harrydenford Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Sat 12th July (LONDON) CONFIRMED LAYOUTS BATCOME 00 BROADGATE 00 WAR & PEACE 00ALDWYCH 00 MINORIES 00 ST MALLION OO STEVENS POINT HO SCULLERS FARM N MUCHROOM N PODREZKOVA HO HOCHSTADT 0 Hornby THROUGH THE AGES 00 BASH STREET GOODS 00 BATCOMBE 00 SHEPHARDS MINE 009 ENGIANE ###### HARDY N ORESTONE QUAY 00 KIRITU LINE Z DAN PATCH LINE HO All layouts will be housed in Venue 1 which is New Cross Chapel, 466 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA Show 10am to 5pm There is free parking on side streets for visitors (exhibitors and traders have off street parking) but as transport links are really good, only a few hundred yards from New Cross BR and a DLR station and major bus routes stop outside venue, we really recommend coming by public transport (especially as there is a Real Ale Bottled Festival as one of the attractions) Tickets can be bought on the door or you can pre buy them (cheaper) also means no queuing as you have an express entrance and download your ticket on line. www.modelrailwayexhibition.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 OMG one of the names of one of the layouts has come up as a rude word and been filtered lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 What date please? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 July 12 according to the website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 21 LAYOUTS CONFIRMED. Nice selection of refreshments including bacon or sausage rolls, veg quiche and salad, hot dogs, ice cream cones, pork pies, 12 real ales, 7 ciders and 4 meantime lagers. you can either pre book tickets and get them cheaper or buy on the day. Also pre booked tickets have own entrance so will get in slightly quicker as we just need to see the ticket and your in! Pre show tickets can be printed off beforehand or shown on your phone Plaques for exhibitors arrived today. looking forward to a great show 12th July (London) www.modelrailwayexhibition.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have another model rail event booked for that date! It looks to havE the makings of a great Show and with some great based London layouts. Good luck with the show and lots of photos please! XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 JUST GOT THE LIST OF ALES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE NEW CROSS MODEL RAIL SHOW Suffolk Strong Hens Tooth Double Hop Pale Ale Poachers Choice Franziskmer WeissBier Hogs Back Honey Dew Marston Strong IPA Reserve Old Thumper Hobgoblin Newcastle Brown ale Manns Tribute All the above at £3.50 a pint with the first pint at £3.00 by showing your programme guide Plus Meantime draft Pale Ale, Doubled chilled Pilsner and Yakama Red, not forgetting our Chocolate Porter plus 7 ciders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 TOOP TRAMWAY & THE BRIDGE have also confirmed, so two great layouts added to the list! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I get the hint. Show poster not more than 200 yds from home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Harry, Just wondering if I can lock the Vectra into the car park on Friday evening, indulge in a couple of bevvies, then use the grumpie pass to get home? Meanwhile, work progresses on Höchstädt. I've extended the lone half relief building onto the backscene, with an optimal viewing angle of 45°. Comments, please, at the exhibition. Nick and I tested the new cassettes this afternoon. There need to be modifications, so both Nick and I will be busy next week. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 I get the hint. Show poster not more than 200 yds from home. image.jpgPosters up in north welling around Elsa road and Stevens development, falconwood, danson park area and roads around south welling and shooters hill. So maybe your near one of those places. Posters also around Lewisham, Brockley, blackheath, Charlton, Peckham Surrey quays and Greenwich. This weekend we start marketing to lee, grove park, Bromley, petts wood and Orpington. Next week catford, eltham, Sydenham and sidcup. Getting good response from lewisham life magazine with a number of tickets sold to people seeing it in that publication Where in boring bexley are you then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Harry,Just wondering if I can lock the Vectra into the car park on Friday evening, indulge in a couple of bevvies, then use the grumpie pass to get home?Meanwhile, work progresses on Höchstädt. I've extended the lone half relief building onto the backscene, with an optimal viewing angle of 45°. Comments, please, at the exhibition.Nick and I tested the new cassettes this afternoon. There need to be modifications, so both Nick and I will be busy next week.Bill Hi Bill, the exhibitors car park only open from 7am on the day of exhibition however if you fancy a drink at our bar btw it opens from 7pm to 10pm on the Friday night for exhibitors with the 15 real ales might I suggest you leave the vector on Florence road as safe there. Also behind theatre is good as posh flats and I park there and often leave car overnight and never had any probs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Harry, I'll just say I'm somewhere between Elsa road and the railway. Looking forward to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemedic Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Can I ask why you are making people who don't have access to a computer nor wish to give their card details to a booking site being forced to pay more by buying on the day. It seems odd also that you won't allow family tickets to be bought at the pre-booked rate of £12 and instead are making those without a computer pay £16 for a family of four. Also not everyone has a printer. This practice isn't the norm for exhibitions and I think you'll find many wont like having to pay extra because they couldn't or wouldn't pre pay for their ticket Can I suggest that you just have the one set of prices at £3 OAP, £5 general entry and £12 for a family ticket. I for one in principle will not be attending if I have to pay more for my ticket on the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2014 Can I ask why you are making people who don't have access to a computer nor wish to give their card details to a booking site being forced to pay more by buying on the day. It seems odd also that you won't allow family tickets to be bought at the pre-booked rate of £12 and instead are making those without a computer pay £16 for a family of four. Also not everyone has a printer. This practice isn't the norm for exhibitions and I think you'll find many wont like having to pay extra because they couldn't or wouldn't pre pay for their ticket Can I suggest that you just have the one set of prices at £3 OAP, £5 general entry and £12 for a family ticket. I for one in principle will not be attending if I have to pay more for my ticket on the day. I prefer to think of it as a discount for pre-booking. This is not unusual for exhibitions that I have attended that permit pre-purchase of tickets. Booking online for other types of entertainment venues seems to incur extra costs! I think the organiser has tried to take into account the printerless population and does seem to offer the opportunity to download it to a phone. