Scaleforum 2013 - 28 & 29 September

[Flymo748]

Advance tickets for Scaleforum 2013 are now on sale!

Beat the queues with our on-line e-ticket sales.
Save time and get early entry at 10.15am on the Saturday, and 09.45am on the Sunday.
This year, as last, advance tickets take the form of 'e-tickets' for individuals attending Scaleforum. When you have completed your purchase you will be need to print out the ticket which must be produced at the door. Members using the members' discounted rate will also be required to show their membership card.
There is a link on the Scalefour Society website home page (www.scalefour.org), which will take you straight to where you can purchase your ticket through our normal, secure, on-line shop, or if you wish there is the option of making your purchase using Paypal.

Not only that, but for Scalefour Society members that are coming as part of a group of four or more, you will be able to purchase your tickets for the entire group in advance at the further discounted rate of only £4.00 each. Terms and conditions apply, so please read them carefully. Please note as well that Group Tickets are not E-Tickets but will be sent to you by post.

This discounted group rate will NOT be available on the day!

Non-members still have the advantage of being able to purchase tickets in advance, although they do not have access to the special group prices.

Unlike many on-line booking systems, the Scalefour Society has decided that you should not need to pay a booking fee or a credit card charge, so the price that you pay is exactly the same as you would pay on the day - except that it is more convenient!

The direct link is: http://www.scalefour...s/etickets.html

Once again you will be able to order a name badge if you want one, which will be available for collection when you come in to the show.

Please note then that Advance Ticket sales this year will cease at some point in the week prior to the show, probably on Thursday 26th September.

If you have any questions, or special requests or issues about Scaleforum ticket sales do please e-mail: tickets@scalefour.org

See you at Aylesbury for Scaleforum 2013!

Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager

 

[Flymo748]

Scaleforum 2013 - the Layouts

Of course, you would hardly want to buy advance tickets for Scaleforum without knowing what will be there. This year, the layouts* will be

Allt-y-Graban Road
Fictitious layout represents an alternative existence for the bottom end of the Central Wales Line 1957-67.

Black Gill
Depiction of part of the NE Railway as seen between the early 1950s to late 1960s.

Dubbieside
Dubbieside is based on buildings and a railway setting to be found in Fife and is set in the 1960s.

Elcot Road
A fictitious small branch terminus station located in the Croydon area set in August 1988 and featuring third rail electrification.

Halifax King Cross
A model is based on the Halifax High Level Railway which was operated originally by the NER and L&Y and which is set in 1960.

London Road
The well know LNWR layout now extended and changed to a through Station but still very much pre-Grouping LNWR.

Nottingham Goods
A portrayal of a corner of the Midland Railway Goods Station in Nottingham around 1923.

Simington
A fictitious representation of a small through station set somewhere in the west of England as it would have been in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Stoke by Nayland
Eastern Region byway in Sufolk, set in the 1950s with much Great Eastern influence evident.

West End
West End is set in the mid 1970s in the North West of England, and represents part of a small terminus, which has survived owing to the existence of freight services "off-stage".

Obbeker
Built to P87 standards, Obbekaer is a typical rural station on a fictitious Danish private railway in South Jutland in the late 1950s.

Test track
provided by the Risborough and District Model Railway Club.

Cheers
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

I may pop along, I heard its a good venue for a toy train show!

 

[Flymo748]

I'm very pleased to say that the Scaleforum 2013 showguide is now freely available for download.



http://www.scalefour.org/shows/scaleforumguide2013.pdf

As well as describing the exhibits, this guide also contains links to all of the traders, a list of other attractions near to the show, and a timetable of trains to Aylesbury from both Birmingham and London with the connecting free bus service to the show.

There's four weeks to go, and it's never too early to plan your shopping list...

Cheers
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager

 

[bogusman]

This year I will going for the first time on Sunday due to helping my son's ATC squadron complete their diorama of the dam buster raid (judging on the Sunday).

Pete

 

[Flymo748]

Pete,

You'll find that Sunday will be a little quieter, by tradition. However the same programme of events will take place. In particular, modellers in any scale may be interested in the lecture that is being given this year.

One of the attractions at Scaleforum that is missing from the show guide are the lectures, or more precisely the one lecture that will take place on both days.

We are very please that Jim Summers has agreed to give a lecture on the topic of "Earning a living".

The title refers not to him personally, but rather a look at what the railways did, how they operated on a day to day basis, and how we can represent this on our layouts. Some people may know that Jim spent his working life as a professional railwayman ending his career at a senior level with British Rail, and has a wealth of experience to share with us. Having had the pleasure at various times of hearing some of Jim's stories, I am sure that we have a very entertaining experience.

