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Long Line Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Railway modelling returns to Buxton after a long absence, with our new show in the rebuilt 'Octagon' of the Pavilion Gardens. This unique 27 acre venue will we hope make for a great backdrop to our model railway exhibition, amidst the Derbyshire Spa town of Buxton and its wide range of visitor facilities. We'll annually have at least 20 quality layouts in as good a mix of scales and gauges as we can muster, supported by 20+ traders and an array of societies and individuals demonstrating the endless possibilities this great hobby suggests. Buxton is well served by public transport and accomodation to allow you an enjoyable day or weekend visit. For more information please see our website at: railexbuxton.co.uk Edited May 19, 2022 by Long Line Improved description 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 What a terrific looking venue! Booking into my diary as a possibility (plus an excuse to travel onwards and explore the C&HPR afterwards!) All the best for a successful event! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAndy Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Absolutely superb venue this and I'm very much looking forward to exhibiting there with my demo stand. Come and say hello if you're coming along - looks like a very good selection of layouts and traders attending. cheers Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Looking forward to attending this show with Weaver Hill. Could not ask for a better location, a great town to visit so can't complain with a weekend spend playing trains here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnham-on-sea Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Preparations are well advanced, only a week until setting up. Looking forward to showing Glenties, loco 6 Columbkille is nearly ready to outshop and run in. Alastair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Line Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 It not being long til we kick off now, i thought i'd post the final contents lists. LAYOUTS Gottingen SUD. Z/N Scale Continental. Sakura Cherry Blossom. 150 / N Scale Burnham-on-sea. 2mm finescale Somerset & Dorset Ludlow. N Gauge BR Western Region 1960s Stamford East. N Gauge Br Eastern region 1950-60s Bodmin. N Gauge GWR 1930s Fall Mill – Ashover light railway 4mm / OO9 Masons Wharf 4mm/OO9 Estate railway quay Glenties. 4mm/OOn3 County Donegall narrow gauge Kennington Cross 4mm / OO London Trams 29th Street Wharf. 3.5mm/HO Gauge West Coast USA Windiest Industriegebiet. 3.5mm/HO Gauge 1960 German State Railway Hornby 3 Rail. 4mm/OO Classic trains of yesteryear. Bampton Devon. 4mm/EM Gauge 1950s western region. J Tracey & Sons. OO BR Horncastle. OO BR Weaver Hill. 4mm / OO West Coast Mainline 1990s Blakecaster. 7mm Narrow Gauge Newfield. 7mm/ O Gauge Midland Railway Bristol Goods. 7mm / Broad Gauge CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 2mm Scale Association N Gauge Society Association of Large Scale Railway Modellers Broad Gauge Society European Railways Association Gauge 1 Model Railway Association LNER Society London & North Western Railway Society O Gauge Guild Peak Rail Wenslydale Railway Wigan model railway exhibition DEMONSTRATORS David White – Slaters Plasticard latest products 148th Road vehicles Andy Clayton. 4mm/EM Gauge modelling. Brian Davies 4mm Wagon loads David Wright/Dovedale Models Architectural and diorama modelling Large Scale Coaching Stock Construction Cromford Designs Painting & Lining demonstration Ian Hallworth 7mm loco construction Derek Mundy 7mm signalling and O Gauge Welsh Railways modelling TRADESTANDS A2b Model Railways A Brooks Project LTD ( materials & tools) Baz’s Model Railway Booklaw Brushes for Models Crafty Hobbies Crisinden Models Culcheth Model Railways High lane Models Genesis Models Grange & Hodder Baseboards J S Models LCut Creative Made in Manchester Models Malcs Models MMR Model Kits Mount Tabor models Nick Tozer Books Peak Rail – (Derby/Sheffield) Second hand sales Powerbond Adhesives Railstuff SMTF Cheers Mark 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAndy Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Just a little bit of useful info for those driving to the exhibition this weekend. There's loads and loads of free roadside parking, hidden a just a short walk from the venue. Situated in the back streets on the opposite side of the A53 St John's Road - ( which runs along the rear of the venue ) - is Park Road. It's a long and wide circular type avenue, with loads of space and you can access it either from the Whaley Bridge Road or from St John's Road. Once you've parked up, at the bottom end of Park Road ( Directly opposite Heathfield Gardens ), is what's now a short and cut off bit of Park Road, that doubles as a footpath. If you walk down this little piece of terminated road, you will find yourself directly opposite the corner of the park entrance to the Pavillion, on St John's Road - so it's absolutely ideal, with no restrictions on time and won't cost you a penny in parking. I always park there when I go to the toy fairs in the Pavilion Gardens and have never had any problems finding a space. It is literally just a few minutes walk from where you park up, to getting into the exhibition venue. It's one of those hidden little gems, that's well worth sharing! So I hope to see you all there, as I'm abusing more plastic for the weekend and demonstrating more EM Gauge modelling for our forthcoming 4mm Exhibition layout 'Glasgow Queen St'. Come and sit down for a chat and find out how the layout and stock is