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Every layout polled at least one first place on a voting form thereby being at least someone's favourite. Top three were: 1) De Graafstroom (P87n3.5) by Vincent de Bode, Peter van der Kooij and Claude Moinier 2) Blueball Summit (British N) by Andrew Bartlett 3) Fen End Pit (16mm scale) by David Barham

For those arriving early the Uckfield Civic Centre's newly refurbished restaurant 'Luxfords' will be opening at 9am each day serving bacon filled and sausage filled rolls along with tea/coffee. The restaurant will be open on both days. http://www.civiccentreuckfield.com/restaurant/?q=luxfords-restaurant.html

Hi Andy, Excellent nine page article in the latest MRJ. Looking forward to seeing the layout this weekend at Uckfield. http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhibition.html

Two of the layouts appearing at the show, Blueball Summit and Midland in Bristol, feature heavily in the latest edition of Model Railway Journal (MRJ 274) which has just been published. Also Bottom Works Sidings appears in the Cameo Gems feature and elsewhere. There may be a few copies of MRJ 274 on sale at the show for those who don't have it on subscription and can't wait to find it in a WH Smiths - that is if the exhibitors don't beat you to them!

Two of the featured layouts, Blueball Summit and Midland in Bristol, will be making an appearance at this weekend's Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition. Also at the show will be Chris Matthew's Bottom Works Sidings which appears in the Cameo Gems feature and elsewhere. Website: http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhibition.html RMweb thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/147532-35th-uckfield-model-railway-exhibition-19th20th-october-2019/ There may also be a few copies of MRJ 274 on sale at the show for those who don't have it on subscription and can't wait to find it in a WH Smiths

Another layout appearing at Uckfield is October's Continental Modeller's Railway of the Month - De Graafstroom. Built by Vincent de Bode and two friends the layout will be making its first trip to the UK from Holland. Vincent is probably better known in the UK for his GER P4 layout Flintfield. Picture by Len de Vries The layout is built to P87 standards using 12.26mm gauge track to represent the prototypes 3ft 6in gauge. Featuring various animations including the sailing barge, swan, lifting bridge and of course the sound fitted trains this will be one to see.

The Modbury Torr (TT) entry has alongside it a description relating to Faringdon (P4) which I don't believe is attending?

Looking forward to seeing you at the show with Midland in Bristol.

No - it is not just you. It seems as Andy says that the powers that be have reorganised the website. Link to the layouts is now: https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/information/the-national-festival-of-railway-modelling-layout

Looking forward to seeing you and your colleagues - hope you enjoy the show.

Updated initial post with additional layout - Daconby Town (3mm finescale) by Colin Wilson. That makes it 13 different scale gauge combinations featured.

One of the layouts attending is Blueball Summit which is making its second exhibition outing. Andy has recently uploaded a short video of the layout onto YouTube.

