bbishop Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 The inaugural exhibition of the European Railways Association will be at the Bournville Centre on Saturday 6 December from 10:30am to 5:00pm. Admission is £6 for adults, £2 for children under 16 and £12 for families (2+3). The venue is: The Cadbury Club Bournville Lane Birmingham B30 2HP You can find more details on our website at www.eurorail.org.uk The layouts are as follows, albeit without accents: Boommeer, Stellabeek, Vlcetinec, Port d'Etropal, Tre Ponti, Oberkapellendorf, Ruhestand Weg, Bad Feriendorf, Wellmich am Rhein, Hinterupfingen (see December Continental Modeller), Aversac-les-Mines, Baerental, Erlaufklause Bahnhof and Zeldom Zeen. Traders are: Continental Modeller, Elaine's Trains, Mount Tabor Models, |N Scale CH, Chris Roberts, Winco, Contikits, Minitrains, Golden Valley Hobbies, ABC Model Railways and Locomotives International. I don't think that I've missed anything vital, but I will be travelling to Birmingham on Friday, because we set up from 6:00am on Saturday. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2014 Sounds really good, shame I can't make it as i'm exhibhiting at Poynton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisspeat Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 An excellent show! I am really pleased that I attended. First class choice of layouts and traders. Nice friendly atmosphere at the show. Decent venue. I am already looking forward to next year. Well done ERA. Kind regards, Peter Marriott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backofanenvelope Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Any pics? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Any pics? I took some snaps and will try to load them onto RMWeb tomorrow. Watch this space, but be aware they will be snaps. Decent photos will appear in Continental Modeller in due course. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 A great show indeed with some quite excellent layouts. Well done to the ERA especially as it was their first show. I'll try and get some snaps on too but am playing nursey at the moment so rather busy! Trade was good, too good in fact - no more spending for me for quite some time! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well as promised, here is my first set of photos, This is "Aversac-les-mines" by Ian Jowett, French H0 (& H0m?) - brilliant! Apologies for the quantity but I thought this layout was so good, I had to take loads of pictures. I think all the buildings are scratch-built, the motive power is too and the track is hand-made to boot! Truly exquisite modelling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yes, Aversac was definitely best in show. Keep posting the pics, John. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Vying closely for the top spot was "Tre Ponti" by Brian Bennett Italian H0. Also brilliant. I do hope she's not aiming to sneak into the bar. This is a very charming little diesel, I love it!!! I love the little details on this, the rendering having fallen off the goods shed, the weathering on the buildings and so on, again excellent modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 A couple now of the ever lovely "Barental" Swiss H0m by Mike Ausden, Next is a lovely view of a Belgian motive power depot by Alan Wardman in H0, Cheers for now, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Now we come to something that is going to be very special indeed! This is "Erlaufklause Bahnhof" Austrian H0e by John Attewell - lovely scenery but just look at that catenary, it is a work of art! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Finally for my photos, we come to "Boommeer" Dutch H0 by Nick Palette, even though he was the first stand I only got back to him at the end, sorry mate! A lovely little sound fitted modern diesel unit, with the help of Axel K. we discovered that the station announcements were indeed in Dutch, wonderful stuff! I wonder what the maintenance guy is thinking!?! A simply divine "big MaK" (sorry!) but look at the lovely weathering on those wagons, also visible in the next shot. And, if you can't have black & white cows in Holland, where can you have them? I always like to get an overhead shot wherever possible, just so I can borrow any track plan ideas! As is usual for me at most shows, I spent too long gas-bagging or contemplating purchases so I missed taking any photos of the remainder of the layouts, sorry about that. Hopefully we shall all look forward to another great show next year. Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backofanenvelope Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Just seen your pics John thanks very much for posting and i may see if I can get along next year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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