RAILEX 23rd & 24th May 2015

[david bigcheeseplant]

Railex 2015
Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP21 9PP

Saturday 23rd May & 24th May

Times Saturday 10.30-17.30 Sunday 10.00-17.00

www.railex.org.uk

Free vintage bus fro Aylesbury railway station to Railex and return both days

7mm Scale
82G Templecombe Road Shed, O Gauge, Warley Model Railway Club 82G Group
Aberbeeg, Scale 7, Simon Thompson,
Frecclesham, O Gauge, Newport Model Railway Society,
Grindley Brook: O Gauge, Hillingdon Railway Modellers

1/4inch Scale
Corris, 9/16inch Gauge, Peter Kazer

4mm Scale
Black Country Blues, EM Gauge, Staffordshire Finescale Group
Harton Gill P4 Carlshalton & Sutton MRC
Warren Lane, OO Gauge, Alan Bevan & Maggie Clark

3mm Scale
Addison Park, 14.2mm Gauge, Philip Hutchings,
Ballyconnell Road, 15.75mm Gauge, 3mm Society Irish Group
Whatlington (Sx), 14.2mm Gauge, Peter Bossom,
Portsea, 12mm Gauge, Paul Hopkins

2mm Scale
Loch Tat, N Gauge, Adrian Lambourne
Melton Mowbray (North), N Gauge, John Spence & Steve Weston
St Blazey 2mm Scale John Greenwood
William Smith Wharf 2mm Jerry Clifford

Traders

•Alan Gibson: 4mm and 7mm wheels and kits.

•ALL Components: All the electrical bits that you need to wire your layout.

•AMBIS Engineering: Manufacturers of primarily etched components for modellers for 4mm or 7mm scales.

•C&L Finescale Modelling Ltd: Track components and the Carrs range of solders and fluxes.

•Ceynix Railway Trees: Handmade trees in various sizes made in the UK by a UK modeller.

•Cheltenham Model Centre: Most ranges of RTR locos and rolling stock.

•Cooper Craft: Producers of their own 16mm and 4mm kits.

•D&E Video - Realtrack Models: Plastic kits for D&E modelling plus railway DVDs.

•Dragon Models: Have a range of 7mm and 4mm etched brass kits, together with a range of PO wagon and Pre Group company wagon transfers.

•Eileen's Emporium: Tools, sheet metal, rod, tube and any thing else you need for scratch building.

•Extreme Etchings - Shawplan: Manufacturer of British Rail Modern Traction 2mm, 4mm and 7mm Nameplates and Detailing Kits.

•Gramodels: Suppliers of quality resin Military Vehicles/Equipment from 2mm to 7mm.

•Golden Arrow Productions: Locos not supplied by the main manufactures.

•Green Scene: For all your scenic modelling needs.

•High Level: Producer of state-of-the-art 4mm scale kits of the more appealing and unusual industrial locomotives.

•Hobby Holidays: A husband and wife team offering "Hobbies with Hospitality".

•Ian's Trains: Pre-owned OO & N gauge rolling stock.

• Isinglass Models: Suppliers of fine scale LNER drawings used and recommended by modellers for over 40 years.

•Judith Edge Kits: 4 & 7mm scale brass kits for industrial diesels.

•London Road Models: Designing and manufacturing of 4mm locos and rolling stock etched kits.

•M.A.R.C. Models - Electrifying Trains: Loco hauled coaches rtr, SR EMU's rtr, coach kit manufacturers.

•N Brass Locos: Brass kits for N gauge.

•Parkside Dundas: Produce an extensive range of rolling stock kits, mostly wagons from the post group period, from 2mm to 7mm.

•PenBits Model Railways: A range of etched brass kits for adding sprung suspensions to proprietary 4mm scale diesel locomotives.

•Priory Books: A full range of the latest titles from Ian Allan/OPC/Irwell Press/Noodle Books/ etc, also a wide range of railway books at reduced prices.

•Plus Daughters: N & Z gauge RTR and detailing parts.

•Quainton Road Models: Specialises in kits and accessories for the Great Central Railway and the Metropolitan Railway.

•Radley Models: Provides resin and white metal kits (ex Harrow Model Shop) for tube and surface kits for London Transport railway models.

•Replica Railways: RTR, spares, transfers and the replica range of coaches.

•Road Transport Images: A range of resin-bodied/whitemetal road vehicle kits.

•Roxey Mouldings: Mostly southern railway kits in 4 & 7mm scales.

•Rural Railways: Detail components in OO and N if its made you will find it here.

•South Eastern Finecast: Cast white metal locomotive kits in 4mm scale.

•Sunningwell Command Control: Digitrax, Soundtraxx, North Coast Engineering, Train Control Systems (TCS) and CML and other products.

•Wizard Models: Specialise in providing kits and components to our fellow model railway enthusiasts, particularly in 4mm and 7mm.

 

[Dan Randall]

Thanks for posting that David.

I'm looking forward to seeing "Black Country Blues" in the flesh, but top marks for booking the 7mm stuff, especially "82G" and "Aberbeeg". Also in 7mm, "Grindley Brook" is not a layout I'm familiar with, but as the Hillingdon Railway Modellers (builders of "East Dean"), were behind it, I figured it ought to be good, so I checked out their web site and found some work in progress pictures....

http://www.hillingdonrailwaymodellers.co.uk/galleryGrindleyBrook.html

I particularly like the level of detail incorporated into the bridge that takes the railway over the canal.


