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Good to see this back on track! I hope to have an opportunity to see the automation software they use, that's my specialty! 

Anybody know any more about the releases? I am planning a new lay out and wanted to use YAMORC, but looking more like I'll have to go with LoDi? 

Anything more with Chesborough North? I miss seeing updates on this layout. 

On 06/03/2024 at 18:12, McC said:

 

You can ignore the specific due date but they are en route. So about 8 weeks give or take if you want to plan the budget. https://accurascale.com/status

I hope to run my accurascale 66 at the wexford model railway show this May, will you guys be there?

8 hours ago, adb968008 said:

And to think on that day, that was the first and last train of the day!

 

A few years back I arrived at Warley fresh from a US trip, jet lagged, disturbed by the little one… then meandered to the door circa 6am !

 

my little folk will miss this too…

 

I will miss meeting many from here at Warley.

We need an RMWeb social !

 

 

Hours of planning (well actually hours of drinking and a few mins with a marker)..  planning my attack strategies..

 

gosh… I will miss that.

 

and the queues to get in…

 

 

I can see the back of my head in this photo! 

I am shocked, and I will certainly miss Hattons. 

8 minutes ago, friscopete said:

Tramfabreik may well be your  place to look .

I've sent them a message, I'll see what they come back with. Thanks!

Hello! 

I am looking to get the smallest DCC decoder and stay alive for these models; 

- Kato Pocket Line Tram 

- Modemo NT96 tram 

Neither have sockets so need to be hard wired. 

Tall challenge! 

Thanks! 

Stirings seem to be happening at Revolution... I just got my VAT refunds for the pendolinos from them, does this signal delivery is imminent?

Any chance we can know the ETAS on the tracking in to Ireland? Thanks! 

1 hour ago, The Black Prince said:

I have a pre-order with Rails if that helps at all :)

Kernow also have these on order

So delivery of the second batch is nearly upon us, slated for January 2022. I have an Avanti and a flowing silk, both 11 car sets on order! 

Is there a way to go on a waiting list for the West Coast sets?

Thanks!

Is everything OK with Crewelisle and it's operators? I went to Warley to see you, and there was just an empty spot with masking tape on the floor labeled with the floor number and "Crewlisle Branch" :( 

Do let us know! 

Nick. 

That box makes them stand out against everything else... it's brilliant! Is there a space inside for a class 68 as well at the top?

15 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

I was involved with the exhibition debut of Taunton MRG's Bath Green Park at the Warley NEC show around twenty years ago. There were six of us in the set-up crew including the van driver. It takes four to wrangle the boards, which are quite big to minimise the number of joints. We had everything on the floor in about ten minutes and the van on its way to the parking area. If that's possible for a sixty-foot layout it should be for nearly anything!

 

By the time the driver got back (it was Norman Solomon on that occasion) the baseboards were up, and we were about to begin the much lengthier process of attaching all the inter-board jumper cables and adding the considerable amount of stock. 

 

As I presume to be the case with all big layouts, fitting BGP in the van is a 3D jigsaw puzzle and it doesn't go together in the order it comes out. Assembling it as it is unloaded just isn't an option, which appears also to be true of some layouts where it is attempted! 

 

Design is everything. That year, we were en route to our hotel while people assembling much smaller exhibits who had arrived before us were still hard at work.

 

John

 

 

I didn't exhibit, but for my layout, I travel with a car instead of a van (save on the hire costs for the exhibition), but the downside to this is it is a game of tetris to fit everything in. I can unload my layout from a van in under ten minutes, from my car it's almost an hour (have to get everything out rather than just the layout to get the layout... out). 

I really enjoyed Deadmans Lane, I also caught Revolution and Accurascale playing trains! 

I am creating an entire playlist of all the layouts at Warley 2022, in 4K Ultra HD.  Below is the first video of the series, thanks! 

9 hours ago, Phil Himsworth said:

I was particularly interested in seeing "Crewlisle", as it was a major inspiration for my own layout, but there was a conspicuous space where it should have been... I hope it was for benign reasons and that everything is okay with its owner / operator(s).

I also went to see Crewlisle and was sad to see it not there, I too hope the same. 

2 hours ago, Liam said:

Did any of you hop on a 350 at BHI at 17:50? Loads of people got on, and it can’t be beyond impossibility that among the crowds were some Warley setter-uppers.

 

I’m attending as an exhibitor for the first time with my mates at Redditch MRC and our layout Smallwood. I’ll also be hitching a ride with @Phil Bullock and @Downendian - many thanks to both of you once again! 

No, but I got off of that 350 at Stechford before it reached BHI for my bnb lol. 

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34 minutes ago, black and decker boy said:

Not sure if previously mentioned but the M6 is currently closed overnight on WEEKDAYS from J7 to J11 NORTHBOUND, 10pm to 6am, so may impact exhibitors getting to hotels tomorrow.

 

should be no impact on visitors on the weekend

 

National Highways

You almost gave me a heart attack!!! I have everything booked for next weekend, the right weekend... lol!!!

On 21/10/2022 at 08:56, spenc said:

Thank you for your comments,if my health ever improves at a later date I wouldn't mind taking it to a local Exhibition near to me, the down side is if I could survive a full day operating it and getting it there and back.

 If you need any help, if I'm available in the UK I'll come by if you aren't too far from London? BTW it's Nick here from Rule 1 Model Railways :)