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Hello All

I have now updated the Railex 2019 website, see link below

http://www.railex.org.uk

The site now contains information about the 6 Model Railway Journal Cameo Finalists Layouts with photos.

Plus we have also have the first showing of Iain Rice & Don Leeper’s Longwood Edge layout, this started the whole Cameo layouts off from the publication of Iain Rice’s book 'Creating Cameo Layouts' that was published back in 2016.

Due to circumstances beyond our control Radley Models cannot attend this year.

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Hello All

I found this video taken by a visitor to Risex 2019 on YouTube, see below:

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Hello All

Thankyou for those of you that attended Risex 2019, we have had a very successful exhibition, and we could not have done this without all your support.

Also a big thankyou to the layouts, traders, societies and demos that attended, I think we have got the right balance of scales, gauges and eras, with something for everyone.

Plus of course all our Club Members that helped out on the day.

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SEEYA
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Hello Mike

La Crepe Escape opens at 9.30am on a Saturday, but if you want something a little earlier then you could try Crumbs Too next to the butchers in the High Street, they open at 8am.

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Hello

As it is now only a couple of days to go to the exhibition, I thought that I would post the front cover of our small free programme.

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Hello All

Come and see ‘Ealing Road’, that was built by the ‘Missenden Modellers’ at RISEX 2019 Model Railway Exhibition on the 23rd February 2019.

'Photography Courtesy of Knickerbockerglory TV’

This will take place in

Community Centre(adjacent to Springs swimming pool),

Wades Park,

Stratton Road,

Princes Risborough,

Bucks,

HP27 9AX

Event Times: 10.00am - 5.00pm

Admission: Adults £4.00, Child £2.00

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

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Hello John

Here is a link to details on 30199

http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=304402023&loco=199

As you can see the loco had a livery change in 1952.

Though I have just seen that generally for all locos the late crest was from 1956 to 1965.

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Hello Chris

You can find out more details about the situation of our new Clubhouse at Risex, as there will be a display covering this.

I will let you know more earlier if I can.

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Hello

Don't forget to look at our Risex video, see below

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Hello

Here is one that I took at Princes Risborough, it shows 66056 sitting on the down line with a train of hoppers as part of the layout track changes that where happening at the station on the November 18th 2001.

On the same day just north of the station is 66214 getting amongst the work that was going on.

Another one at Princes Risborough, this time of 66086 passing through with a diverted spoil train on May 18th 2003.

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Hello All

Hello All

Our YouTube Channel Master Gary Day, has now produced a video telling you all about our up and coming Risex 2019 Model Railway Exhibition on the 23rd February at the Community Centre in Princes Risborough, see direct link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9xm7x8E8lI&feature=youtu.be

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Hello All

We have just started the Risborough & District MRC's New YouTube Channel, see link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4eItEY8bcGpEXRGBNedvlg

There are two videos on there at the moment, but more will be created throughout the coming year, these will cover our exhibitions and some of our Modelling Workshops that we put on, so look back soon!

Thanks goes to Gary Day (who is on this forum) our YouTube Channel Master for putting this together. 

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Hello All

Come and see ‘Ealing Road’, that was built by the ‘Missenden Modellers’ at RISEX 2019 Model Railway Exhibition on the 23rd February 2019.

‘Photography Courtesy of Knickerbockerglory TV’

This will take place in

Community Centre(adjacent to Springs swimming pool),

Wades Park,

Stratton Road,

Princes Risborough,

Bucks,

HP27 9AX

Event Times: 10.00am - 5.00pm

Admission: Adults £4.00, Child £2.00

See our website for more details www.rdmrc.org.uk

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SEEYA
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Hello All

I have just uploaded the Railex 2019 website.

www.railex.org.uk

I will add more layouts, traders and societies when the information becomes available.

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SEEYA
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Hello MarkSG

You could try looking at Warners Publishing, Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue (9th edition) in 2 volumes by Pat Hammond.

Though it covers lots of model railway stock produced over many years, I don't know if it covers special commissions.

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Hello MarkSG

On the Dapol website I have found the following on the below link:

https://www.Dapol.co.uk/special-commissions

From the link, by clicking on the gauge you want, takes you to a page of traders that have had special commissions, then clicking on the trader shows details of the trader and the special commissions along with the date that it was released.

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Hello All

Here are some photos that I took at our FestiRail exhibition on Saturday.

A view of Aylesbury LNWR taken from the station end.

A general view of the main hall, Okehampton on the left and Aylesbury LNWR on the right.

Okehampton, the complete scenic section of all 10 boards being put through its paces.

A view showing the whole of the Aylesbury Town project.

Another view of Aylesbury Town, with a Hymek rumbling through on the newly laid hand built ballasted track.

Ottilies by Andrew Hicks this is a double sided layout, this picture is of the City station side.

Ottilies by Andrew Hicks, this picture is of the Countryside station side.

The station end of Alan Paley's Loughborough Road.

The engine shed end of Alan Paley's Loughborough Road.

