Coming soon is the Scalefour Society’s annual exhibition “Scaleforum” which will take place on Saturday and Sunday 19 & 20 September 2015 at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
Full details, including the listings of layouts and traders, and a free downloadable show guide are available on the Scalefour Society website at www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2015
If you have any questions at all about the show or the Scalefour Society, please ask them here, or email enquiries@scalefour.org
The Scalefour Society aims to continue to bring visitors to the show some of the very best of 4mm scale railway modelling and the broad mix of attractions that have been enjoyed for many years, with high quality layouts, knowledgeable demonstrators and a wide range of traders to meet all possible model making needs.
Advance booking
It’s possible to beat the queues to enter with the Society’s online ticket sales. Advance tickets are on sale via the Society’s website. Visitors can buy their tickets online at http://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/tickets to save time and get early entry 15 minutes before the main opening time.
Tickets are valid for the entire weekend, allowing visitors to enjoy the show on both days, perhaps returning on the Sunday to have a more in-depth look at the layouts and to spend more time chatting with demonstrators on the second day of the show.
The layouts
As always, the layouts at Scaleforum are the main reason that people come and this year we have continued to provide a wide range of different periods and types.
Cadhey Sidings
Cadhey Sidings is a first attempt by Chris Gough at building a layout to P4 standards and he has been brave enough to bring it to Scaleforum. A “proof of concept” exercise, the layout depicts a freight siding and crossing, set on the single line Sidmouth branch north of Ottery St Mary around 1930.
Calderside
The layout represents the terminus of a fictitious Caledonian Railway branch, off the line from Carstairs to Lanark.
Clecklewyke
Clecklewyke is a small mill town on an imaginary ex-LNWR branch from Dewsbury to Bradford.
Coldfair Green
Coldfair Green opens a window into the leisurely pace of life at an East Anglian terminal station in the age of steam.
Fryers Lane
Fryers Lane is another first attempt at working to P4 standards being built as a scenic test track in P4 having previously modelled in EM. The track layout is based on Bloxwich on the Walsall–Rugeley line in the West Midlands in the late 1980s.
Longwood Edge
This portrayal of L&Y and LNWR railways in Edwardian West Yorkshire by Don Leeper and Iain Rice is now nearing basic completion. The setting is the side-valley of the river Colne that lies beneath the scarp of Longwood Edge, on the western fringe of Huddersfield.
Lower Exbury
Lower Exbury is a first attempt at P4 modelling. The layout represents the terminus of the South Hampshire Light Railway in the summer of 1952.
Plumpton Green
In the early 19th century, Plumpton was a small settlement between Lewes and Ditchling in East Sussex. The model is very closely based on Plumpton as it was in the period 1900-1920.
Ravenscroft Sidings
Ravenscroft Sidings was built as an entry for the Scalefour Society’s Diesel and Electric Layout Challenge and has since been extended. The layout is a depiction of part of the industrial heart of Teesside and features a steel distribution terminal with overhead gantry crane as well as a distribution centre served by the Speedlink network.
Saltfleet
Saltfleet is set in 1973 and represents the Lincolnshire branch line from Louth which sees a sparse freight service of fuel such as gasoil and kerosene delivered by rail for the local fuel merchant.
Whitton Junction Shed
Whitton Junction includes a loco shed, terminus station and goods yard. Typical North Eastern railway features are included.
Special Guest layout - Fangfoss
Fangfoss is a 1:43.5 scale, narrow gauge layout set in Norway circa 1900. The layout represents a passing station on the Randsfjordban, on the east side of the main mountain chain and north-west of Oslo.
So don’t forget!
Scaleforum 2015 – Stoke Mandeville Stadium – 19 & 20 September 2015
Prices on the door: Adults - £9 Society Members - £6
Tickets are valid for both days. Partners and accompanied children are admitted free
We look forward to seeing you there...
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager
Full details, including the listings of layouts and traders, and a free downloadable show guide are available on the Scalefour Society website at www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2015
If you have any questions at all about the show or the Scalefour Society, please ask them here, or email enquiries@scalefour.org
The Scalefour Society aims to continue to bring visitors to the show some of the very best of 4mm scale railway modelling and the broad mix of attractions that have been enjoyed for many years, with high quality layouts, knowledgeable demonstrators and a wide range of traders to meet all possible model making needs.
Advance booking
It’s possible to beat the queues to enter with the Society’s online ticket sales. Advance tickets are on sale via the Society’s website. Visitors can buy their tickets online at http://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/tickets to save time and get early entry 15 minutes before the main opening time.
Tickets are valid for the entire weekend, allowing visitors to enjoy the show on both days, perhaps returning on the Sunday to have a more in-depth look at the layouts and to spend more time chatting with demonstrators on the second day of the show.
The layouts
As always, the layouts at Scaleforum are the main reason that people come and this year we have continued to provide a wide range of different periods and types.
Cadhey Sidings
Cadhey Sidings is a first attempt by Chris Gough at building a layout to P4 standards and he has been brave enough to bring it to Scaleforum. A “proof of concept” exercise, the layout depicts a freight siding and crossing, set on the single line Sidmouth branch north of Ottery St Mary around 1930.
Calderside
The layout represents the terminus of a fictitious Caledonian Railway branch, off the line from Carstairs to Lanark.
Clecklewyke
Clecklewyke is a small mill town on an imaginary ex-LNWR branch from Dewsbury to Bradford.
Coldfair Green
Coldfair Green opens a window into the leisurely pace of life at an East Anglian terminal station in the age of steam.
Fryers Lane
Fryers Lane is another first attempt at working to P4 standards being built as a scenic test track in P4 having previously modelled in EM. The track layout is based on Bloxwich on the Walsall–Rugeley line in the West Midlands in the late 1980s.
Longwood Edge
This portrayal of L&Y and LNWR railways in Edwardian West Yorkshire by Don Leeper and Iain Rice is now nearing basic completion. The setting is the side-valley of the river Colne that lies beneath the scarp of Longwood Edge, on the western fringe of Huddersfield.
Lower Exbury
Lower Exbury is a first attempt at P4 modelling. The layout represents the terminus of the South Hampshire Light Railway in the summer of 1952.
Plumpton Green
In the early 19th century, Plumpton was a small settlement between Lewes and Ditchling in East Sussex. The model is very closely based on Plumpton as it was in the period 1900-1920.
Ravenscroft Sidings
Ravenscroft Sidings was built as an entry for the Scalefour Society’s Diesel and Electric Layout Challenge and has since been extended. The layout is a depiction of part of the industrial heart of Teesside and features a steel distribution terminal with overhead gantry crane as well as a distribution centre served by the Speedlink network.
Saltfleet
Saltfleet is set in 1973 and represents the Lincolnshire branch line from Louth which sees a sparse freight service of fuel such as gasoil and kerosene delivered by rail for the local fuel merchant.
Whitton Junction Shed
Whitton Junction includes a loco shed, terminus station and goods yard. Typical North Eastern railway features are included.
Special Guest layout - Fangfoss
Fangfoss is a 1:43.5 scale, narrow gauge layout set in Norway circa 1900. The layout represents a passing station on the Randsfjordban, on the east side of the main mountain chain and north-west of Oslo.
So don’t forget!
Scaleforum 2015 – Stoke Mandeville Stadium – 19 & 20 September 2015
Prices on the door: Adults - £9 Society Members - £6
Tickets are valid for both days. Partners and accompanied children are admitted free
We look forward to seeing you there...
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager
