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If you visit Scaleforum this weekend and are inspired by what you see and learn then why not consider joining the Scalefour Society whilst you are at the show?
Scaleforum presents a good opportunity to join our friendly and informative Society at a reduced membership rate and receive extra “goodies” as well!
Our normal yearly membership rate is £26 (plus a Postal Supplement if you live outside of the UK) but if you come to Scaleforum as a visitor admission then you can join the Society for the remainder of our 2018/19 Membership Year at a reduced normal rate of only £17.
You will receive a New Member Pack, containing helpful information including copies of all the current years Scalefour News, the Scalefour Handbook on CD and our “Moving to P4” booklet. In addition you’ll get a Back Number Pack with some more previous copies Scalefour News to enjoy.
Note: This offer only applies to visitors joining at Scaleforum on 22nd or 23rd September 2018 who have paid the non-member admission rate.
This is only just the start as membership opens up lots of other benefits to help and inspire you.
1B775F1E-899A-41AB-A712-4336DFAC104F.jpegSo if you are interested in joining or want to know more or just say “hello” then you will receive a very friendly welcome on the Society Stand. We look forward to seeing you.
All the best.
Steve Carter
Membership Secretary
The Membership Stand is loaded and I will be heading off soon to Aylesbury to help set-up.
Looking forward to a cracking weekend and I hope to see many of you there.
Steve
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If you visit Scaleforum this weekend and are inspired by what you see and learn then why not consider joining the Scalefour Society whilst you are at the show?
Scaleforum presents a good opportunity to join our friendly and informative Society at a reduced membership rate and receive extra “goodies” as well!
Our normal yearly membership rate is £26 (plus a Postal Supplement if you live outside of the UK) but if you come to Scaleforum as a visitor admission then you can join the Society for the remainder of our 2018/19 Membership Year at a reduced normal rate of only £17.
You will receive a New Member Pack, containing helpful information including copies of all the current years Scalefour News, the Scalefour Handbook on CD and our “Moving to P4” booklet. In addition you’ll get a Back Number Pack with some more previous copies Scalefour News to enjoy.
Note: This offer only applies to visitors joining at Scaleforum on 22nd or 23rd September 2018 who have paid the non-member admission rate.
This is only just the start as membership opens up lots of other benefits to help and inspire you.
So if you are interested in joining or want to know more or just say “hello” then you will receive a very friendly welcome on the Society Stand. We look forward to seeing you.
All the best.
Steve Carter
Membership Secretary
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Unfortunately I will be away so have to miss it this year.
If you can go then do, it’s always a cracking show in my opinion.
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Only three more sleeps until this years Scalefour North starts with another great line up not to be missed.
Looking forward to welcoming old and new friends on the Society Stand. Come and say hello.
Hope to see you this weekend.
Steve
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Will be there as part of the St Merryn team.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at what promises to be a great show.
Come and say “hello”.
Steve
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Reminder that Scaleforum 2017 is this weekend!
Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Aylesbury,
HP21 9PP.
Saturday September 23rd:
10.30am to 5.30pm
Sunday September 24th:
10.00am to 4.30pm
Tickets £9, Members £6
You can join on the day to get the discount. Tickets are good for both days, spouse/partner admitted free.
For travel details go to https://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/sms/directions
See you there
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Someone may want to correct the spelling of Aylesbury on here and the Scalefour website!
Thanks David
I hadn't noticed it either. Problem with cut n paste from another site!
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Scaleforum 2017
Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Aylesbury
Saturday September 23rd
Sunday September 24th
Advance ticket sales https://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/tickets
The layouts
A feature of several of the layouts on display this year is that the progress of their construction has been described on the Society’s web forum so Scaleforum will give an opportunity to see in the flesh what so far has only been seen on a computer screen. Some layouts will be substantially complete – finished even, whist others are at various stages of construction and allow the visitor to see the techniques used.
Brettell Road
by Jim Smith-Wright
Industrial byway in the West Midlands.
Clutton
by Tim Venton
Model of the station of that name station on the Great Western branch between Bristol and Frome.
Danby
by Rob Ward
The model represents Danby station on the North Eastern Railway single track Esk Valley branch line in North Yorkshire.
Dewsbury Great Northern
by Geoff Tiffany, Brian Eves and Dave Carter
Dewsbury Great Northern is based on a real location in the Yorkshire town of that name which in pre Grouping days boasted no less than four stations.
Eccleston
by Martin Nield
Eccleston is a work of fiction even though it is a real place and features the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in all its glory.
Enigma Engineering
by Paul Gittins
A small shunting puzzle layout where visitors can try their hand at solving the problems.
Great Barfield
by David Hawkins
Great Eastern byway located on a fictitious extension to the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway in Essex.
Kettlewell
by John Stocks
A ‘what might have been’ had the 1880 Skipton and Kettlewell Railway Act been implemented and a first attempt at working to P4 standards.
Mount Woodville Works
by Rob Milliken
Mount Woodville Works is set in the mid 1960's and represents a works producing salt glazed goods and fire bricks.
Minories
by Howard Bolton
Minories is the terminus of a short branch off the East London Railway, one of a number of interesting but not well known railway byways in the city. One of the most interesting features of the layout is the fully interlocked lever frame situated at the front of the layout where its operation can be seen by the visitor.
Neversay
by Richard Lake
In the early stages of construction, Neversay is the seaside terminus of an imaginary and very eccentric coastal tramway; set somewhere in the Colonies in the mid-1950s.
Also on available will be the DRAG test track.
Show and Tell - The demonstrations
The demonstrations and help desks at Scaleforum are an essential part of what the exhibition is all about and this year we have will have a special focus on the finishing touches. Finishing off a model or a layout requires a range of different skills to those needed for building and we are delighted to welcome to Scaleforum three expert practioners of aspects of finishing.
Painting and lining
Ian Rathbone
Backscenes and dioramas
Paul Bambrick
The Weathering Service
Jack Chalkley
Getting started in P4
Mike Ainsworth
Loco construction
Steve Duckworth
Modelling the Diesel and Electric era
Tom Silsbury and Jonathan Buckie
Scratch building the APT and HST
Shane Wilton
Scratchbuilding aided by using a CNC plotter/cutter
Jonathan Hall
The Area Group Demonstration
Presented by the Wealden Area Group
The Wealden Area Group will be demonstrating various aspects of scenic modelling on the group’s new layout, Chart Sutton which features the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.
Missenden Abbey
As a change from the usual publicity stand, this year we welcome Missenden stalwarts David Brandreth and Andrew Eaton who will be demonstrating some of the techniques that are included in the courses and showing some of their personal model making.
Traders
247 Developments
Acc+Ess Protocab Limited
Alan Gibson (Workshop)
Ambis Engineering
Bill Hudson Transport Books
Branchlines
Brassmasters Scale Models
Cambrian Models
Coastal DCC
C&L Finescale Track Building Systems
Dart Castings
Dave Bradwell
David Geen Model Railway Kits
Eileen’s Emporium
Extreme Etchings/Shawplan
Gramodels
G W Models
Hedgerow Scenics
High Level Kits
Hobby Holidays
Judith Edge Kits
London Road Models
Mega Points Controllers
Model Railway Developments
Modelu – design, scan, print
Mousa Models
Neil Kinison Models
Penbits Model Railways
Phoenix Precision Paints
Prickley Pear Products
Roger Carpenter
Roxey Mouldings
RT Models
Rumney Models
Severn Models
South Eastern Finecast
Tim Horn Baseboards
Wild Swan Books
Wizard Models
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With one reservation, well done for the way St Merryn is featured. This is one of my favourite layouts and Tony Wright's pictures have truly captured it at its best. The idea of sepia tinted photographs is a clever one but don't overdo it in future. Having taken the trouble to include a photograph of the team, surely it should have been complemented by naming those in it. Credit where it is due, please. From left to right: Eddie Bourne, Steve Carter, Brian Self, Chris McCarthy and Bob Bourne.
Chris
Thanks Chris
BRM did not name the team because I didn't provide them with the names!
'St Merryn' is a group effort so we wanted any credit to go to the South London Area Group not just those featured in the photograph.
