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M. G. SHARP MODELS
712 Attercliffe Road Sheffield S9 3RP
Tel: 0114 244 0851 / 244 7120 Fax: 0114 244 0434
EMAIL: MGSharp@aol.com
Firstly Margaret & myself would like to thank everybody for your cards, kind words and thoughts after Bill’s Death. Unfortunately we can’t reply to everyone, so please accept this as a thank you note.
It was great to see so many of you at Derby, and it was really nice to see finished layouts that we have had the pleasure of supplying a large amount of the stock, buildings & scenery.
Kato GP 35 Phase 1c. BN, SP & GN 1# ea, UP & SF 2#’s £69.50 ea 2 for £130.00 Now in stock, Snoot nose SD40-2’s BNSF & SF left £79.95. ATLAS HO Scale RS-3 Loco’s Can Nat, Central of Gerg, Erie & Rutland, 1 number of each at a very Special price of only £55.95 Any 2 for ONLY £100.00. Order now. Walthers Asst FA &FB units £19.95ea. Proto 1000 “F” Units £29.95. STEWART FT A&B sets, GN “2 types”, DRGW “2 types”, LV & SR £87.50ea, ATSF Warbonnet £124.95. NEW C628 in PRR £79.95 (other roads due). PROTO 2000, E7’s & PA’s all now down in price to £47.50. All GP-7’s £47.50, GP-20’s £47.50 & GP30’s £57.95. ROCO/Proto 2-8-8-2 Locos due from Roco... £269.95 Order now... We have probably the largest stock of US Cars, Trucks & Trailers in the UK from Busch (and their scenic materials inc. US style Crossbucks which are fully working £12.95), Herpa, Atlas, Walthers, Trident etc. We also carry more detail parts than most US shops along with the Complete range of Kadee Couplers, Trucks and Freight cars (NEW 50’ PS1 wonderful car). Kadee #5 - 10 packs for £17.50.
Kato N scale E8’s and Corrugated Passenger car sets. The E8’s are coming in the following sets: A-A packs PRR Tuscan single stripe, CB&Q Silver, CP Block lettering. SR Green. A-B sets in ATSF Silver Red warbonnet (2 different sets) £109.95ea. A units in ATSF £55.00. Corrugated Passenger Car Sets. A Sets consist of Diner, RPO, Observation & Slumbercoach. B Sets consist of Baggage, Coach, Dome & Pullman. Both sets in the following road names, ATSF, CP, PRR, CB&Q & Southern. Each set will cost £59.95. We are going to be offering the following deals, A pair of Locos and 1 each matching coach set for £206.95, a saving of £23.00 (10%), ATSF A-B-A & Coach sets £256.95, All The above are limited. So order early to avoid disappointment. Deposits required. SD40-2 Snoot noses now in stock, Phone for current stock. Alco RS-2’s ATSF (2#’s), GN (2#’s), D&H, CP & NYC now at £55.00. RSC-2 Seaboard & Milw £52.50 Any 2 £100.00. PA sets Erie Lack or Wabash £87.50. Atlas SD50 locos Chessie, Seaboard & MP(UP) £55.00 or any 2 for only £105.00. LENZ decoders for Atlas SD50/60/M & GP40-2 locos £24.95 (fitted £30.00). Full range of Microtrains couplers and Cars. We get the new releases on a standing order basis.
New LENZ Compact DCC controller 100 Locos & 100 Points for only £64.95. Sae for full DCC details: Lenz, System One, Digitrax & MRC.
Books. Withers 2000 UP loco directory £14.00, NS loco directory £10.50, UP’s Sherman Hill in the Diesel era £33.75. SAE for our all new 9 page Book List.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS TAKEN INCLUDING SWITCH POST AND HANDLING CHARGE £1.95 PER ORDER (unless stated)
WE ARE OPEN SIX DAYS MON-SAT 9.30 -17.00
The East Midlands Model
Railway Exhibition 2000
Retrospect...
From John Wright
The Nottingham Bulwell Model Railway Society has recently developed a policy of promoting North American modelling in its annual exhibition. At the instigation of exhibition organiser Ian Trivett, March 4th & 5th 2000 saw for the second successive year, a significant section of the show devoted to many aspects of model railroading. Three layouts were on show in the American section, “Rogers Pass”, an N gauge snow scene by Roger Nichols, “Forest Grove”, a switching layout in HO by Roger Epps and “Bellows Falls” by Bob Smith in HO. This layout will be at the Bradford Convention and is a close copy of an actual location in New England.
Complimenting the layouts were a number of demonstration stands. Les Pritchard was scratchbuilding a number of structures in Plastikard, and Ian Askew and Nick Quinn were carrying out rolling stock modifications, conversion and detailing in N & HO respectively.
Keith Webb brought a display of UP Big Boys in a range of scales from N to Gauge 1, the latter being a multi thousand pounds complex of electronic gizmos which delighted the punters young and old alike. Yours truly did a Proto 87 demo featuring one board of “Federal St.” combined with promotion of the British Region with a box of freebies supplied by John Hey and a computer showing our website.
Kadee and the Model Railroader had sent across displays and we also had a video set-up showing tapes from SPV. To add to all this the Bulwell Society offered reduced entrance charges to card carrying members. It was a measure of the interest shown by the visitors that Keith and I were constantly busy handling queries and supplying information. Numerous members introduced themselves over the course of the weekend and I was especially pleased to find almost all of our membership forms had been given out by the Sunday evening. Even more surprising was meeting two fellow Proto 87 modellers, alas they were modellers of the European scene but it’s nice to know there are others as crazy as myself.
Following the success of this year’s event the organisers have decided that the exhibition has now outgrown the Victoria Leisure Centre and next year’s venue and date will be new:
2001 East Midlands Model Railway Exhibition
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th March 2001
Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Bilborough Park, Wigman Road, Bilborough, Nottingham.
Details later in the year.
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John Wright