View Single Post
  #5  
Old 6th November 2018, 16:08
davidmcc3 davidmcc3 is offline  
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Gosport, Hants, UK
Posts: 10
We're into the last two weeks before the exhibition ... and the Committee is getting the usual pre-match nerves - they think they've thought of everything!

This is a good time to remind visitors that the excellent catering put on by 'Trig' in the school's kitchen, is only available between 12 noon and 1:30pm - each year there are people who have got so engrossed in the exhibition that they forget the early close of the catering. However, drinks and snacks are still available in the 'Bridge' (just along from the catering), and there are several food outlets in Ocean Park, including a new M&S Food Hall.

There is a little 'Blue Badge' parking in front of the school - if you don't have a Blue Badge, please don't park in these spaces.

Time is running out for pre-show orders, so get your order-for-collection in soon.

Please also note that a number of the advertisers in this year's Show Guide will be offering discounts for limited periods after the Exhibition, but only on production of the Guide.

Traders Previewed:

This year's traders (who haven't been mentioned before) include C&L, Falcon Masterpiece Models, MRD (Model Railway Developments), Penbits, Rumney Models, and Squires Tools.

Advertising but not appearing at the Exhibition are The Electric Loft Ladder Co., KB Models (of Havant), and Wicor Models (of Portchester).

https://www.shmrc.org.uk/exhibition/exhibition-traders/

Layout Preview:

Outwell Village (4mm scale, OO finescale)

The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway opened to traffic on the 20th August 1883 only as far as Outwell, and then on to Upwell on the 8th September 1884. Between the years of 1945 to 1950 the line saw the most activity, when it was not uncommon to see double headed trams with 60 fruit vans in tow. Steam trams were the mainstay of the motive power in the early years, with diesels taking over until 23rd May 1966 when the line closed to traffic.

https://www.shmrc.org.uk/wp-content/...ll-768x705.jpg

Layout Preview:

Leysdown (4mm scale, P4 gauge)

Welcome to the Leysdown, a model railway layout portraying, in 4mm to the foot scale, the terminus of the Sheppey Light Railway as it would have appeared in the early 1930s under Southern Railway ownership.

https://www.shmrc.org.uk/wp-content/...02-768x468.jpg

Demonstrators & Societies

The last of the 'gauge' societies that will be represented at the Exhibition is the 2mm Society. The 2mm Scale Association exists to promote and facilitate modelling at the scale of 2mm:1ft. The scale has a long history as the smallest practical finescale standard.

https://www.shmrc.org.uk/exhibition/...ors-societies/

Getting to the exhibition

Full details for getting to the exhibition by public and private transport are on the Club website. The Show Guide is free, and contain information about layouts and traders, and there are some special offers from some of the traders.

https://www.shmrc.org.uk/exhibition/
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Outwell-768x705.jpg (99.8 KB, 2 views)
File Type: jpg portsmouth_leysdown01-002-768x468.jpg (60.6 KB, 2 views)
Reply With Quote