An exhibition update, the farmer Giles viewpoint.
"Weird it were, one day all was quiet, my view was normal and the next there was all these strange people looking at me, loads of trains were trundling through Avonwick and most stayed on the line, and some even didn't stall!
Well, the exhibition finished three hours ago and I've made it to my bed for the night. So what are my initial reflections? In general I was reasonably please with most aspects of the layout at the show.
The good
- There were some great comments made about the layout, it seemed to go down particularly well with the other halves that had been taken to the show.
- The toplight coaches ran very well.
- Some of the wagons also behaved.
- The layout stood up to being knocked by several members of the public.
- Set up and takedown went well.
- The control system worked well.
- Julia's 57xx was seen running round the layout
- There were enquiries about a possible couple of other exhibitions.
The bad
- There were several derailments on the main section of Avonwick.
- The B set tried to become slip coaches on several occasions.
- The 108 did not perform well.
- There was an unexpected gradient that caused the manor to have problems.
The ugly.
- The fiddle yard, in particular the points, two worked, one worked in one direction and one was a dead loss . I feel that some major rebuilding needs to take place and quickly.
Some photos were taken but I sort those out later.
Apologies to anyone I didn't get to talk to who was there or to whom I didn't say enough, by the end of the day I was rather worn out. It had been a very very early start.
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