Regards

Dan

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

In O gauge we also have Frecclesham http://www.newportmrs.co.uk/frecclesham.htm and Peter Kazer's Corris which is 1/4" scale (American O Gauge), In fact half the hall is devoted to O gauge, I am just finishing the floor plan and only managed to fit everything in!

I think Grindley Brook may be it's first showing at Railex 2015

We also have four 3mm scale layouts to celebrate the 3mm Society 50th Anniversary.

David

 

[adrian]

I figured it ought to be good, so I checked out their web site and found some work in progress pictures....

http://www.hillingdonrailwaymodellers.co.uk/galleryGrindleyBrook.html

I particularly like the level of detail incorporated into the bridge that takes the railway over the canal.

It does look good - Jim Snowdon is involved as well and has posted a couple of photo's on the GOG forum (warning it's a closed forum unfortunately - i.e. members only)
http://www.gauge0guild.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5135

 

[Scale7JB]

Hi David, ISTR that Grindley Brook was at the Peterborough show, year before last, albeit in a slightly less finished state..

It was still a lovely bit of kit though..

JB.

 

[Heather Kay]

Looking forward to this year's show. Black Country Blues and Aberbeeg? That's spoiling us.

 

[Len Cattley]

That's sounds a good expo, can't wait to see it.

Len

 

[SimonT]

and only managed to fit everything in!

As I read the list I was beginning to wander how we were all going to fit in the hall. Looking forward to Hava Beers only outing in 2015.

Simon

 

[Ian G]

I shall a usual be on car park duty

Ian G

 

[queensquare]

Best show of the year. We will be there with William Smith's Wharf and John will have lots of locos on StBlazey which is actually part of the fiddle yard on his home layout (see MRJ 235) - the John and Jerry micro layout show! In between us we will have a small demo/ clinic area so if you have any questions for a reasonably competent bodger (me) or probably the most talented modeller I know (John) then come and see us.

Jerry ( Clifford, not Chifford )

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

It all fits in so far as I have just finalised the floor plan. There are still a few of the societies to firm up but those who came last year have their space.

There was a John and Gerry show a few years back as I remember John Hall and Gerry Warner who are no longer with us but have a display at Pendon of there work, I think the current John & Jerry show have a different look!

I think the big news of the show is Wild Swan maybe taking plastic!

David

 

[MartinWales]

Blimey Dave! Are you sure??

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

Blimey Dave! Are you sure??

Better ask Simon

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

Here is the link to the floor plan http://www.railex.org.uk/Railex2015FloorPlanandStandNumbers.pdf

We will have our free vintage bus running from the railway station car park to RAILEX and return both days on Saturday it will run every half an hour and Sunday every hour. It is recommend those coming by car to park in Friarscroft car park and get the bus in. RAILEX tickets and programmes can be brought on the bus avoiding getting them at the stadium front desk.

David

 

[Len Cattley]

Hi David, have you got a map re parking?

Len

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

Hi Len

There is free car parking at the stadium but this tends to fill quite quickly, we have hired Stoke Mandeville Hospital staff car park as an overspill, which our stewards will direct you to from the stadium. There is also the hospital car parks but these charge.

We do suggest you park in the Friarscroft car park (behind Morrisons) and close to the railway station and use our vintage routemaster bus to RAILEX

David

 

[Ian G]

By 10 am the stadium car park is full, those of us on the car park try our best to get you in, If we have a dry few weeks I can find other parking areas on the grass up a hill, be patient if you want to park at the stadium I am not super human, sometimes I have to shout trust me you can hear me when your stereo is on loud and windows closed and my voice carries, disabled drivers we will always find a space even when the marked ones are full.
Enjoy the show I always do.

Ian G

 

[Len Cattley]

 

[Scale7JB]

Dan, don't mention anything to the East Dean boys about S7..

In 2012 at my local show, I got heavily scalded within 15 seconds of talking to them, asking them about their layout and it's size, and mentioning how I was (at the time) making plans to build an S7 layout... Frankly I was stunned that the people operating the layout had ripped me a new one, when I had paid for a few hours entertainment at the show.

I was for want of a better word speechless at the time..

JB.

 

[Dan Randall]

Dan, don't mention anything to the East Dean boys about S7..

In 2012 at my local show, I got heavily scalded within 15 seconds of talking to them, asking them about their layout and it's size, and mentioning how I was (at the time) making plans to build an S7 layout... Frankly I was stunned that the people operating the layout had ripped me a new one, when I had paid for a few hours entertainment at the show.

I was for want of a better word speechless at the time..

JB.

Sorry to hear that JB. These days, East Dean seems to be in this care of the Wolverhampton O gauge chaps (the guys that built 82G). One of their number, Pete Silvester, has supplied myself and a friend with several inside motion castings & turnings that he uses on his "Castles" and he never laughed when S7 was mentioned. I can only imagine it was one of the previous owners/builders (or a guest operator), that had a dig at you. It's still not British though!

How's the layout planning coming along?


Regards

Dan