Page 10 - March April 2002

WHAT’S ON & WHERE...
NMRA (BR) EARLY SUMMER MEET
Hosts: Date: Venue: Admission: Contact:
D&H Division
Saturday June 1st 2002 from 10am
Hamworthy Recreation Club, Wimborne, Dorset £2.50 members, £3.50 guests
Russ Cook on 01202 679263
Layouts, traders, refreshments, etc. as usual. Bring & Buy – first come first served, £1 per table.
Crawley Model Railway Society
Hosts: Date:
Venue:
Admission:
Contact:
Crawley MRS
Saturday & Sunday April 6th & 7th 2002 (Sat. 10am till 5pm; Sun. 10am till 4.30pm)
Tanbridge House School, Guildford Rd., Horsham, W. Sussex (Fully accessible for disabled)
£3.50 adults, £1.75 concessions, £8.75 family 2+2 Barry Mursell 01403-258688
At least 17 layouts in UK, USA, German, Belgian, French outline.
Incl. Much Sawing “G”, Kingsbury Terminal “O”, Seaboard Southern (NMRA Division) “HO”, Three Bridges “HO”.
Refreshments and free parking.
The American Train Show
Date: Venue:
Admission:
Contact:
Saturday April 6th 2002 (10.30am till 5pm)
Memorial Hall, Wootten Bassett, Wilts. 3 miles from Jnc. 16 of M4
Entry £2.50 adults, £1.50 OAPs and children 01249 651917
Refreshments and hot meals available. US layouts in several
scales, specialist traders, second-hand sales.
Macclesfield Model Railway Group
Dates: Venue:
Admission: Layouts:
Saturday April 6th (10am till 6pm) Sunday 7th (10am till 5pm) 2002
Ryles Park High School, Ryles Park Road, off Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Adults £3, OAP/children £1.50, family 2+2 £7
At least 20 covering all popular scales/gauges. 2mm/N, 3mm/TT, 3.5mm/HO, 4mm/OO/EM/P4, 7mm/O.
Demonstrations, static displays, raffle etc. Large display of model road vehicles shown by the NARTM. Trade support.
Access: free bus ride from Macclesfield station, incl. return. Starts 9.30am from station. Then every hour till 4.30pm Sat and 3.30pm Sun. Ample free parking at school. Disabled access.
Contact: Exhibition information only: 01625 433011. Website www.mmrgexhibiton.homestead.com
Modellers’ Meet & Railroad Show
Date: Venue:
Admission: Contact:
Saturday April 13th 2002 (10.30am till 5pm)
Broughton Hall, Banbury School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, just off junction 11 of the M40
£3.00 and NMRA members £2.00 Dave Jones, Exhibition Manager, on:
nthusiastresprays@btinternet.com
A computer E-group forum called nscaleuk. who can be found at www.nsclaeuk@yahoogroups.com are putting on this Modellers’ Meet and Railroad Show featuring 7 top traders and over 11 layouts (5 with DCC and 2 of those with onboard sound!!). As far as is know this could be the biggest (if not the first) totally N-scale North American and Canadian show held in the UK.
Traders booked are as follows:
LSWR, Tony’s Trains, Steam Powered Video, Squires Tools, Alan Curtis Models, Penhaven Model Products and Sunningwell SCC (Digitrax).
The show is a non-profit venture, and all the costs are coming out of the members’ pockets hopefully to be recouped on the day (traders are not being charged to attend). Any surplus will go to the local hospital children’s ward.
The group is trying to hold a ‘serious’ modellers’ show, with lots of Q+A, plus the opportunity to go back stage (where safe and secure) to view behind the scenes, plus operate some layouts. There is even a hands on weathering demo, and DCC chip fitting demonstration for the inquisitive. Layouts will have the minimum of barriers, and the public will be encouraged to ask questions and get involved if they wish.
Some of the 11 layouts booked include:
Constance USA (DCC+ On board sound); Radstock Falls; Hooton Hollow; Dale Junction; Cougar Rock; Rio Rocca (DCC); There are invites out for 5 more, so the total should be 15-16 layouts.
Black Diamonds Spring Meet
Hosts: Date: Venue:
Admission:
Black Diamond Division
Saturday May 18th 2002. 10.30am till 3.30pm.
Humphrey Perkins School, Cotes Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leics.
Adults £2.50 (cards must be shown) Visitors £3.50, OAP £2.50, Children £1.00
There is ample car parking space. There is also a good train service serving Barrow and pick-ups will be available on the day through prior contact. The Leicester - Loughborough local bus route also passes through the village.
Layouts: As usual there will be a Black Diamond layout in
HO with a new module by Robin Pollard. The ‘N Gaugers’ will have the largest collection of modules ever assembled in Europe. Visitors are welcome to bring along stock for running.
Trade: Usual traders invited, including LSWR Models,
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