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Hello Dan

You are more than welcome to come along to see what we get up to, have a chat and a cuppa!

As far as I can recall, at the moment we only have one N scale modeller in our Club, he is our Chairman who models railways in the Netherlands, he will be there with no doubt a display and some modelling, for his home layout that he is building.

This does not mean that you could not join us on a Friday Night and start an N gauge section, as we encourage a wide range of interests and abilities at the Club.

We do have a test track night once a month, and this dose have an N gauge loop on it if you would like to bring along trains to run.

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Hello All

At our Open Day you will be able to see part of Gary Days (gazzaday) superb diorama of his model of Romford (The Only Way is Romford) being worked on, see photo below for a taster.

Photo by Gary Day.

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Hello Chris (lmsforever)

I believe that the first RAILEX at the Civic Centre in Aylesbury was on the 8th April 1978 about a year and a half after it was built, we have documents that shows for Railex in 1978 that the admission charge was 35p. Also I did have a link to a VAMES newsletter of 1978, which I think stated inside that the Railex 1 was on that year.

We had our last exhibition at the Civic Centre in 2004, then RAILEX moved to Stoke Mandeville Stadium for its first exhibition in 2005, where we have had 15 exhibitions at the Stadium so far.

So a total of 42 so far with the 43rd to come in 2020.  But I could be wrong, as the exhibition may have been held in the Old Assembly rooms in Aylesbury before 1978, which would make it even older!

If I find out anymore I we reply to this thread.

Though as I know that you were around at the time maybe you have an idea?

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RAILEX 2020 Model Railway Exhibition

By Risborough & District Model Railway Club

23rd & 24th May 2020

Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Stadium Approach
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 9PP

Saturday 10.00-17.30
Sunday 10.00-16.30

Sunday only - up to 2 children admitted free with an accompanying paying adult.
Avoid the crowds and visit on Sunday when it is quieter!

See our website for full details: http://www.railex.org.uk

Free Vintage Bus Service between Aylesbury railway station carpark and Railex(Elm Farm Shops).
 

Many Model Railway Layouts from all over the country, as well as around 40 manufacturers, traders, societies and demonstrations. The exhibition has disabled access.

Layouts Confirmed to date (September 2019)

7mm Scale

Kensington Addison Road, O Gauge, Exhibited by Twickenham & District Model Railway Club

Love Lane, S7 Gauge, Exhibited by East Anglian S7 Group

Oldham King Street Parcels, O Gauge, Exhibited by David Hampson

4mm Scale

Black Lion Crossing, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Geoff Kent & Members of the Retford Team

Brighton East, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Dave Smith

Midland Sidings, P4 Gauge, Exhibited by Westinghouse Model Railway Club

Thorne Yard, OO Gauge, Exhibited by CBM Diesel Group

Wendover, OO Gauge, Exhibited by David Dann-Gibbons

3.5mm Scale

Beijiao, HO Gauge, Exhibited by Paul Stapleton

Pottendorf, HO Gauge, Exhibited by Clevedon & Portishead Armchair Modellers

2mm Scale

Kyle of Lochalsh, 9.42mm Gauge, Exhibited by Pete Matcham

Freshwater, 9.42mm Gauge, Exhibited by Ian Morgan

Lightermans Yard, 9.42mm Gauge, Exhibited by Kent & Essex Area Group of The 2mm Scale Association

Modbury, 9.42mm Gauge, Exhibited by Ian Smith

1:148 Scale

James Street, N Gauge, Exhibited by Steve Wright

Traders will be added when confirmed

Please remember to check this thread and our website for the latest details.

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CLUB ANNUAL OPEN DAY

By Risborough & District Model Railway Club

Saturday 5th of October 2019

Community Centre(adjacent to Springs swimming pool),
Wades Park,
Stratton Road,
Princes Risborough,
Bucks,
HP27 9AX

11.00am - 4.00pm

Admission FREE

This is a day where the club has the Carrington room and the Cherry Baker room in the Community Centre in Princes Risborough open to the public.
Demonstrations and displays of club projects (including our layout Aylesbury Town) will cover baseboard construction, track laying, scenery, electrics, layout research, kit-building, detailing and weathering in a variety of scales from N through 00, 4mm finescale to 7mm. Visitors most welcome.

Photo by Donald Rintoul taken at a previous Open Day.

Only disabled car parking places are available at the Community Centre, therefore all other visitors are required to park in the Mount Carpark in Stratton Road (Follow brown Leisure Centre signs to just past St. Mary's Church). Please note that this is pay and display. Half hourly bus service from Aylesbury or High Wycombe. 15 minute walk from Chiltern Railway station with regular trains from Birmingham, Banbury, Aylesbury or London Marylebone, 25 minutes drive from M40 Junction 6 via B4009.
Prospective senior and junior members welcome.

See our website for more details  http://www.rdmrc.org.uk

Or view the our YouTube Channel:

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3 hours ago, DLT said:

According to the website, the show programme should be available to download.  I can't see it, has anyone found it?

Many thanks, Dave.

Hello Dave

Below is attached the Scalefour South West Show guide.

scalefoursouthwestguide2019.pdf

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Hello All

I am seriously tempted by 1622, as I have found a Club photo from our archive, that shows this loco at Chinnor in the time frame that she was allocated to Slough, between 1962 and 1964.

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Hello Mike

The layout Hexworth (Market Street) appeared in Model Rail Supplement No 16, in February 1992.

I only have the supplement not the actual Rail Magazine, but having a look round, I think that it could have come from either Rail Magazine 167 or 168, both came out in February 1992.