The Mayor of Princes Risborough Matthew Walsh gets to grip with the Shunting Puzzle.

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Hello All

Here are 3 photos of class 33102, that pulled the Risborough Venturer to Alton on the 6th June 1992.

You can find more about this trip by going to

http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/920606pr.htm

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Hello All

As it is only just over a week and half away, I thought that I would attach some photos of the Aylesbury LNWR layout that was built by Geoff Williams, which will be exhibited by the Risborough & District Model Railway Club at FestiRail on the 7th July. 

Please note that this will be the last ever full public showing of this iconic layout.   

All photos where taken by Andy York courtesy of BRM.

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Hello All

FestiRail Model Railway Exhibition

Date; Saturday 7th of July

Time: 11am to 4pm

Entrance: Free

Community Centre(adjacent to Springs swimming pool),

Wades Park,

Stratton Road,

Princes Risborough,

Bucks,

HP27 9AX

This is part of the Princes Risborough Town Festival week, this is an informal event where you have the opportunity to see the clubs current projects and to discuss all aspects of modelling. For this we have taken over the whole of the Community Centre, to showcase what we get up to, plus there will be modelling demonstrations and displays of track laying, scenery, electrics, layout research, kit-building, detailing and weathering in a variety of scales from N through 00, 4mm finescale to 7mm. 

Aylesbury LNWR, Photograph by Andy York, courtesy of BRM

The following layouts are down to be setup and running:
 

• Aylesbury LNWR, EM Gauge, Exhibited by Risborough & District Model Railway Club, Set in the Edwardian era circa.1910, the layout depicts the whole of the station (old High Street station long since gone) complex with engine shed, goods yard and gas works, amongst the back drop of the town.
• Aylesbury Town, P4 Gauge, Exhibited by Risborough & District Model Railway Club, See our under construction scale model of this station, set in the 1950s/60s, this will allow a mix of stock, GC, Metropolitan, LNER, GW, BR etc, with both through trains and stopping services(north & south), with local trains for Amersham, plus branch trains to Princes Risborough.
• Loughborough Road, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Alan Paley, 3 railways, the Melton Mowbray and Nottingham Railway, LNWR and Midland had access to a cramped terminus at Loughborough Rd. So the time period is 1900 to 1930 with MR, LNWR and LMS stock.
• Okehampton, O Gauge, Exhibited by Risborough & District Model Railway Club, The whole scenic section, with station, engine shed and yard area of our large southern post 1947 layout, where a variety of locos can be seen shunting the yard and operating on the main line.
• Ottilies, OO Gauge, Exhibited by Andrew and Ottilie Hicks, This is a double sided layout set in the Yorkshire during the LNER period, with a town station scene on one side and a county station scene on the other, the whole layout folds in half for storage.
• Shunting Puzzle, O Gauge, Exhibited by Risborough & District Model Railway Club, Come and test your skill on our Shutting Puzzle, there is a small cost to enter, but the fastest time will win a prize.

Please note we are proud to present the last ever full public showing of Geoff Williams’s iconic 1:76 scale Aylesbury LNWR layout. This fifty-five year old model of the former Aylesbury High Street station (once situated where Vale Park is today) represents faithfully the whole station complex - including engine shed, goods yard and adjoining gas works - as it would have looked in the year 1911. Built to a very high standard of realism the model achieves a convincing sense of scenic depth through the decreasing perspective of the background building, and provides a possibly the last opportunity to view a pre First World War scene of Aylesbury. Being originally built into Geoff’s loft the layout has since been adapted for public viewing, for its appearance at FestiRail, which it is anticipated will attract considerable interest both from local residents and from the wider exhibition-going public - particularly as this opportunity is un-likely to be repeated by the Club.

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, please note that this is pay and display, but for the 7th July only it is free, also note that the High Street, Duke Street and Church Street will be closed to traffic all day, so you will have to approach from the station side of the town. 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.
Light refreshments will be available.

For more information on the event and more on the Club please go to www.rdmrc.org.uk

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Hello Ken

The kit was made by Smallbrook Studio, below is a link to their 4mm IOW and Southern kits, where the LSWR Road Van can be found:

http://www.smallbrookstudio.co.uk/kits-parts/4569521210/4mm-IoW-Southern

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Hello All

A couple taken from the summer of 1993, the first one is from the footbridge in to Cardiff Canton Depot.

The second one is at Cardiff Central.

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Hello

Thankyou all for your kind words about the show.

The Awards at Railex 2018 are as follows:

Best Layout: Hornsey Broadway exhibited by Kier Hardy, as judged by the other layouts at the exhibition.

Best Model: The shops on Hornsey Broadway exhibited by Kier Hardy as judged by Paul Karau.

As part of the prize for Best Model, Kier was also presented with certificate and a voucher for £50 from Derek Russan of Elieen's Emporium

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

http://www.rdmrc.org.uk/Railex2018/Awards2018.html

I will add more details as I obtain them.

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Hello All

A couple taken at lunch time today.

If you are going tomorrow please remember to purchase a programme when you arrive, as they will be gone by the time you leave!

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