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Sorry Clive. Tony is right. It's not more to buy on the day but a discount to buy in advance. It's a well known strategy for many events or fixed date sales. Bus tickets, flights, hotel rooms, Beer festivals like the GBBF, Chelsea Flower Show et al. Warley has done this since the 90s. Don't want to pay full price then buy in advance, otherwise don't whinge about the cost. It's well in line with other shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Can I ask why you are making people who don't have access to a computer nor wish to give their card details to a booking site being forced to pay more by buying on the day. It seems odd also that you won't allow family tickets to be bought at the pre-booked rate of £12 and instead are making those without a computer pay £16 for a family of four. Also not everyone has a printer. This practice isn't the norm for exhibitions and I think you'll find many wont like having to pay extra because they couldn't or wouldn't pre pay for their ticket Can I suggest that you just have the one set of prices at £3 OAP, £5 general entry and £12 for a family ticket. I for one in principle will not be attending if I have to pay more for my ticket on the day. sorry to hear you won't be coming. I hope this may help change your mind, we set a discount rate for pre slaes and decided to do pre sales as we have the systems in place being a theatre with a full time manned box office. Buying on line is only one method of pre buying tickets, you can also call or come into the theatre in person to pre buy. Yes agree not everyone has a printer, but you can show your ticket on a smart phone or if booked early enough, we can post the tickets. We also have a system in place for anyone wanting to pre buy who doesn't have a printer as over the last few days before the 12th, we have a list of names of pre sold tickets so even if you lose your ticket, we have a record of you when you give your name on the door. We opted for doing pre sales as it is something as mentioned, we do on a daily basis in the theatre, plus also meant less cash handling on the day and we can pre plan numbers better from pre sales and types of pre sale. The family tickets at discounted £12 have been taken up well and from it, I can plan better on how many foot stools to buy for children to use to see some of the exhibits and the possible catering requirements. We had to offer a discount on the tickets to get more doing pre sales although they cost us slightly more in admin as we have credit and debit card costs we have to swallow. It also makes the entry quicker by having a separate entrance for ticket holders who just show ticket, we give them event programme and they are in. We priced the pre sale family ticket at £12 as then it made it cheaper for two adults and two children then paying individually. We also had to set it at a price higher then say a single parent bringing two children which pre sold would cost £11, so that one parent, one child, one parent two children, always pay less then the family ticket and two parents one child, then going for the family ticket pre sold is £1 cheaper at £12 instead of £13. so every one wins. On another matter, yesterday we lost TOOP tramway from Croydon MRC as one of the members has moved and taken the trams with him since they were booked. However may have a replacement from a layout I saw at Basildon today, so watch this space! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrydenford Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Basildon MRC have stepped in to replace TOOP Tramway with their very popular train simulator which was a hit when I saw it at Erith a few months ago and again last week at their show. Only a few days to go and the first showing for the Russian winter village is nearly ready with a kit built soviet class 231 just having buffers, snow plough and some weathering added and then all finished Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.T.Ford Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Just loading Batcombe into the van for the show. So far everything other than the traffic is looking good for tonight and tomorrow. CAT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Just seen this one! only down the road might have to pop in.. shame about Toop tramway not going always like that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2014 Will be making my way up from Folkestone early tomorrow to help run the Fiddle Yard on Bill Bishop's "Hochstadt" ......and bringing a couple of diesels that may make the odd appearance on the layout. Also pleased to hear that my niece has already pre-booked tickets for her 3-year and 5-yearold sons - when they were last here the 3-yearold was running the analogue test track whilst the 5-yearold was mastering the Z21 on my smartphone - and making a good job of it. Just hope their interest continues... If you're going to the show come and say hi and see Hochstadt on Stand 2 in the Upper Hall. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I've started to load Höchstädt, waiting for Nick to turn up before doing the heavy work. I've entered Keith's stock onto the DCC roster. But what Keith doesn't know about is the brand new (and untested) Mark 2 fiddle yard! Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2014 I've started to load Höchstädt, waiting for Nick to turn up before doing the heavy work. I've entered Keith's stock onto the DCC roster. But what Keith doesn't know about is the brand new (and untested) Mark 2 fiddle yard! Bill Oh!! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 11, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2014 I'll be with the train simulator thats replacing the Toop Tramway. Come along and say hello. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Quite a few layouts have been set up, including Höchstädt and Batcombe. An interesting location, with layouts in the chapel, various rooms behind the chapel as well as upstairs. So, if you come tomorrow, make sure you find all the stands. Oh and don't forget there is beer in The London Theatre, which is 100 yards along the New Cross Road. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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