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Hello

I can think of two,

The first is Monks Risborough on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury branch.  Back in the timeframe that you are looking at, this was only one coach long, so you had to be in the first coach of the class 115 unit to be able to get on or off.  This changed later in the late 1990s when it was rebuilt to accommodate at least 4 coaches, but is still wooden, but has concrete supports.

The second is Lake on the Isle of Wight, which is between Sandown and Shanklin, it was opened in 1987.

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Hello All

Here are some of the photos that I took over the weekend:

Newhaven Harbour Exhibited by Wirral & Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers

New Kensal Green Exhibited by South Coast Rail Modellers Development Group

Llangerisech Exhibited by Nigel Ashton

Sherton Abbas Exhibited by David Stone

Mini-MSW - 'The Banking' Exhibited by Alan Whitehouse

Lananta Quay Exhibited by Nick Salzman

Dewerstone Exhibited by Stephen Sims

Bottom Works Sidings Exhibited by Chris Matthews

Cameo Callaton Exhibited by Mick Simpson

Newton Heath Works Exhibited by Mike Baker & Martin Finney

Leysdown Exhibited by Adrian Colenutt

Arun Quay Exhibited by Gordon & Maggie Gravett

Newhurst Exhibited by Cliff Williams

Midland in Bristol Exhibited by Richard Ellis

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Hello

Thankyou all for your kind words about the show.

The Awards at Railex 2019 are as follows:

Best Layout: Sherton Abbas exhibited by David Stone, as judged by the other layouts at the exhibition.

Best Model: The harbour buildings on Midland in Bristol exhibited by Richard Ellis as judged by Jerry Clifford.

Photos of the presentations can be found on our Club website using the below link:

http://www.rdmrc.org.uk/Railex2019/Awards2019.html

I will add more details as I obtain them.

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Hello All

A couple taken at lunch time today.

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Hello All

Most layouts and traders are in the hall and setup. 

See below photo taken by Kevin Wood.

Roll on tomorrow.

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Hello All

If you arrive at the stadium early and buy a ticket, you can either buy something to eat and drink before the show opens, or take a seat on the balcony over looking the exhibition and watch the part of setting up.

We have lockers that rucksacks and other stuff can be left while you wander round the show.

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Hello All

Just a point on parking, it does get busy at the stadium, it will fill up quickly, as we only have a few hundred free places, once these are full you will be directed by our stewards to park in the hospital, we have hired one of the hospital staff car parks like in previous years, though this is likely this will fill too.  Please be patient with the stewards as they will endeavour to find you a space as quickly as they can.

There will be plenty of spaces in the adjacent hospital car parks as these are lightly used at weekends, but these charge, there are pay and display plus take your ticket and pay as you leave barrier type parking. If unsure please double check where you are parking, as you don't want to end up with a ticket!  Please do not park in staff only carparks.

As has been suggested many times park at the Friarscroft carpark by Morrisons in the town centre and get our vintage bus in from Aylesbury Railway Station carpark, there is a short walk from the Elm Farm Shops bus stop to the exhibition.

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Hello All

Those of you who are taking the advantage of using the Free Vintage Bus, please can you if possible have the exact change for when you are buying your Railex ticket £9 and Programme £1 from the Bus Team, as this will help speed things along.

We have plenty of tickets to purchase.

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Hello All

To wet your appetite, here is the front cover of the Railex 2019 Programme;

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1 hour ago, Tim V said:

Which are the six finalists for the Cameo competition please? I can't find a list anywhere.

Hello Tim

Check out the top of the Layouts page on the Railex 2019 website for the full details http://www.railex.org.uk

Though Adrian post above is correct.

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Hello

I have uploaded the Railex 2019 Bus Timetable in pdf format to the Railex website,

http://www.railex.org.uk

Or you can download from the link below

Railex 2019 Bus Timetable.pdf

The timetable takes into account the football matches that are to be played at Wembley Stadium on the Saturday and the Sunday.

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Hello Chris

We have been waiting on Chiltern Railways for the amended timetables, due to the Football games at Wembley Stadium this weekend. 

I have been informed that these have been released, once these are checked, approved and formatted the timetable will appear on here and on the Railex website.

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Hello All

I have uploaded the 2 versions of Railex 2019 Floorplan with Stand Numbers pages in pdf format to the Railex website, one with Colour Blocks and one without, just in case you want to save the ink in your printer.

http://www.railex.org.uk

Or direct on these links

Railex2019FloorPlanPA.pdf

Railex2019FloorPlanNoFillPA.pdf

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Hello All

Just to remind you all that the competition closes this Saturday that we have setup in conjunction with UK Model Shops, for a chance for you to win one of four adult tickets to Railex.

If you would like to enter click on the link below:

http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/

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Hello All

To remind you all that the applications for Railex 2019 Advance Tickets closes on Friday the 10th May, details can be found either:

http://www.railex.org.uk

Or download the below

Railex2019AdvanceTicketFormPP.pdf

Remember on Sunday only - up to 2 children admitted free with an accompanying paying adult

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Hello All

Remember that if you fill in one of our Visitor Questionnaires at the Exhibition you have the chance to Win the First Prize of a Family Travel Pass to Travel with Chiltern Railways (a family travel pass is valid for 2 Adults and 2 Children to travel for one day, off-peak, return anywhere along the route).
There is a Second Prize of Two Complimentary Adult Tickets to Next Year's Exhibition.

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Hello All

We have now gone live with our Advance Ticket sales.

Please see below pdf file for instructions on how to purchase them.

Railex2019AdvanceTicketFormPP.pdf

The information and more can also be found on the Railex 2019 website http://www.railex.org.uk

We hope that it will make it a lot easier to purchase.

Remember on Sunday only - up to 2 children admitted free with an accompanying paying adult

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