Deltic Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Massive Model Railway Show steams into town. You’re invited to make tracks to a model railway show in Maidstone on Saturday 1st April 2017.The event is being held 10am - 4.30pm at Loose Primary School, Loose Rd, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9UW.Up to 15 model railway layouts, along with a number of trade stands, will be on show in a variety of scales from tiny Z gauge to O Gauge....The exhibition is being supported by clubs and modellers from around the South East, with layouts including:East Dunnet, a cider farm in Somerset.Ville a la Campagne, a quiet French country town.Summer Spring on the New Cut, set on the Norfolk broads, amazing!Cement Works, an industrial scene of a cement works.There’s free parking on-site at the school. There is a small admission. Contact number & pricing appear to be the same as those organised by DD Edited March 21, 2017 by Deltic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 The Dakota Dibben show is back on the road: Dakota Dibben exhibition - Witham Essex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adrianmc Posted January 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2023 According to ukmodelshops the Witham Exhibition is being organised by the Mid Kent Model Railway Group. https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24659-MidKentModelRailwayGroup_Exhibition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, adrianmc said: According to ukmodelshops the Witham Exhibition is being organised by the Mid Kent Model Railway Group. https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24659-MidKentModelRailwayGroup_Exhibition IIRC Dakota had a habit of creating club names to make them sound like they'd been organised by one. UKModelshops is down and the only references to Mid Kent Model Railway Group on Google point to other shows by Dakota using this club name. Link here in the RmWeb archive from Dakota himself to a show at Maidstone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2023 He sounds like a One Man Band rather than a Group. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 6 hours ago, woodenhead said: IIRC Dakota had a habit of creating club names to make them sound like they'd been organised by one. UKModelshops is down and the only references to Mid Kent Model Railway Group on Google point to other shows by Dakota using this club name. Link here in the RmWeb archive from Dakota himself to a show at Maidstone Here we go again. He seems to have forgotten that his last Mid Kent thingy was Mid Kent Model Railway Club not Group. Why would a Mid Kent anything organise a show in Witham? Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 16/01/2023 at 23:10, Ravenser said: The Dakota Dibben show is back on the road: Dakota Dibben exhibition - Witham Essex Click and you may get this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I will check the link - it came up via a Facebook feed, and it was in the name of the recognised local paper Dakota Dibben show at Witham - revised link and here is a later RMWeb thread on his promotions https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/134378-arundel-exhibition/ I take "Mid Kent Model Railway Group" to be "Dakota and his regular mates" I don't think there's a lot else going on in the area, exhibition-wise , at this time of year so he's not likely to be taking the bread out of anyone's mouth (whether or not the bread has been prepared to proper hygene standards) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I don't think his mother still recycles paper cups. I think the Group may just be the Dibben family. As a local councillor, he has to declare all fiduciary interests. On the Gravesham website, there is a mis-spelled document declaring he trades in second hand model railways but no mention of exhibitions. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 If you look on ukmodelshops for 18 March, you will see that the North Downs Model Railway Circle is putting on an exhibition in Tadworth. This is nothing to do with Dibben. The exhibition is run by Stuart Robinson with the surplus given to charities. Stuart is a lovely guy albeit not the most organised of managers, so only worth the travel if you are local. I have exhibited a layout with him and it is very much find your own tables, chairs and a socket that doesn't have a dozen layouts already plugged in. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I'm pleased that this has reactivated as my interest was raised by the heading in our local newspaper/web site about an exhibition in Witham. This will be the first local show I could attend post covid. However bells started to ring as he seems to have resumed using the same press release as pre Covidcand I also recaled this thread. With 15 layouts present, no traders listed and I have seem both of the named layouts I think Mr Dibbens will not be getting my £5 I will head in the opposite direction to both of my LMS's who need the custom more than Mr D does. Roll on the Bury St Edmunds show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adrianmc Posted January 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2023 Interestingly now that the Witham show date has passed, the entry on ukmodelshops now has it listed as being run by Dakota Dibben Exhibitions. https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24659-DakotaDibbenExhibitions_Exhibition the old link still works https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24659-MidKentModelRailwayGroup_Exhibition From a leaflet picked up at the weekend there is to be an Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Exhibition on the 12th/13th of August. No information on who is organising the show except that the mobile number to ring for more information is Dakota's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2023 What is with the asterisking out of the name in the topic title? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, John M Upton said: What is with the asterisking out of the name in the topic title? because the name changed depending on which imagined organisation as being used to front the show. Jon 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 30/01/2023 at 11:20, adrianmc said: From a leaflet picked up at the weekend there is to be an Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Exhibition on the 12th/13th of August. No information on who is organising the show except that the mobile number to ring for more information is Dakota's. Spreading his wings a bit further afield? Or maybe he's on holiday in Dorset that weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 He's back ..... Dakota Dibben Exhibitions - Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Exhibition Sat 12th - Sun 13th August 2023 Harmans Cross Village Hall, Haycrafts Lane, Harmans Cross, Swanage, Dorset BH19 3EB OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am-5pm SUN 10am-4pm ADMISSION: Adults £5.00 Children £2.00 Family £12.00 List of Layouts Attending : Shaftesbury Parkway - N; Dorbury North - N; Wickhambreux RD - OO9; Penworth - N Feldspar - N; Two Ends - OO; Atherfield - OO; Craig-Yn-Hesg - OO9 Crib Lane - G; Kinmundy - OO; Sodham Hall - O9; Plus Others. Taking a profit from an exhibition is no different from Warner's, albeit on a much smaller scale. However all attendees may wish to confirm that Dibben has actually taken out exhibition insurance (is does tend to slip his mind), and exhibitors should ensure they have a watertight contract for the payment of expenses (he does try and fob you off with 50% of expenses) and that you are paid before 4pm on Sunday because otherwise Dibben is "out of the door". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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