sixteen 12by 10s

sorry about the wrong credits now amended 

A few progress photos from the project, 

10TH CRADLEY HEATH MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION
7TH OCTOBER 2023
10:00AM - 4:30PM

Rowley Learning Campus
Curral Road
Rowley Regis
West Midlands
B65 9AN

LAYOUTS

BLACKBROOK HALT                       GARY HINSON

ELIN BACH                                       JEZ KIRKWOOD

CHMRC NARROW                          GAUGE ANDY G & DAVE M

BOUGH JUNCTION                        MICHAEL WOOLSEY BOURNVILLE CLUB

VERNEY JUNCTION                        JOHN AND ELAINE MEDICOTT

SOUTH BRIDGE                             CHRIS HODGKINS

CHATEAU DE LAROCHE               PAUL WALTON

KOZEL CEMENT WORKS              DAVE PAYLORD

HOOKTON RIVERSIDE                 MIKE BRAGG

PEN Y BONT FAWR                       STEVE MONK

TAN Y BWLCH                                NIGEL SMITH

A REMOTE DEPOT                         JEFF PIKE

SINCLAIR REFINERY                      ADRIAN HALL

BRETTELL ROAD                            JIM SMITH WRIGHT

SAN CLEMENTE                             NICK PALETTE

WHARTSON HALL                         DAVE GRIFFIN

1914/18 WINTER IN FRANCE       STEVE SIMS

GREAT ROCK S                               ALLAN CROMARTY

HABBANIYA                                    TONY BENNETT

CAROLINE CONCRETE                  GRAHAM MOORFOOT

RUSH GREEN COLLIERY               COVENTRY MRC

BADGERS QUAY                            ROY PEDDAR

TRIFOULOU                                   PIERS MILNE

CANNON BAY                                JAMIE GRANGER

LEVISHAM                                      PHILLIP HUNT

BROADWATER JUNCTION           WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB

BURFORD PETER                         WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB 

MARKET END                                MARTIN ROPER

CULCHETH                                    MARK HOLDER

LAPPING WORKS                         MATT STEVENS

THE BASIN                                    STAN

DEMONSTRATORS AND TRADE

CHMRC DISPLAY

STANIER MOGUL FUND

WARLEY CLUB DISPLAY

CHMRC TEST TRACK

009 SOCIETY

TALYLLYN RAILWAY

RAILSTUFF

CHMRC SALES

JOHN SUTTON MODELS

KEVINS TRAINS

IAN'S TRAINS

MPB MODEL SUPPLIES

MELS MODELS

BAZ'S MODEL RAIL

GRAINGE & HODDER

MINITURE TRAIN RIDES

Hi all, i am there with Blackbrook halt 

2 hours ago, Rob K said:

Nice. One of my all time favourite lines was the Clun Valley Tramway. Do you know it ? RM sometime around 1969

By John Tennent 

My new layout, a delve into the world of Colonel Stephens light railway, knackered locos and rusting corrugated iron, Clun Castle? The terminus of the Clun Valley light railway on the Shropshire hills, first instalment for “ Clun castle” starts with a Grainge and Hodder canopied board, with a bit of custom modification, thanks to Allen at G&H , and a little more customising from me. A cut out in the front of facia was produced for the control panel, this has a piece of 9 mill ply backing it for strength. The entrance to the fiddle yard was cut out of the end board, and the whole surface covered with a sheet of 5mm grey foamboard, note, the small piece of ply in front of the FY entrance, this is to give the track and something solid to sit on at the joint

the layout is built into a Grainge and Hodder 900 x 400 Canopy Module, and the track is from the Peco bullhead range. As i have said, it is set deep in the Black country, with the scene captured from the Bumble Hole line, and its branch  Withymoor Goods Station (railaroundbirmingham.co.uk)

On 02/10/2022 at 22:29, Oncomin5torm said:

I saw the layout at Liverpool last year, superb and well worth the win if you ask me.

thanks, i also won the   hub cab award, for the biggest urine taker out of the scoseser 

thanks to all who supported us, the exhibitors, traders, the club members, and everyone who came along as a visitor, on to the 2023 show. after the show, we retired to a local hostelry for the traditional after show debrief 

exhibits setup this evening ready for tomorrows show, photos Ashly Dunn 

On 06/10/2022 at 10:09, Mike said:

Having got to grips and built the lighting pelmet ready for the Cradley show on the 8th I've gone down with the lurgy and have had to cancel. Very disappointed. Excuse the mess but I didn't want any fresh paint to drip on the layout.

Hi Mike, hope you shift the dreaded lurgy swiftly, we will always find room for your wonderful models at our shows 

just a few days to go, and time to introduce another layout appearing at our show "cold front" 

we welcome a very rare opportunity to see a Chris Nevard masterpiece "Fountain colliery" at Cradley Heath model railway exhibition on the 8th of October (photo Chris Nevard ) http://www.cradleyheathmrc.co.uk/exhibition.htm

starting to take shape 

12 hours ago, marc smith said:

Looks great. I'd like to see some close-up photos of the layout please :) 

thanks, i will put some finished photos up in due course, 

One of the gems making its final appearance at out show 

An award winning Modelmaker is bringing his layout to what is scheduled to be its last ever exhibition. Chris Peacock’s layout ‘Calstock Halton Quay will be at the Cradley Heath Model Railway Exhibition on the 8th October at St Michaels High School, Rowley Campus, Curral Road, Rowley Regis B65 9AN for what is possibly its last ever showing.

Based on the Tamar Valley in Cornwall the layout not only shows the port and the way that goods were transported in Briton before the advent of the juggernaut, but also show the myriad ways of life shown at that time. Chris who hails from North Devon became fascinated with the way of life shown by people in the 1860’s and set out to capture what he saw in old photographs in 3D. Not only successfully doing this but he also learnt a lot of the stories that surrounded those pictures and lectures around the country about copper mining and the way of life that the men, balmaidens, and children suffered under.

four years ago, i rolled out some lining paper on the floor, and started messing around with a track plan. The completed layout was first introduced to the public at Liverpool show last year and took layout of the show, along with me been awarded the prestigious "Hub cap trophy", which i shall go into latter in the thread. Its OO set deep in the Black Country, era, 19650s-60s Western region BR (please don't tell anyone about me modelling Western region BR). i have attached two photos, the first taken during the planning session, and the second of the layout at Stafford show at the weekend

LAYOUTS

Aldgate Hill - 3mm
Atherley Narrows - HO
Calstock's Halton Quay - O-16.5
Campbell's Quarry - 16mm
Castle Works - Gn15
A Cold Front - 009
Depot Lane - 00
Emwell - S
Fellows & Minchin Freight Depot - N
Fountain Colliery - 00
Fredstone Lane - N
Gateway Industry Park - HO
Greenside Vale - 00
Grensstad - N
Hackworth Trafalgar Terrace - 00
Hadley, Stoney Brook & Swale - O-16.5
Halfpenny Green - 00
Hookton & The Lipp Vale - O-16.5
Journey's End - 009
Knowles Hill Colliery - 00
Little Simonsby - O
Lottenbirge - HO
Mary Jane's Mushroom Farm - Gn15
Melinau'r Abaty - O-16.5
Norton Heath - 009
Plas Brondanw - 009
Rushwick - 00
St. Fayre Rhianne - HOm
Test Track - N, 00, O, SM32
Tipton Sub Division PA - N
Tryfan Ddu - 009

TRADERS

Baz's Model Rail
CHMRC Sales
CHMRC Members' Models & Club Display
Grainge & Hodder
HobbyRail
Ian's Trains
John Sutton Books & Models
Kevin's Trains
Malc's Models
MERG West Midlands
Mel's Models
Ned Williams
P&G Engineering Supplies
Penduke Models & Scenics
Stanier Mogul 42968 Fund
The 009 Society - West Midlands Group
 

ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS

Face Painting by Misty

Train rides on a 7.25 inch gauge train provided by the Wolverhampton & District Model Engineering Socie

Back at the show for another dig. Campbells Quarry, by " The multi award winning, multi published, mechanical genius" John Campbell 

what might be the smallest exhibit is ready to go, Blackbrook halt 

Cradley Heath Model Railway Club presents its annual show and biggest yet, details of exhibits and traders to follow

The late Frank Collins, The funeral has been arranged for the 23rd August. He will be leaving Sams Bostin Bites cafe in Oldhill B64 5RU (oldhill's finest dinning establishment) at 11.15 and the funeral is at Powke Lane crematorium B65 0AD at 11.30, Ironically the crematorium is less than 100yards from Cradley Heath Model Railway clubs rooms, which he played a big part in renovating when we moved two and a half years ago