Cheers
Steve
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The Terrier locomotive is not a Dapol body but a Loddon Models etched brass kit with a scratchbuilt chassis featuring split frames and split axle pickup. The model was built by Alan Ketley some 35 or more years ago and is unaltered other than having a DCC chip added.Again, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is a Dapol/Hornby Terrier body on a P4 set of frames, running on St. Merryn. Looks good to me.
It runs superbly and is a credit to its builder.
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Thank you for the kind words about St Merryn Tony.
Actually St Merryn was built and is operated by members of the South London Area Group of the Scalefour Society of which Eddie Bourne is a long term member.
Working as a group has given us many hours of pleasure in the planning, building and operating of our layout.
Our Group ethos towards operating at exhibitions is that we are there to provide the visitors with as good a show as we can. Hopefully we manage to do that.
Steve Carter
South London Area Group
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As always, thanks Martin
Why the insulators appear to be 'upside-down' has been explained by Buhar. Against the light, the swan-necks holding them in place are invisible (they'd be like a human hair in scale), giving the impression that the pots are upside down.
Just like this. I think this is one of those occasions where one cannot win. I spoke to one bloke about it at a show and he suggested I make the proper swan-necks. With the other poles there are over 120 to make, possibly even more. Have you met many loonies at shows? How long did he expect me to live, I wonder?
Speaking of shows (and those who are grey), I've just returned from a most fantastic weekend at the Southampton Show. May I please thank all with whom I spoke, particularly those who were delighted with how LB came out in the MRJ? May I also thanks all at the Southampton Club for putting on a quite splendid show?
It was my privilege and pleasure to be one of the judges with regarding choosing the winner of the Chairman's Cup.
The winner (by a short head) was Gordon and Maggie Gravett's staggering Pempoul.
Second (it could have come first had we tossed a coin) was St. Merryn, by Eddie Bourne and friends. Built in P4, this is also a beautiful creation. Not only that, it ran superbly (apart from on one fiddle-yard-entering-occasion when I turned the death-ray up in my specs!) I think the good running was down to a number of factors, principally the skill-level of the team involved in its construction and their preparation and concentration in operation; I wish I were so diligent with regard to the last-mentioned. Here's a layout where everything works perfectly (admittedly slowly, though accurately) and one could not wish for a better advertisement for P4 running. I congratulated Eddie and his team (and thanked him for pointing out the error in LB's fencing). However (there's always an 'however'), in a couple of rakes they were running carriages, the like of which I wouldn't have used at any price on LB. These were re-wheeled, and sensitively-weathered, RTR carriages, still with battleship-deep sides, deeply-recessed windows and no footboards. They seemed rather incongruous to me, and illustrated (at least to me) a different approach to our respective modelling. That said, nothing could take away from the overall beauty of St. Merryn. Thank you, Eddie and his team, for allowing me to take pictures.
Further conversation with Eddie revealed that he'd never detected a 'holier-than-thou' attitude from those who model in P4. Thinking about it later, I'm not surprised; because he models (brilliantly) in P4. Obviously, I don't, but it's been mentioned to me on several occasions, why, after spending hours/days/weeks on research and on making my models, 'Why do I run them on narrow gauge track?'
Another layout which took my fancy was Abingdon, in O Gauge. This ran well, too. It was even worked by proper bell-code signals. However (!), none of the trains ran with lamps or had crews in the locos (at least the ones I looked at). There was even a Beeson loco. Am I a zealot with regard to what I consider essential to my modelling/operation, particularly in the instance of locos/rolling stock and correct operating practice, yet 'blind' to the gauge of my track? It makes me wonder.
This might seem a bit 'weird' but 'my' personal favourite at the show (the judging was democratic) was Woodhead, in N, by Garry Atkinson. It was a model of an actual place, and thus, in my book, extremely meritorious and very well done indeed.
Finally, may I thank those who've contributed so much to the 'debates' over the last three days on this thread? It has a lively life of its own, irrespective of whether I post anything.
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2018 - 24th and 25th November
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Well said Richard.
Well done on the well deserved awards.
Steve