabulous LNER Thompson Teaks.

A huge thank you to:

Michelle Kempema: Executive Director of the Colorado Model Railroad Museum

Lucy Dormont, Social media and marketing manager for the National Model Railroading Association.

Louise Oliver, Graphic designer at Bachmann Europe

Railway modellers par excellence: Maggie Gravett, Gilly North, Carol Flavin and Rachel Harris

And to Zara and Kath - an inspiration to young women railway modellers everywhere.

 

 

Video of show and most of the 40 layouts, enjoy!

 

 

 

It's International Women's Day and I've had the real pleasure to talk to some incredible women all over the world involved in the model railway hobby and industry - video coming soon.

 

 

I built and now exhibit an exhibition layout called Brief Encounter Monochrome 

I am taking Brief encounter to Belgium for a show, very confused as it states that a oral confirmation is accepted at customs for professional items going to a commercial exhibition which is not to be sold.  

20 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

What a superb show - probably one of the best collections of top quality layouts I have ever come across at a single show (including some of the 'really big national shows').  As my daughter said (several times) it was a show where there were numerous 'best in show' layouts to choose from.   Shame about the fire alarm this afternoon (Saturday) but one advantage was that if you got back in quickly you could chose your spot at some of the busier layouts where the aisles were rather too narrow!

 

The arrangement of the exhibition was obviously dictated by the spaces available but one you got used to finding your way around and made sure that you kept on looking in every doorway as you came to it we didn't miss any layouts.  In fact the one or two layouts to a separate room worked out to be quite a good arrangement provided the room was crowded - far better than narrow aisles that you get at many shows.  As ever great to meet and chat with various folk we know and see some of the developments on various layouts.

 

The drawbacks?  No cakes and a limited selection of foodstuffs on offer - needs some thought for next year maybe?   The arrangement of layouts in the sports hall seemed a bit hit & miss with narrow aisles in some places and huge gaps in others - maybe the floor plan needs some thought for next year?   Possibly clearer detail in the guidebook re smaller rooms etc but I can see the possible difficulties in doing that.  Incidentally the guidebook is of superb quality - one of the very best I have ever seen given away at a club show.

 

One unusual feature was the relatively limited trade presence and I hope that doesn't affect the viability of the show, especially with what both daughter and I said had a reasonably priced entrance fee to see the layouts in just one of the several buildings used for the show.

 

Good to read that they'll be at the same venue for another two day event next year.  And I hope that it will, as we saw today, also appeal to families with younger children.

 

PS having one rebuilt eye and one unrebuilt eye I found that if I used the unrebuilt one on its own I could actually see some hints of colour in parts of the delightful 'Brief Encounters' layout!!

It was great to meet you at the show Mike! 

Everyone setting up for Abrail 24. Apparently over 900 advance tickets sold already. It’s going to be a good show. I’m with Brief Encounter on the 1st floor of the ASC building next to Bottom Works Sidings and Hauteluce. Come and say Hi! 

Delighted to add Kingsnorth by Phil Lambkin to the list of fantastic layouts at the Sevenoaks Model Rail Show.