progressing. Cheers Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Line Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Cheers Andy...yes saves those pennies to spend with the trade.. busy loading various vehicles today in readiness for a very early start Friday. Looking forwards to that first pint in the Buxton brewery bar tomorrow teatime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Evening All Weaver Hill now packed in van , all gone in this time !!!!!. Hope to see you over the weekend / 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Line Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Is it morning...ughhh finished a very long day late yesterday by cleaning the wheels on Bodmins clay trains. Bringing Ray in his long years and Bodmin to Buxton was easy in talk as its great. But its taking a herculean effort by a host of guys to get them both there. But its gonna be worth it to see this n gauge masterpiece running under his own hand once more. To me as a fellow small scale modeller this alone is worth the visit and realistically, knowing the effort it's taking to achieve it.. it'll likely be its last outing so even more of a reason to go. A safe journey to you all today Cheers mark 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Evening, Weaver Hill is all set up now and ready to go in the morning, See you there. We shall be running in a 2003-5ish guise 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Line Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Set up day done and dusted..a lot of hard working folk are asleep dreaming of trains now lol. Just the Saturday entries to settle in early in the morning but it's all coming together very nicely. Cheers to you all..stalwarts everyone of you.. Mark Edited July 4, 2022 by Long Line 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2022 I'm up and (almost) ready for an early start this morning, hoping to be there around 8am to set up, so should see you all soon! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 70000 Britannia Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Long Line said: Set up day done and dusted..a lot of hard working folk are asleep dreaming if trains now lol. Just he Saturday entries to settle in early in the morning but it's all coming together very nicely. Cheers to you all..stalwarts everyone of you.. Mark Great venue, well organised setup and support by the team. 29th Street Wharf installed and looking forward to a really good show. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnham-on-sea Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Just back after a reasonable day in good surroundings meeting old friends after a long break. We'll get used to Glenties, running it under exhibition conditions is different from test running. Anyway it's settling down, looking forward to Sunday. Alastair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard brown Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hi all I missed the show this weekend end but the team was kind enough to let me in on Friday while it was being set up here is the video Railex Buxton richard trains in the attic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Weaver Hill gave it's usually performance, terrible to start and when the stock settled down it improved. The pendolino suffered and has failed so has been returned to the workbench this evening and should be in operation tomorrow. We are looking forward to another day playing trains tomorrow 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Big thanks to the organisers and helpers, my first exhibition for over two years was very enjoyable and it was great to see old and new friends again. Nice to meet @BigAndy and @70000 Britannia too. Cheers, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 70000 Britannia Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2022 13 minutes ago, Allegheny1600 said: Big thanks to the organisers and helpers, my first exhibition for over two years was very enjoyable and it was great to see old and new friends again. Nice to meet @BigAndy and @70000 Britannia too. Cheers, John "Welcome back" John - good to see you at the shows again. Dave & Sue 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2022 Thanks from me too, for me as well it was the first exhibition I'd been to since Covid started, and I didn't even know about it until I caught a glimpse of this thread. Conveniently local for me too, and a great location. It's also made me want to start work on some plans I've been mulling over for a while... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnham-on-sea Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Back home, Glenties in bed, a good weekend for a first outing. Some work to do before Liverpool in Sept. Thanks to Mark and his team for the organisation, hope it is an annual event. Alastair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crantock Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Dropped in to visit. A nice show from a standing start. Good balanced trade support. Seemed a lot of N gauge but that suited the venue. Fitting big oblongs into octagons is challenging. The natural daylight is an odd effect. It makes it harder to focus on the layout exclusively as opposed to something in a room. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention but somehow £80 left my wallet.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Line Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Cheers to everyone's support..much more to follow in the days to come. Still lots to do so off we go again... Mark Edited July 4, 2022 by Long Line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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