1:24th Scale Model Truck Forum
General Category => Events, Clubs & Exhibitions => Topic started by: strobe_911 on March 16, 2012, 10:37:07 PM
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March 17th 2012 to March 18th 2012 - Nottingham Model Railway Exhibition
Venue: The Harvey Hadden Sports Complex, Bilborough Park, Wigman Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 PB
Working model railway layouts in a variety of scales and guages, demonstrations of modelling techniques, specialist manufacturers and suppliers. Open Saturday 09:30 to 17:30. Sunday 10:00 to 17:00
Admission price: TBA
Organiser: Nottingham Model Railway Society, website: www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk (http://www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk)
I'll be there for the weekend with the IPMS 'Beyond the Box' SIG, if you're in the area, why not drop into the show ... poop poop!
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Excellent first day today, chatting with Pete Waterman, what a really nice bloke he is. Spent loads more than I intended, well, that's a little fib I suppose, I bought a couple of sheets of Evergreen siding for the 'Camping and Caravan' project, a grand total of £7.50. Final day tomowwow and time for a good walk around the show.
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nice one Nick :thumbsupup: i know he is very enthusiastic on his steam
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If you see him today, ask him why he painted Flying Scotsman that shade of green......then stand well back :grin:
Were there other model displays (non railway) besides yours Nick?
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If you see him today, ask him why he painted Flying Scotsman that shade of green......then stand well back :grin:
He's only usually there on the Saturday.
Were there other model displays (non railway) besides yours Nick?
No, we're the only non-railway display. We've been invited back to the show for over 5 years now, maybe we're providing something different as a balance to the railway layouts and traders. We usually have a couple of models based on a rail theme, mainly the 'Trumpeter' range of 1/35 military rail cars, next year I'm planning a special build using an Academy 1/16 Ford Model T, I managed to get a bit of information this weekend I've been looking for.
I managed to do a spot of work on the 'Camperbike' today, I've built the 'A' frame for the tow bar ...
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/nick1950/Beyond%20the%20Box/Camping%20and%20Caravanning/IMG_0735.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/nick1950/Beyond%20the%20Box/Camping%20and%20Caravanning/IMG_0736.jpg)
... just as I began building the 'A' frame, a biker who builds trikes asked what I was building. He then offered a few hints and tips about how the frame would be built ... talk about the right bloke at the right time!