The lecture will take place on both days at 11.30am which will enable those who can only come on one day to hear it.

The re-introduction of the lectures at Scaleforum is in response to those members who have requested them, and this particular one covers the request for information about prototype practice.

Cheers
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager

 

[Flymo748]

And in case anyone would like earlier entry to the show, Advance Tickets are still on sale...for just three more days.

For anyone still intending to buy an advance ticket for this year's Scaleforum they will only remain on sale for three more days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The direct link is: http://www.scalefour.org/s4umtickets/etickets.html

If you have any questions, please e-mail: tickets@scalefour.org

See you at the weekend icon!

Cheers
Paul Willis
Scalefour Society Marketing Manager

 

[Decapod]

Advance Tickets for Scaleforum 2013 are still on sale, but this will be the last day...

So if you haven't got your ticket yet and you don't want to pay at the door, hurry, hurry!

http://www.scalefour.org/s4umtickets/etickets.html

Our webmaster will be closing the facility for this year when he gets up tomorror morning, and he is an early riser

Of course if you don't want an advance ticket or don't have time to buy one, we'll be very pleased to sell you your ticket at the door on Saturday or Sunday.

Hope to see you at the weekend

All the Best
Danny

 

[Ian G]

I will be there on carpark duties, as usual at the stadium, (Saturday only)

Ian G

 

[Heather Kay]

Well, Best Beloved, Mr Lewsey and myself made the journey. The car park was rammed, but there didn't seem to be many visitors to the show.

Anyway, we had some refreshments and paid to get in, and spent the next couple of hours or more wandering around, chatting, watching model railways move v-e-r-y v-e-r-y slowly, and spending money. When we surfaced for some lunch, the queue was beginning to look a bit healthier.

I hope the new venue works out long term. Saturdays are normally the busy day for Scaleforum, from my experience, and it took a while for the crowd to grow. Mind you, it's a little bit of a larger venue than Leatherhead. I also wonder whether some people decided the journey was a bit too far, or took them longer than expected.

What was conspicuous by its absence at the show today was a layout with fast trains. Lots of shunting, lots of very good modelling, and nothing much moving at more than a walking pace. I'd love to see a sweeping vista of the likes of Stoke Summit in S4.

 

[bogusman]

Well just returned from the show and there seemed to be not as much atmosphere as there was when the show was at Leatherhead , maybe this is due to the new floor layout of the show. This is the first time I have been to the show on a Sunday and I did find it very quiet. On a plus side I did find the quality of the layouts to be of the high standard that is what I expect to see at scale forum. As for Heathers comment about fast trains I am sure there are layouts out there maybe the owner/owners do not want to exhibit them who knows? Two products That I wanted to buy but both sold out on the Saturday were one from model railway developments that was a turntable control unit it seemed a very well engineered so will order it next week (just got to scratch build a 65 foot turntable deck. The other one was from "the gass masters" the flock it applicator very I'm very impressed after being given a demonstration of what it can do. The only purchase I made was Gorden Gravett's latest book which I will be reading while the rest of the family watch the X factor.The layout that I spent most time looking at was the unpronounceable welsh layout with the BR design signal box wow.

Pete

 

[Simon]

The layout that I spent most time looking at was the unpronounceable welsh layout with the BR design signal box wow.

That was Bernie Baker's brilliant layout Allt-y Graban Road in P4. The plywood wonder signal box is a true work of art and was built by his friend whose name I have embarrassingly forgotten



It is one of my favourite layouts, a great back story, an interesting yet simple track plan, operated like a real railway and very well observed. I spent a lot of time watching it at Warley last year

I was very flattered and pleased when both gentlemen turned up at Larkrail, complete with this lovely signal box model which they put on display

Simon

 

[Ian G]

I enjoyed my day there and would assist again next year, my only gripe was traders who display 7mm items and do not stock anything relating to 7mm and are very rude when askinging for items on there stand, this was Finney. spoke to Hobby Holidays about Appelberry kits, he is trying to asssist with the range or take it over.

Ian G

 

[AJC]

Quite so Simon - but you missed 'beautifully presented'. A backscene that really works and a show which allowed you to stand far enough back to appreciate the effort that had gone in and watch the trains go by. This was easily my favourite layout at the show and, moreover, one of the few which wasn't exhibiting electrical gremlins of one sort or another on Saturday. By and large the other curse of the portable P4 layout - stock parting company with the rails - was absent, though 'super-slo-mo shunting' was all too apparent...

Adam