Andrew Biro

ditto

really nice show and good to see so many families there. Possibly being a town-centre location helps that?

Yup!! got caught. Oh well Delay Repay...

Must say I don't it being smaller than Warley (or more diverse) as I found Warley just too big to get around and see things properly. i am looking forward to it!

good show - very enjoyable - and I came by train so no parking problems!

Well the CMRA used to do something like that...... but......

This is what I have done but I found foamboard sags a bit and needs some extra support

It was a lot more when I looked...

Booked my coach ticket from London to Birmingham (coach station) and then either bus or (gulp) taxi to the NEC and reverse in the evening. Very limited coach service to the NEC/Bitmingham airport. far from ideal and takes much longer and costs more..... Hope, hope, hope the strike will be called off.

looks really good!!

i have a weakness for Swiss snow layouts, So I will be there! looking forward to it.

i visited on Saturday and it was a great show - excellent layouts and good selection of traders. back next year !

There is a bar selling (mainly) alcohol - and teas/coffees. Limited selection of sandwiches but, as others have said, there are several food outlets in the adjacent shopping complex. limited seating.

They promised new products which they could never deliver (how do like our new controllers ? great - when can we get them ? errr soon) - only excuses. They seemed to spend a fortune on promotions eg free tickets to Scaleforum and buffet lunches. Meanwhile other companies were producing radio control products. And they didn't seem to know what their potential market should be eg 4mm finescale or just 00 or outdoors or the larger scales.

I am surprised they lasted this long. Great product - useless company. Totally missed the boat. Shame really.

Yes - all the time! Bit tricky though. I use a long, fine, screwdriver (flathead, i think) inserted through the hole in the underframe near the ends of the coaches. Now you hold the coach so you can see where the screwdriver is going (may have to tilt/angle it and get the light at the correct angle) so you can look through one of windows (door window?) and see the screw holding the roof on. Insert the 'driver so it engages with the screw and press hard and turn. Hopefully the screw will loosen! Once the roof is off it can be re-attached the same way in reverse - but don't tighten the screw too much! The first is the hardest! good luck! Andrew

It was good to be back. The event seemd a little smaller than usual but, as its the first in 3 years, that was OK. I went on Sunday - quieter than I was expecting but in past years I had gone on the Saturday so can't compare.

excellent - thank you!

My daughter is a transplant recipient and she is very concerned about this. Our advice is clear - don't go!

I have quite and extensive modern Lionel/MTH system and I use a 200v-100v step-down transformer - similar to the one(s) available through Amazon - as recommended above. Works well and I don't have problems with the 50/60 cycle issue - I have a variety of controllers from Lionel/MTH/Atlas. good luck! andrew