35th UCKFIELD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Organised by the Uckfield Model Railway Club. UCKFIELD CIVIC CENTRE Civic Approach Uckfield East Sussex TN22 1AE Saturday 19th October 2019 Sunday 20th October 2019 Open 10am till 5pm both days. The 2019 Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition will once again be featuring a selection of some of the best quality layouts around. There will be full trade support as well as Demonstration and Society stands. Licensed Restaurant within the Civic Centre will be open throughout the weekend. There will be bacon/sausage baps for early arrivals to purchase - from 9am. Of the 16 layouts there will no less than 13 different scale/gauge combinations represented. Standard and narrow gauge British, American, Australian and Dutch prototypes. Highlights include the UK debut of De Graafstroom, the new layout from Vincent de Bode more widely known for his GER P4 layout Flintfield. We also have two models of Lambourn, one in P4 the other in 2mm finescale, the first time we believe that have been exhibited together. We have the debut of Peter North's new layout, Aerodrome Park. More usually associated with the North American scene, Peter has turned his hand to modelling the 1930s Southern Electric. Andrew Bartlett has also agreed to bring along his excellent new layout Blueball Summit, featured here on RMweb, to the show. Finally we have two finalists from the Wild Swan Cameo Competition for you to enjoy, Midland in Bristol and Bottom Works Sidings. List of layouts expected to attend: Fen End Pit - 16mm/ft scale 32mm gauge Rebuilt and extended narrow gauge layout featuring working dragline etc by David Barham, Cambridgeshire - MR, BRM, NG&I 116. Orford - 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0) Exquisite portrayal of a small BR (E) 1950s Suffolk branch line terminus by Paul Clarke, Suffolk - MRJ 262 - third exhibition. Midland in Bristol - 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0) Midland quay side cameo layout by Richard Ellis, Kent - runner up in Wild Swan Cameo Competition, featured in MRJ 274 and other editions - second exhibition. Charmouth - 7mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauges (0-16.5) Portrayal of the imaginary Marshwood Vale Railway terminus in Dorset by David Taylor, Devon - RM June 1995, NG&I 73. Thakeham Tiles - 7mm/ft scale 14mm gauge (0-14) Minimum space layout of the prototype West Sussex industrial line by Michael Campbell, West Sussex - BRM Dec. 2018, NG&I 100. Lambourn - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4) Ian Harrison's model of the GWR terminus now refurbished, converted to DCC and displayed by Jeff & Pete Day, Kent - MRJ 23 - first exhibition in 30 years! Elcot Road - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4) Fictitious 1988 Network South East South London suburban terminus, somewhere near Croydon, by Simon Bendall, Bedfordshire. Bottom Works Sidings - 4mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (00) South Yorkshire exchange sidings with overhead electrification by Chris Matthews, Kent - finalist in Wild Swan Cameo Competition - second exhibition. Aerodrome Park - 4mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (00) Peter North's new layout portraying a fictitious late 1930s Southern Railway terminus with Art Deco styling much to the fore - debut exhibition. Slugworth & Co. - 4mm/ft scale 9mm gauge (00-9) Line serving the manufacturers of fine chocolates and sweets by Joshua Campbell, West Sussex - junior winner Dave Brewer Challenge ExpoNG 2018. Chica, Illinois - 3.5mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (H0) Fictitious 1950s Rock Island run-down prairie line layout built by Peter North and exhibited by Ron Bailes , Buckinghamshire - CM Aug 2018 De Graafstroom - 3.5mm/ft scale 12.28mm gauge (P87n3.5) 1947 Dutch narrow gauge tramline with moving swan and tjalk (Dutch barge) etc by Vincent de Bode and friends, Netherlands - CM Oct 2019 - debut UK exhibition. Daconby Town - 3mm/ft scale 14.2mm gauge (3mm finescale) Early 1960s BR (E) Lincolnshire ex Great Northern terminus by Colin Wilson, Hertfordshire Blueball Summit - 1:148 scale 9mm gauge (British N) Mainline railway somewhere in Devon during the 1970s and early 1980s by Andrew Bartlett, Gloucestershire - MRJ 274 - second exhibition. Lambourn - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm finescale) 1930s GWR Berkshire terminus originally constructed by Allen Martin and now exhibited by Richard Wilson, Leicestershire - MRJ 32. South Walton - 1:160 scale 9mm gauge (Continental N) New South Wales Government Railways single line through station by Simon Challis, Somerset - CM Nov 2017. Trade expected at the present time: C&L Finescale Track Building Systems - suppliers of finescale trackwork and components Coastal DCC - suppliers of DCC equipment from a very wide range of manufacturers Dart Castings - white metal lineside accessories - includes MJT and Monty's Model Railway figures DOW Scenics - specialist scenic modelling materials, handmade trees Matthew Cousins GRA - railway artist, known for his views of the Bluebell Railway Morris Models - local model shop with very extensive range of accessories and ready to run rolling stock Narrow Planet - narrow gauge kits including KB Scale products. Etched name and number plates - NEW for 2019 Plus Daughters - N gauge specialist stocking British, Continental and American ready to run Rail-Books - all the latest books and publications Roger Jones - second hand ready to run Roxey Mouldings - finescale locomotive, carriage and wagon kits in 4mm and 7mm scales Severn Models - etched scenic buildings and accessories in 2mm, 4mm and 7mm scales - NEW for 2019 Simply Southern - southern outline wagons Squires Model & Craft Tools - wide range of tools, glues and raw materials for the modeller South Eastern Finecast - 4mm scale locomotive kit manufacturer now including the Nu-cast range W.M. Collectables - extensive range of second hand ready to run Public access to the Civic Centre is via either the free High Street car park (Civic Approach), or the Tesco Superstore. The venue is also only three minutes walk away from both the railway and bus stations. Additional car parking at the station car park - £3 per day at weekend. More information and layout pictures at http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhibition.html

Leysdown is loaded in the S-Max - looking forward to a great weekend. Come along and say hi - if you have a sweet tooth we have some Leysdown-on-Sea rock to give away.

Midland in Bristol 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0) - exhibited by Richard Ellis. Newton Heath Works 7mm/ft scale 31.25mm & 16.2mm gauges - exhibited by Mike Baker & Martin Finney. Bottom Works Sidings 4mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (00) - exhibited by Chris Matthews. Dewerstone 4mm/ft scale 18.2mm gauge (EM) - exhibited by Steve Sims. Lananta Quay 3mm/ft scale 21mm & 14.2mm gauges - exhibited by Nick Salzman. Cameo Callaton 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge - exhibited by Mick Simpson.

Very good full page article on page 17 of today's printed edition of the Daily Mail following the reporter's visit to the Market Deeping clubroom yesterday.

and here at Uckfield in 2011 http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhib11/bankhallsidings.html

Leysdown is now in the S-Max ready for its trip to Basingstoke. Hopefully the ex LB&SCR D1 which has featured on all the show's publicity will be running! Looking forward to meeting any fellow RMweb members attending the exhibition.

Its in the diary.

Visited today - evidence of the heavy snowfall on Friday in the venue's car park and side roads but all accessible with care. Coastal DCC were there as were most of the planned exhibits. Those listed in the guide but didn't appear to have made it were: Layouts: Buckleigh (00), Glynn Valley Tram (00-9), Portwenn (0-16.5) and Titherleigh (00) Trade: Kytes Lights, Masterpiece Figures and Model Railway Bits The layout Herstmonceux (00) I believe had already withdrawn from the exhibition prior to the guide being printed but did feature on some early publicity. However there were 11 layouts, 14 members of the trade and 7 societies/demonstrators for your £5.

Thanks Alan, I took 1094 photographs over the weekend with 488 making it into the retrospective.

Hi All, Just to let you know that the 2019 Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition photographic retrospective has just been uploaded to the CMRA website. http://www.cmra.org.uk/stevenage19.html The retrospective features photographs of all forty layouts, members of the trade, demonstrators and society stands. All photographs were taken over the two days of the exhibition and we hope you find them worthy of viewing? Provisional details of the CMRA 2020 show have also been uploaded. http://www.cmra.org.uk/exhibition.html

Tollesbury Quay was awarded the Denis Moore Cup for the best scenic modelling on a layout appearing at the exhibition.

Unfortunately Peter North had to withdraw his new 00 layout Aerodrome Park from the exhibition at short notice due to him being poorly. Thanks are due to Andrew Jones from the Luton Model Railway Club who filled the gap with the shortest version of his 7mm/ft scale layout the Stodden Hundred Light Railway. I believe Peter has agreed to Aerodrome Park making its appearance at the show next year.